Example sentences of "aim [is] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strongly recommended against investment ‘ unless the aim is to support the editorial charter ’ . |
| 2 | But he stresses that EUP is a Scottish publisher , not simply a publisher of books on Scotland : its aim is to publish the best scholarship internationally , wherever it may come from . |
| 3 | The substance of the book is a case study of the particular ways in which women 's employment is accommodated within the household and family or in which it brings about changes of various kinds , but its further aim is to explore the structural similarities between the experiences of industrialised India and Western Europe in respect of changing family forms and the position of women . |
| 4 | The aim is to improve the scientific basis of investigation and management in the practice of environmental health and to equip participants with the strategic skills to assess and advise on the control of the risks to health from the environment . |
| 5 | The aim is to reinforce the correct patterns of movement which the patient has experienced under the guidance of the physiotherapist . |
| 6 | The aim is to invite the Holy Spirit to reveal what is causing this block to growth and to invite him to heal and restore to wholeness the person in question . |
| 7 | The aim is to replace the typographical codes with computer-usable codes that make explicit the function of the text . |
| 8 | The second aim is to highlight the growing impact of technology on these industrial relations practices and on the overall structure of the industry . |
| 9 | The aim is to acknowledge the guilty nature of the hero according to one set of criteria , those of ordinary morality , but to stress at the same time that his guilty act is a source of pride and value of an altogether different , non-moral , antinomian kind . |
| 10 | The aim is to exploit the plentiful resources of such fish as ling , saithe , tusk and blue whiting in the waters to the west of the Western Isles ( which are so far free from restrictions ) , and to export dried ‘ stockfish ’ to traditional markets in Europe and Africa . |
| 11 | One investigation is concerned with the effectiveness of training in word-processing skills ; the aim is to assess the relative contribution of instruction and practical experience in the development of the user 's mental model of the system . |
| 12 | In this arcade adventure the aim is to collect the correct objects and drop them in the right place at the right time . |
| 13 | The project 's aim is to map the current position by concentrating on the perceptions of the major actors in the cereals policy community . |
| 14 | The aim is to document the overall extent of distributional change in Britain , to examine whom is most affected by it , and to see what aspects of taxation and social security contribute most to it . |
| 15 | Renault explain : ‘ Our aim is to have the best car in this class from a generalist manufacturer . ’ |
| 16 | Now that the aim is to keep the young diabetic 's blood glucose in single figures as much as possible , the risk of hypoglycaemia is increased and there is much less latitude for missing breakfast after a late night or delaying a meal . |
| 17 | Others say there is no political will for real land reform , since the leadership 's aim is to keep the previous system intact and in working order , not to break it up . |
| 18 | The primary aim is to underpin the local economy so that it becomes more attractive to an expansion of the private sector . |
| 19 | Your ultimate aim is to help the patient back towards normal life , if possible , so you should try to help him keep in touch with friends and acquaintances . |
| 20 | The aim is to help the competitive position of the water processing and soil bioremediation industries . |
| 21 | Owen 's aim is to repair the moral order breached by the challenge to the teacher 's authority and the assumptions of intrinsic worth upon which it is founded . |
| 22 | Lastly , where the aim is to investigate the functional significance of particular phenotypic sex differences , it may be necessary to calculate selection intensities for specific episodes of selection , such as mating success at particular ages ( see Arnold & Wade , 1983 ) for the effect of particular traits on lifetime reproductive success may often be obscured by the influence of other variables or by random variation . |
| 23 | One aim is to make the familiar look unfamiliar and he says it was only when he referred back to his photographs after completing many of his drawings that he realised what he had missed . |
| 24 | Their aim is to make the best use of the money available to improve health in your area . |
| 25 | The aim is to isolate the realistic changes in CAP which could be environmentally helpful , and model consequent changes in land use and employment . |
| 26 | The Chancellor 's aim is to reduce the administrative burden on small businesses , and the reform will be accompanied by a document examining the need for the statutory audit for small incorporated businesses . |
| 27 | The chief aim is to reduce the solid volume of waste , offensive odours and to effect pathogen removal . |
| 28 | In the Philippines the aim is to reduce the heavy dependence on imported oil . |
| 29 | The aim is to calculate the potential distribution between the plates , and the relationship between applied voltage and the magnitude of resulting current . |
| 30 | As with any other economic decision , the aim is to achieve the right balance of benefit received from cost incurred , while recognizing that this is usually difficult to measure . |