Sentence examples for were designed to hold from inspiring English sources

The cells were designed to hold 206 people.

"The life rafts were designed to hold 12 people".

California's 33 adult prisons teem with nearly double the inmates they were designed to hold.

They were designed to hold 4,700 people but latterly far fewer lived there, after decades of decline.

California's prisons now hold about 155,000 inmates, about twice the number they were designed to hold.

The country's thirty facilities were designed to hold about fifteen thousand inmates but house three times that many.

MOST angling gear is designed to hold onto fish.

"It's designed to hold a dozen people," she said.

The prison was designed to hold 2,200 prisoners but currently has more than 4,000.

News reports have said the ferry was designed to hold no more than 600 people.

This 1,900-acre 1,900-acrecalled Bella Collina, was designed to hold 800 homes.