Example sentences of "[adv] aim at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This interpretation of the doctrine is silent on whether individual political action ( voting in elections etc. ) may rightly aim at the promotion of some conception of the good . |
| 2 | Who can actually fight the war , and I 'm just wondering , politically is it going to be a good idea to knowingly , not necessarily aim at the general population , but in the process of taking out the targets , extend it to the general population , well what do you think of that ? |
| 3 | ‘ For instance , as far as nature and wildlife is concerned , there are parks , nature reserves , wildlife centres , aquariums , beaches and waterfalls that are not only aimed at the tourist but at local people too , ’ he added . |
| 4 | I think a lot of the modern maths that we 've , we 've heard about is still very much aimed at the brighter children who were going to do O-level and , and beyond even in mathematics . |
| 5 | The empirical evaluation of teaching/learning activities does not aim at the exact specification of causes but at increased awareness of different factors which bear upon the learning process in particular classrooms . |
| 6 | It may reflect the thought that although we do not aim at the ‘ truth ’ — i.e. our immediate aims are for simple solutions to empirical problems — nevertheless , the truth is what we end up with . |
| 7 | But until very recently systems were generally aimed at the top end of the market , and the cost was high enough to make acquisition a major undertaking . |
| 8 | A number of interesting new titles are promised by the Antique Collector 's Club based in Suffolk whose books are generally aimed at the collector/dealer market . |
| 9 | The price of books of academic criticism indicates that they are not aimed at the educated general reader ( once they cost about the same as a bottle of whisky ; now they cost three to four times as much ) . |
| 10 | The effect of the Acts ‘ was to remove legal immunity from almost all forms of industrial action that were not aimed at the worker 's immediate employer or related conditions of work ’ . |
| 11 | The development focus , on ‘ relational database and on-line transaction processing performance ’ is not aimed at the supercomputer sector . |
| 12 | I confess to having myself once described a particularly abstruse provision as ‘ something of a minor masterpiece of opacity ’ , but I regret it because I think that such shafts are frequently not aimed at the right target . |
| 13 | TOTTS is largely aimed at the under fives and aims to teach them road safety through play . |
| 14 | It was just aimed at the wrong person . ’ |
| 15 | Often they gave priority to foreign markets outside Europe , usually aiming at the USA as the biggest and best entry point for a global marketing strategy ; this might involve buying struggling American companies , which continued to make losses . |
| 16 | At The Hague , still aiming at the illustrated magazine market , he concentrated on figures in action , and in the process would be distracted by other subjects : by shabby house fronts , factories , drying sheds , parks , churches , refuse dumps , freight yards . |
| 17 | The prosecution says it was deliberately aimed at the inspector 's head . |
| 18 | These ‘ Notes ’ , whilst ostensibly aimed at the Trotskyist Opposition ( which had officially been routed in 1927 ) were in reality directed against the ‘ super-industrialisers ’ amongst the ruling majority . |
| 19 | For heaven 's sake , it was almost directly aimed at the unemployed . ’ |
| 20 | This was directly aimed at the ‘ surplus countries ’ , especially Japan and Germany , and was an attempt to bind them into a system where they could not pile up persistent surpluses . |
| 21 | The bulk of the whip was always aimed at the tightly-curved cheeks of her arse , but the tip flicked indiscriminately on to her thighs and belly , and sometimes snaked into the tender cleft between her plump twin moons . |
| 22 | A French force was advancing northwards from Charleroi , probably aiming at the gap between the British and Prussian armies . |
| 23 | Broadening product-range ( the company are also aiming at the ‘ company chairman ’ market , pitching a recreated Lagonda at Rolls-Bentley 's traditional slot ) will undoubtedly ensure that Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd circa 2010 is a more secure financial proposition than in 1980 . |
| 24 | Honda is also producing its own version with a different body design and they 're both aiming at the same end of the market . |
| 25 | If Eliot seeks to draw on the power of an ancient ritual , he also aims at the horrifying frisson obtained by re-enacting the ritual with the opposite of its traditional meaning . |
| 26 | We must also aim at the ivory consumers . |
| 27 | Focus on Britain and Welcome to Britain are both aimed at the young European visitor to Britain and feature domestic situations of the kind an exchange-scheme student might meet . |
| 28 | Mr Mladenov followed his appointment as Communist Party General Secretary with a speech clearly aimed at the country 's dissident movement , which has been growing . |
| 29 | They come in three volumes , each presented by Julian Colbeck , and volume one is clearly aimed at the complete novice . |
| 30 | Again prosecution is clearly aimed at the undeserving poor . |