Example sentences of "[conj] aim at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was said that the act had to be directed or aimed at the victim . |
| 2 | It is also reflected in Tillich 's rejection of the superficial approach to religion which sees value in every religious tradition apart from one 's own , and in his rejection of the kind of approach that aims at the complete synthesis of all particular religions into one all-embracing whole . |
| 3 | In sharp contrast to Blauner , who argues that this ‘ objective integration ’ will lead to social integration of workers and management , Mallet argues that this objective integration has the opposite effect , leading to a new form of revolutionary consciousness that aims at the overthrow of the existing pattern of social relations in the enterprise . |
| 4 | It was agreed to harmonize fiscal incentives for investors and to aim at the creation of a monetary union by 1995 . |
| 5 | And there are numerous ‘ science centres ’ the world over , generally having no collections of relics or precious objects , but dealing instead with ‘ hands-on ’ experience and aiming at the lively presentation of ideas in preference to artifacts . |
| 6 | V6028 plunged through a hail of flak , dodging balloon cables and aiming at the centre of the docks . |
| 7 | Out of that curve , Doohan grabs another gear and the warbling exhaust note signals that the rear tyre is still scrabbling for grip as he shifts up again and aims at the daunting , sixth gear left on to the back straight . |
| 8 | But in our time this great complexity has been reduced , in virtually all states , to a gratifying simplicity : for power to become authority , it must originate in ‘ democratic consent ’ and aim at the ‘ common good ’ or ‘ public interest ’ … |
| 9 | For U K P L C to succeed in the years ahead , we simply have to agree objectives , navigate by the same map , and aim at the same goals . |
| 10 | The Video book was never intended for broadcast ; it is made from library film footage transferred to disc and tape for video issue , and aimed at the relatively limited number of people who will want to buy or hire it . |
| 11 | The biggest single chunk of the firm 's spending over the past four years has been on the development of Windows NT , due to be launched on May 24th and aimed at the large and fast-growing market for the software that can link together sprawling networks of PCs . |
| 12 | A more powerful colour Macintosh , using a 25MHz 68030 and aimed at the multimedia market with at least 4Mb memory , a 40Mb disk and 14″ colour Trinitron display with 640 by 480 pixel resolution , is expected to cost under $1,900 . |
| 13 | Veritas has arranged to support Destiny with a cut-down version of its file system dubbed the Journaling File System and aimed at the desktop : the full product will come along later as a server upgrade . |
| 14 | If you lay on the ground whining it incensed them and the subsequent kicks and punches were harder and aimed at the mouth and head rather than the stomach and back . |
| 15 | The last he had heard she had returned to Ponten VI — the planet which had been ceded to the Guild of Adjudicators in perpetuity by a wary but appreciative Earth Central — but that was too far away for anything but the so-called pigeon post ; recorded messages dumped into a hyperdrone and aimed at the recipient 's projected location . |
| 16 | Maltote , watched by all , loaded the arbalest and aimed at the door . |
| 17 | The most common drill — and this is even practised by the better players who may be struggling with their groundstrokes — is to put targets within 60–90cm ( 2–3ft ) of the baseline and inside tramline and think in terms of rallying while aiming at the targeted areas . |
| 18 | Soviet Persian language broadcasts described the Soviet Gulf plan as aimed at the defence of the Persian Gulf countries against any foreign intervention and at securing the self-determination of the regional nations , including Iran . |
| 19 | Though aimed at the social work profession , this book will no doubt also prove invaluable to lawyers , members of the medical and allied professions , and anyone needing an informed understanding of child care law under the Children Act . |