Example sentences of "[modal v] be aimed at " in BNC.
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| 1 | The OECD has recently recommended instead that education for improving safety of pedestrians should be aimed at motorists as well as pedestrians , perhaps via mass-media campaigns . |
| 2 | Fairly obviously , your recommendations should be aimed at correcting the weaknesses you have identified . |
| 3 | Furthermore , this exercise should be aimed at the ‘ bright ’ pupils . |
| 4 | If , for instance , the therapist believes that the client 's marital problems are undermining their confidence and feelings of security , and it is this that prevents the client from achieving other tasks , then the therapist 's endeavours should be aimed at this problem first . |
| 5 | Within south Korea policy should be aimed at consolidating democratic groups and drawing them into the military administration . |
| 6 | But they should be aimed at if you are writing in short story form the equivalent of the crime novel . |
| 7 | These should be aimed at reducing tendencies towards social polarization and at achieving a better matching of people with appropriate jobs and local facilities , thereby increasing not only individuals ' quality of life but also the efficiency of public and private investment . |
| 8 | A good contract is one which brings benefits to both sides and this is the result that should be aimed at in negotiations ; it should be written , however , as if every point were to be used as evidence at a later date . |
| 9 | If we are to have a national common curriculum , a balance between its practical and theoretical elements must be aimed at , and the balance observed equally in all areas of learning . |
| 10 | The images of vision are of the same order as creative ideas , but the mind must be aimed at the horizon , and the thoughts must be concentrated in the emotion of creativity . |
| 11 | If policy were to concentrate on the ghetto poor — those socially segregated in inner cities whose manufacturing jobs have fled to the suburbs — it could be aimed at very few places . |
| 12 | Development had started in 1958 on multiple warhead rocket vehicles ( MRVS ) which separate in flight and could be aimed at several different targets simultaneously . |
| 13 | An exhibition may be aimed at creating new marketing ideas or providing an arena for marketing . |
| 14 | A rally may be aimed at exciting , motivating or converting people , and so on . |
| 15 | Briefing courses may be aimed at the employee only or organisations may encourage the employee 's spouse to attend the briefing sessions . |
| 16 | The Microprocessor Report suspects that Hummingbird may be aimed at MPEG full-motion video/audio applications and could eliminate the need for a separate MPEG chip . |
| 17 | An important consequence of the orientation of state enterprise unions to the political sphere is that industrial disputes and strikes may be aimed at putting political pressure on government as much as economic pressure on the enterprise 's management ( cf. Thomson and Beaumont 1978 : 146–51 ) . |
| 18 | Mr Burr said the rump of the shares on offer would be aimed at the 11,000 members of the club as Stock Exchange rules did not allow shares to be allotted to them directly . |
| 19 | These would be aimed at reaching agreement over what he believed were essential changes to the constitution if the refugee influx was to be curbed . |
| 20 | The restrictive financial policy would be aimed at ensuring an elementary degree of monetary stability and creating the basis for further steps in liberalizing prices , the exchange rate and foreign trade . |
| 21 | According to Levi these " understandings " included the following : ( i ) Israel would not be obliged to accept the principle of " land for peace " ; ( ii ) the conference would have no power to make decisions and would not be used as a forum for appeal or discussion ; ( iii ) negotiations would be direct and without preconditions and would be aimed at a peace treaty ; ( iv ) the PLO would not be a partner to the process and the Palestinians would be represented by a joint delegation with Jordan ; ( v ) the UN observer at the conference would be silent and would be a personal representative of the UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar ; ( vi ) a representative of the European Communities ( EC ) would attend the opening session of the conference ; ( vii ) the USA would not allow a parallel conference to take place in the UN Security Council ; and ( viii ) the Soviet Union would renew full diplomatic ties with Israel before the start of a conference . |
| 22 | These would be aimed at ensuring the blockade of all land , air and sea points of entry [ see pp. 39041 ; 39084 ] . |
| 23 | This programme would be aimed at senior managers operating at a strategic level across national boundaries , either in the UK or overseas . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd turn the rifles on the officers and my first shot would be aimed at that bastard Trentham . ’ |
| 25 | The hope was that these negotiations would be aimed at reducing and eventually removing customs duties . |
| 26 | Action by the Community shall be aimed at encouraging cooperation between Member States and , if necessary , supporting and implementing their action in the following areas : — improvement of the knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the European peoples ; — conservation and safeguarding of cultural heritage of European significance ; — non-commercial cultural exchanges , — artistic and literary creation , including in the audiovisual sector . |
| 27 | who the advertising will be aimed at ( What socio-economic groups are there ? |
| 28 | The type of changes in the problems that will be aimed at . |
| 29 | ‘ This will be aimed at sectors of the economy which have been hit hardest by the recession , helping to rebuild confidence and so foster recovery , ’ the Chancellor claimed . |
| 30 | EC funding was obtained for a new project , to start in 1991 , which will be aimed at the development of metallogenic/economic models and sets of exploration criteria suitable for gold exploration in western Europe from the analysis of multiple datasets ( including mineral occurrence , geological , geochemical , geophysical and remotely sensed datasets ) . |