Example sentences of "the [noun] aimed at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deflecting the blow aimed at James Lambert 's head with his left arm , he drove his right fist short but hard into the man 's mouth , loosening teeth and skinning his knuckles . |
| 2 | The ban aimed at eliminating the ivory market , which many conservationists believed was fuelling widespread poaching which reduced Africa 's elephant population from an estimated 1.2 million to 609,000 in the last decade . |
| 3 | Having established the skills aimed at in project work , a possible systematic way of approaching them in the classroom will now be discussed . |
| 4 | Through a combination of expenditure cuts , tax changes and asset sales amounting in total to L48,000,000 million , the budget aimed at a surplus before interest payments of L8,100,000 million , thereby achieving a deficit after interest payments of L132,000,000 million ( approximately US$97,500 million ) , representing 9.3 per cent of GDP . |
| 5 | Aziz claimed that the budget aimed at the transfer of resources from rich to poor and it accordingly avoided measures which would be unpopular among the majority of the population . |
| 6 | Even if production of the five main CFCs is reduced by 50 per cent — the figure aimed at by signatories of the Montreal Protocol — the warming due to CFCs by 2050 will be nearly as great as that caused by carbon dioxide . |
| 7 | The Committee acknowledges that many mentally ill people in the community are not receiving the care and treatment they need , and will be putting proposals to the review aimed at finding solutions to this problem . |
| 8 | Thus the illustration contributes nothing to the text , which runs ‘ Edward [ actually Edgar ! ] lightly sprung aside and avoided the cut aimed at him , and then delivered a blow with all his force just in front of the ear , and the man dropped again as if shot . ’ |
| 9 | The Scots aimed at a federal system which would allow them some autonomy . |
| 10 | But perhaps that was the effect aimed at . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Despite its seemingly sanguine attitude the HSE nevertheless thought it wise to set up its own small epidemiological study , part of a larger project within the HSE aimed at helping the industry to set standards for equipment and installations . |
| 13 | The campaign aimed at the general population had been right at a time when there was ignorance about AIDS , she said . |
| 14 | In hollow-casting by the direct lost wax method , a core is modelled in clay on a metal armature , the surface finished in wax to the thickness aimed at for the bronze . |
| 15 | Neither of these behaviours comprised pseudosexual behaviour of the sort aimed at reducing tension and regulating dominance interactions which is quite common in mammals . |
| 16 | Current British circumstances are unusual in that the reforms aimed at are highly ambitious , yet lack obvious external impetus of the sort which would clear the way to radical change . |
| 17 | The conditions aimed at protecting residents and the environment include noise and emission monitoring , a local liaison committee , a complaints procedure , and funding for road improvements |
| 18 | One of the questions aimed at me was , ‘ How did you come to adopt him ? ’ |
| 19 | The Egyptian government responded to the attack with dismay , claiming that it had been " primarily directed against the efforts aimed at advancing the peace process in the region " . |
| 20 | These are made of card and feature a tropical tank scene on one side with extremely easy to use cutting to size markings on the back aimed at standard tanks . |
| 21 | The event aimed at launching a strategy for improving health in the region is being held at the Britannia Adelphi Hotel on July 7 . |
| 22 | The debate aimed at winning more control over policy , staff and top appointments has been fuelled by the row over the party 's policy on water privatisation and the question-mark over the shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke . |
| 23 | First , there is foreign economic policy-making involving the external relations of the national economy to the world economy ; second , there is stabilisation policy and the whole field of macroeconomic policy and the management " of the economy ; and finally , there is industrial policy covering all those aspects of governmental responsibility over the economy aimed at improving long-run efficiency , output and productivity . |
| 24 | The government aimed at reducing the budget deficit to 6.2 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) in 1992 , compared with the 6.9 per cent originally forecast in 1991 . |
| 25 | These show that the mischief aimed at was twofold . |
| 26 | Even in such cases references in court to Parliamentary material should only be permitted where such material clearly discloses the mischief aimed at or the legislative intention lying behind the ambiguous or obscure words . |
| 27 | A ministerial statement made in Parliament is an equally authoritative source of such information : why should the courts be cut off from this source of information as to the mischief aimed at ? |
| 28 | In any event , the distinction between looking at reports to identify the mischief aimed at but not to find the intention of Parliament in enacting the legislation is highly artificial . |
| 29 | In my judgment , though the introduction of further admissible material will inevitably involve some increase in the use of time , this will not be significant as long as courts insist that Parliamentary material should only be introduced in the limited cases I have mentioned and where such material contains a clear indication from the minister of the mischief aimed at , or the nature of the cure intended , by the legislation . |
| 30 | Lord Browne-Wilkinson refers to material which ‘ clearly discloses the mischief aimed at or the legislative intention lying behind the ambiguous or obscure words ’ and which ‘ contains a clear indication from the minister of the mischief aimed at , or the nature of the case intended , by the legislation ’ . |