Example sentences of "be aimed at the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst the pert , Californian sexuality of Baywatch bimbos seems to be aimed at the heart of adolescent lust , Schiffer possesses a vital ambiguity within her features and her poise which recreates her as a story waiting to be told , as opposed to a fantasy waiting to be fulfilled . |
| 2 | EC funding was obtained for a new project , to start in 1991 , which will be aimed at the development of metallogenic/economic models and sets of exploration criteria suitable for gold exploration in western Europe from the analysis of multiple datasets ( including mineral occurrence , geological , geochemical , geophysical and remotely sensed datasets ) . |
| 3 | Concentration now had to be aimed at the means of transporting the aircraft from the field to the carrier in Glasgow . |
| 4 | Western powers were wrong to believe that tsarist troops in Poland were aimed at the heart of Europe , for they were needed where they were . |
| 5 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 6 | The study is aimed at the victims of maturity diabetes , which affects 600,000 people in Britain , and will try to find ways of preventing or delaying the disease . |
| 7 | The foot is aimed at the face of the opponent and the kicking leg is bent at the knee in a snap motion down across the opponent 's face . |
| 8 | In the area of population genetics , theoretical and experimental work is aimed at the process of evolution , natural and artificial selection . |
| 9 | Of course , other sessions running in parallel on the days are aimed at the specialists in the industry and the ability of such people to gather is another important aspect of the event . |
| 10 | Škvoreck ý's; The Bass Saxophone describes the particularly intense form this has taken under totalitarian regimes — both Fascist and Stalinist — when ‘ the ideological guns and sometimes even the police guns of all dictatorships are aimed at the men with the horns ’ . |
| 11 | The best track , rolling stock and journey times are to be found on the main intercity routes , where timetables and the provision of first class carriages and full catering services are aimed at the needs of the business community . |
| 12 | Among the new government 's earliest measures was the introduction in April 1991 of the Sharia bill , which was aimed at the creation of an " Islamic welfare state " , passed in May by the National Assembly . |
| 13 | Injection A was aimed at the representation of the fovea . |