Example sentences of "a [noun] aimed at " in BNC.
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| 1 | One Soviet journal questioned why people ‘ in certain Atlantic capitals … want to fasten the word ’ neutrality ’ to Afghanistan 's non-aligned policy' and concluded that ‘ the ‘ neutralisation ’ label conceals a course aimed at the elimination not only of the government now in power but also of the very system established by the April [ 1978 ] revolution ’ . |
| 2 | Under the revised code new principles were introduced , notably ( i ) the penal responsibility of legal entities of public and private law such as companies , trade unions and political parties ( a measure aimed at new crimes such as fraud , hazardous working conditions and pollution ) ; ( ii ) the concept of an " instigator " of a crime ( who would be liable to criminal prosecution and punishment on a similar basis as the " perpetrator " of a crime ) ; and ( iii ) the extension of " legitimate self-defence " to cover defence of property . |
| 3 | ( i ) Domestic rate relief : a per capita subsidy to local residential taxpayers as opposed to commercial and non-domestic taxpayers , ( ii ) Resources equalisation : a component aimed at equalising differences in the tax base of different local authorities . |
| 4 | ( iii ) Needs equalisation : a component aimed at equalising differences in the expenditure requirements of different local authorities ( Bennett 1982:3 ) . |
| 5 | They 're staging a play aimed at teaching the elderly how to deal with conmen and women . |
| 6 | While it is possible to produce ad hoc arguments for non-monotonicity , it is probably wiser to design a study aimed at investigating the functions of both specifically . |
| 7 | In south east Zimbabwe , Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery and aerial photographs are being used in a study aimed at improving the success rate of boreholes and dug wells for rural water supply , with collaboration from hydrogeologists and engineering geophysicists . |
| 8 | As part of a study aimed at elucidating the function of POU domain genes in embryonic development a cDNA clone containing the entire coding region of pou[c] was isolated by low-stringency plaque hybridization of a cDNA library derived from 33h zebrafish embryos using a 380 bp Hind III fragment spanning the salmon pit-1 POU domain ( R.Aasland , unpublished ) as a probe . |
| 9 | NATTA , The Network for Alternative Technology and Technology Assessment , in conjunction with the Open University Technology Policy Group , has initiated such a study aimed at establishing how aware people are of alternative and renewable sources of energy , in general . |
| 10 | Such was the enthusiasm generated by the initial successes with the organochlorine insecticides like DDT , BHC and dieldrin that most of the malarious nations of the world , excepting those in tropical Africa , gladly joined in the eradication programme that the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) began in the late 1950s ; a programme aimed at eradication of the disease rather than the mosquitoes that carried it . |
| 11 | Ashridge Management College has designed a programme aimed at equipping Robson Rhodes partners with business counselling skills . |
| 12 | Although Gil Robles and a sincere ‘ Social-Catholic ’ minority within the CEDA were anxious to demonstrate their reforming credentials , and thereby to retain the loyalty of their own peasant supporters , with a programme aimed at converting rural tenants into property-owners , they got nowhere in the face of opposition from monarchists and the reactionary majority of their own party . |
| 13 | ‘ We were n't liked at all to begin with , especially by the Children 's Department who resented the fact that a programme aimed at 8 to 14-year-olds had been given to the Drama Group , and not to them . ’ |
| 14 | Following its defeats in municipal elections and in elections to the House of Councillors in July 1989 [ see pp. 36800-01 ] , the LDP had embarked upon a programme aimed at reasserting and regaining the political influence which had been damaged not only by the scandals but also by the imposition of an unpopular 3 per cent general consumption tax [ GCT — see p. 36618 , where it is wrongly referred to as a value added tax ] and by the liberalization of import controls in the agricultural sector [ see p. 36800 ] . |
| 15 | The tamarins were due to be taken from Washington 's Zoological Park to Brazil , as part of a programme aimed at increasing the numbers of endangered species . |
| 16 | And the brother of another , Richard McIlkenny , said : ‘ It is a whitewash aimed at covering up the mistakes made by police in convicting six innocent men . ’ |
| 17 | Conservationists have expressed concern over the future of Britain 's peatlands because a deal aimed at preserving them agreed in January 1992 [ see ED 55 ] has still not been signed and could be abandoned . |
| 18 | Native peoples from the US state of Alaska have formed a coalition aimed at persuading the scientific establishment to draw on their traditional methods of observing and understanding nature . |
| 19 | The National Primary Centre have produced a pamphlet aimed at parents and governors and suggests that judgements are made under the following headings : |
| 20 | The directive was part of a plan aimed at reducing the estimated unemployment rate of between 8 and 10 per cent by doubling the percentage of Bahrainis working in the private sector to 50 per cent by mid-1994 . |
| 21 | The sense of the Canadiens ' insecurity is indicated by the belief that Canada 's now official multiculturalism is simply a plot aimed at crushing francophones ' special needs under the political weight of multiculture , and it is , reinforced by the patent preference of the 3.5m post-1945 immigrants to have their children educated in English , which opens far wider career perspectives in North America than French . |
| 22 | This is not to deny that cliques and ‘ school gate agitators ’ sometimes operate with the sole intention of fermenting a campaign aimed at causing damage to the reputation of an individual or the school . |
| 23 | On 21 May the RSPB is launching a campaign aimed at achieving a total ban on the import of wild-caught birds into Europe . |
| 24 | In the run up , DEC will put in place a campaign aimed at independent software vendors , OEMs and other technology partners which will stress the ability to run the catalogue of Unix SVR4 applications on the personality , plus OSF/1 software , from within the same environment . |
| 25 | ‘ Europe against cancer ’ is a campaign aimed at reducing the number of deaths from cancer by 15% by the year 2000 . |
| 26 | The small right-wing Car Party ( APS/PSA ) , originally a party defending motorists ' rights , increased its representation after a campaign aimed at curbing immigration . |
| 27 | In further Sendero attacks , three police officers and two civilians were killed in the town of Manaso , in the southern department of Puno , in the first week of December and 20 " dog bombs " ( high explosives attached to dogs ) were exploded in Lima on Dec. 26-27 , in what was seen as a campaign aimed at local officials . |
| 28 | So the Department of Health has started a campaign aimed at young people and parents . |
| 29 | The increase was announced by Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley last week at the launch of a campaign aimed at reversing the Drug research |
| 30 | The C.U.S.C. is a museum aimed at students and you do not even need to go along to see what they have as there is a catalogue at school . |