Sentence examples for was designed to double from inspiring English sources

John Barrett's new nail salon, BuffSpa, which opened in December on the plaza level of Bergdorf Goodman, was designed to double as salon and party space.

The tunnel, which was scheduled to be completed in 2017, was designed to double the capacity for passengers traveling between Manhattan and New Jersey.

Damien Hirst would be the obvious choice, having already sent a dot painting to Mars, in 2003, which was designed to double as a calibration chart for scientists back on Earth.

When he built his home eight years ago, a pool house was designed to double as a recording studio and "a cool place to hang out" with his family: his wife, Danielle, whom he called "the general around here," and his children, Tiffani, 15, and Jaedon, 9.

Its cover was designed to double the noise level of supporters inside the stadium, so expect it to be loud and take your own earplugs.

The subterranean garage has room for six cars and was designed to double as a nightclub.

Pumps can be designed to double as children's roundabouts, so that children pump water as they play.

Ordinary infrastructure can be designed to double as disaster protection, ensuring that it will be properly maintained when the time comes.

The ultra ETFs are designed to double the daily performance of the underlying indexes they track.

The top of the device is designed to double as a handle, and the whole external casing slides off when unlocked to give access to internal components for swapping parts out.

In fact, Jukeboxsms is optimised for HD TVs — and along with the actual jukebox functionality, the system is designed to double up as 'signage', with support for in-venue advertising.