Example sentences of "[was/were] aim at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , the Serbian forces have publicly admitted that they had targeted the regional museum in Sarajevo : early last month the BBC 's war reporter Kate Adie quoted the Serbian explanation of why they had shelled the hotel which houses all the foreign correspondents : apparently they were aiming at the roof of the museum ( which contains the Bosnian anthropological material ) and missed . |
| 2 | There were men out there , workmen driving animals and carrying torches whose beams were aimed at the ground . |
| 3 | If these benefits were aimed at the poor — the people who really need them — instead of at everybody , public spending and the taxes required to finance it could fall sharply . |
| 4 | Businessmen were further upset by a series of tax proposals , commonly known as the " soak the rich taxes " , which were aimed at the wealthy and large business corporations . |
| 5 | He accepted [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 857 , 863B–C that neither section 6(2) nor section 61(1) gave power to order the payment of compensation for loss , and agreed , at p. 864A , that both section 6(2) and section 61(1) were aimed at the statutory rescission of unlawful transactions . |
| 6 | ‘ They were aimed at the American market , and quite simply did n't work . |
| 7 | They were aimed at the sky , poised ready to bounce signals off satellites over the rim of the earth . |
| 8 | Western powers were wrong to believe that tsarist troops in Poland were aimed at the heart of Europe , for they were needed where they were . |
| 9 | Erm whilst I 've not been able to produce an audited er set of accounts I do have er a set of figures for you erm and as you said at the the beginning of your opening er speech Mr Chairman that erm we had one or two losses during the year , those er in actual fact did n't erm affect us in thi this particular financial year as they were aimed at the September December period , but therefore they will be reflected in next year 's figures not or in the current year 's figures or the next annual general meeting 's figures . |
| 10 | But yesterday Mr Fallon said his comments were aimed at the local education authority and not the schools themselves . |
| 11 | This helps to structure the content of its programmes as well as its public image , and until the mid-1980s , Radio I was aiming at the 16–25 age group . |
| 12 | However , after it had been explained that the former was aimed at the past and present situation whereas the latter was about the future , responses were forthcoming and are included in Table 9 . |
| 13 | Injection A was aimed at the representation of the fovea . |
| 14 | In this sense it was aimed at the problems highlighted by the National Unemployed Workers Movement demonstration in 1932 as well as the fascist disturbances . |
| 15 | He stressed throughout the difference between the coal strike , which was industrial and could be negotiated , and the General Strike , which was aimed at the constitution and must be defeated unconditionally . |
| 16 | All four men stood in the room and Farrell raised the pistol once more so that it was aimed at the agent 's head . |
| 17 | It was aimed at the top 60% of school pupils , and was usually taken by 15- and 16-year-olds . |
| 18 | It was aimed at the top 20% of school pupils , and again was usually taken by 15- and 16-year-olds . |
| 19 | Although shops were wrecked in the attack , it is now clear that the bomb was aimed at the security forces rather than commercial properties . |
| 20 | Among the new government 's earliest measures was the introduction in April 1991 of the Sharia bill , which was aimed at the creation of an " Islamic welfare state " , passed in May by the National Assembly . |
| 21 | The terrorists were obviously about to fire their weapon and it was aimed at the main grandstands . |
| 22 | The attack was aimed at the motor vehicle . |
| 23 | The New Right attack was aimed at the social democratic consensus of the postwar years , a consensus which , as discussed earlier , was founded on the intellectual ascendancy of Fabian socialism underpinned by values of equality , equity , efficiency and social integration . |
| 24 | It is just as well that Plainsong seemed to take to the track on her debut in the Fillies ' Maiden she was aimed at the race because owner Peter Innes was a steward at the meeting . |
| 25 | It was aimed at the women and children . ’ |