Example sentences of "[noun] aim at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nobody could expect you to think up anything as stupid as a dumb movie actress aiming at the front page . ’ |
| 2 | The 1992 programme aims at the improvement of resource allocation in the Community through the removal of barriers to the movement of goods , services , capital and labour . |
| 3 | Thirdly , the Labour party 's support for the social action programme of the social charter and for a minimum wage represents a political double-barrelled shotgun aimed at the working population , particularly those in lower-paid jobs . |
| 4 | World War II brought many new urgent needs such as anti-malarials , antiseptics and in particular participation in secret inter-allied research aimed at the synthesis of penicillin . |
| 5 | In words aimed at the US president , Bill Clinton , he said : ‘ The Balkanisation of the region is coming if there is to be no peaceful settlement . |
| 6 | Indeed the Department of the Environment issued in 1976 a code of practice aimed at the prevention and abatement of smells from animal wastes which states that ‘ in any proceedings brought because of an alleged odour nuisance it may be a relevant consideration if the company has adhered to the code of practice to the best of its ability ’ . |
| 7 | A new periodical , Profil , was first published in July 1989 , claiming to be the first opposition periodical aimed at the establishment of " an independent forum of thought " . |
| 8 | The BLX-80 is their latest : an ‘ entry level ’ 80 watt 1x10 combo aimed at the small pub or club gig and rehearsal situation . |
| 9 | ‘ A Satanic conspiracy aimed at the total destruction of all that is good , pure and true ? ’ |
| 10 | They want to replace ineffective reaction to the symptoms of trouble with positive action aimed at the roots of the problem . |
| 11 | Sharpe aimed at the plume , suspecting that at this extreme range the bullet would drop to hit the horse . |
| 12 | The campaign aimed at the general population had been right at a time when there was ignorance about AIDS , she said . |
| 13 | The Authority , which has recently renamed itself AEA Technology in an attempt to market its skills in the private sector , is launching an intense campaign aimed at the government , the Labour Party and respective energy advisers . |
| 14 | In an interview for L'Humanité published on 5 April Karmal rejected ‘ any plan aimed at the adoption of decisions in our stead ’ , including efforts ‘ to bind us to a so-called ‘ neutralisation ’ , which represents in fact only one of the forms of neo-colonialism ’ . |
| 15 | Although the faculty-based approach was retained , the scope of the activity was limited by stressing a group ‘ objectives-setting ’ exercise aimed at the forthcoming year . |
| 16 | Guitar magazines devote much of their space to equipment reviews that are , nine times out of ten , merely a plug for the manufacturer , when the magazine could be putting subscribers ' money to good use by running more informative and educational articles aimed at the musician eager for knowledge and not glossy adverts ! |
| 17 | Yoghurt Muesli is a unique product with a crisp bite aimed at the many consumers who eat yoghurt with muesli . |
| 18 | If , as they themselves admitted , the Communists aimed at the supersession of the ILP , it was obviously dangerous and foolish to help them in their work . |
| 19 | The present purely taxonomic treatment relies on a series of pictorial keys aimed at the non specialist . |
| 20 | On the Havana seafront several thousand citizens fired blank cartridges , arrows and catapults out to sea in a symbolic gesture of defiance aimed at the USA . |
| 21 | In the Western media the University unrest was given prominent and extensive coverage , although it appeared to amount to little more than a mass bout of bottle throwing , which was nevertheless an act of political defiance aimed at the country 's " elder statesman " leader , Deng Xiaoping , whose last name was a homonym for the words " little bottle " . |
| 22 | Rory aimed at the small hole , pulled the trigger . |
| 23 | Official delegations from Japan and North Korea on Nov. 4 ended two days of exploratory talks in Beijing aimed at the establishment of diplomatic relations . |
| 24 | It has been suggested that the story was originally a parable aimed at the Pharisees , which is , in Mark , out of context . |
| 25 | Even where he does show an interest in ‘ education ’ it is , as we have seen , only as a preventive device aimed at the public at large . |
| 26 | In the first such case in the UK , Leeds-based John Richardson Computers Ltd has successfully argued that copyright should protect the look and feel of a program ; the court decided that a plaintiff does not need to show source code has been copied to prove infringement , and that copying non-literal aspects of a program , such as structure and organisation , could well constitute infringement ; the company 's dispute arose with a former employee over rival applications aimed at the pharmaceutical industry ; in the past , copyright cases have dealt exclusively with copying of actual program code . |
| 27 | ( It should also be noted that the EC has announced plans to promulgate a directive aimed at the regulation of the conduct of takeovers and mergers throughout the Community . ) |
| 28 | He described the Budget package aimed at the unemployed as ‘ desperately disappointing ’ , and attacked as totally appalling the decision to increase VAT on domestic fuel . |
| 29 | The operator will keep this beam aimed at the target while the missile , which has sensitive detectors at its back end , will steer down the centre of the beam . |
| 30 | The centre was christened in July with an adult education summer school and a series of master classes aimed at the professional caterer and taught by Jermey 's Shanghai Institute of Tourism counterpart chef Xu Zhengcai , on his first visit to Britain , and Professor Dai Xin-Huan , his colleague and interpreter . |