Sentence examples for was certainly intended from inspiring English sources

This aim was certainly intended to counter a previous image, one associated with the period of Fascist lynch squads.

Of course, people are still afraid of the Taliban — Saturday's attack near the NATO headquarters in Kabul was certainly intended to increase the tension among voters.

But it was certainly intended to reassure its friends and allies in the region that it was not simply going to stage a strategic withdrawal to make way for a rising China.

So while this event was certainly intended to cement Tchuva's triumph in Manhattan, and help sell the few remaining condos, it also bore his hopes of whetting appetites for what will rise on the site of the old Frontier.

He later said he "would hope that history would grant me leeway for dropping the syllable and understand that it was certainly intended, even if it was not said although it might actually have been".

Blackstone's raise is certainly intended to capitalize on this post-record date trading.

It's certainly intended as one; its a way of expressing admiration and support.

These completely texted frottolas were certainly intended to be sung by four singers, possibly, though not necessarily, doubled by instruments; and they could even have been sung by a small chorus.

Most large organizations that work directly with children have what are certainly intended as strong protections in place, in the hope of both preventing abuse and responding appropriately to accusations.

But, as he acknowledges, civilian massacre was a feature of many pre-Enlightenment wars, and, even if Genghis Khan was just doing what Mongols do, the Wars of Religion of the seventeenth century were certainly intended to kill heretics wherever they were found.

All the policies outlined above could turn out to be pretty radical – they're certainly intended to look that way – but the proof will be in the pudding, and the SNP has form for dazzling its loyal membership and broad electoral coalition with "progressive" pirouettes while ultimately falling back on a dull but adequate waltz.