Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] at [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Caterplan Division 's marketing director Rob Nichols , urged the winners to encourage school leavers to look seriously at joining the industry . |
| 2 | We ca n't go on paying ourselves that sort of money , we ca n't go on , and Mr I know in a minute we 'll talk about the number of people who attend committee meetings erm and sit in on them , and that 's increased considerably , erm , so I think it 's important that we do get down to this problem , we grasp the nettle , and I , I believe that will mean that we start to look seriously at reducing the number of times members come and talk here , and perhaps we let the officers get on with the action that they should be getting on with |
| 3 | Visits from further afield have been directed more at studying the planning and layout of the new Map Library ; they included visits from map librarians from New York Public Library , the University of California , Los Angeles , and the National Diet Library , Japan . |
| 4 | The conference also agreed on a Statement of Forest Principles , aimed particularly at limiting the destruction of tropical forests . |
| 5 | The Canadian and US governments have agreed on measures to improve air quality , aimed primarily at reducing the movement of acid rain across the border . |
| 6 | Supported by Coke , and in the face of opposition from the master of the king 's posts , another patentee , Charles , second Baron Stanhope , Witherings proposed a radical reform , aimed again at making the service quicker and also more profitable to the Crown . |
| 7 | In July and August 1990 Indian and Pakistani officials held talks aimed specifically at reducing the chance of war . |
| 8 | ‘ You are referring , of course , to the distinct and unpleasant possibility that the ticking might stop while the Kilcharran 's winch engine is working overtime at hauling the bomber to the surface ? ’ |
| 9 | These models are constructions which are aimed directly at influencing the development of law . |
| 10 | The message of the need for more small business counselling , which is now being promoted , is aimed particularly at improving the performance of businesses in the 20-50 employee size range , which are seen to have problems . |
| 11 | We both work hard at keeping the relationship strong . ’ |
| 12 | Our work is aimed primarily at discovering the content and organization of the social knowledge and belief an individual member has to have , to be able to perform reasonably adequately in the social life of his group . |
| 13 | What is required , therefore , is a study aimed specifically at determining the inheritance or otherwise of speech lateralisation . |