Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] at [v-ing] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cause of the retention needs to be determined and therapy aimed at alleviating the stress and tension that are contributing to it . |
| 2 | The central policy-making body for the professions , the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing , Midwifery and Health Visiting ( UKCC ) , has already issued guidelines for good practice aimed at improving the standard and content of re-entry programmes available to qualified nurses and health visitors wishing to update their clinical and theoretical knowledge . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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derived from 33h zebrafish embryos using a 380 bp Hind III fragment spanning the salmon pit-1 POU domain ( R.Aasland , unpublished ) as a probe . |
| 5 | ‘ Access to Enterprise ’ is primarily an educational development programme aimed at influencing the curriculum and teaching methods of the undergraduate courses in the University . |
| 6 | The municipal authorities in Genoa have used Columbus year to launch a controversial programme aimed at restoring the city 's fortunes and its image . |
| 7 | UARS is the first stage of Nasa 's Mission to Planet Earth , a 15-year global research programme aimed at studying the Earth " as a complete environmental system " . |
| 8 | For ten months of the year we hear nothing of him , then he releases some nauseating , sentimental ditty aimed at grabbing the Christmas Number One spot . |
| 9 | All that is open to the responsible and concerned citizen is direct action aimed at preventing the work from going ahead . ’ |
| 10 | Readers will remember my telling them of British Coal 's current advertising campaign aimed at convincing the power generators to place any future contracts with it . |
| 11 | The increase was announced by Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley last week at the launch of a campaign aimed at reversing the Drug research |
| 12 | A new publicity campaign aimed at lightening the load of those who have to manually handle goods at work — the biggest single group who suffer work-related accidents has been launched by the Health and Safety Executive ( HSE ) . |
| 13 | The Department of Health intends to screen the ads on RTE as part of a national campaign aimed at preventing the spread of AIDS . |
| 14 | Editor , — The rate of the sudden infant death syndrome in Scotland fell before the national campaign aimed at reducing the prevalence of the prone sleeping position . |
| 15 | ‘ Europe against cancer ’ is a campaign aimed at reducing the number of deaths from cancer by 15% by the year 2000 . |
| 16 | The Test and County Cricket Board have been working on a detailed financial plan aimed at hosting the competition for the fourth time in 1995 . |
| 17 | The Test and County Cricket Board have been working on a detailed financial plan aimed at hosting the competition on British soil in 1995 . |
| 18 | A World Bank-sponsored meeting of Bangladesh aid-donor countries and organizations held in London on Dec. 11-12 , 1989 , approved an action plan aimed at protecting the country from flooding . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Jazz at Ronnie Scott 's , Selwyn Price already has an established reputation for his photowork images of ‘ world ’ music and has now produced a body of work aimed at capturing the energy and essence of live jazz at its best ( until 22 Mar ) . |
| 21 | Now Oxford West and Abingdon Conservative Association are calling for a new privacy law aimed at curbing the telefoto lens . |
| 22 | The next step was to turn the feasibility study into a detailed business plan which would be presented in a share prospectus aimed at attracting the target £6.5 million now estimated to be needed to launch a paper selling between 800,000 and 1.1 million copies . |
| 23 | OLYMPIC cyclist Chris Boardman is pedalling against drugs today , as he spearheads a new initiative aimed at beating the menace . |
| 24 | A NEW road safety initiative aimed at reducing the toll of deaths and injuries to children has been launched in Cheshire . |
| 25 | STRICTLY speaking , there are two types of autorotation : as a safety device aimed at landing the model in one piece after an engine failure , or as an aerobatic manoeuvre . |
| 26 | He pursued a programme of reform aimed at strengthening the regime and the Tokugawa 's position within it , but was unable to stem the hostile tide . |
| 27 | They 're not taking the chance of losing a near-£1 million gate from a match aimed at celebrating the opening of the new £25 million East Stand . |
| 28 | The redundancies are part of a nationwide package aimed at saving the van and truck company which went into receivership last week . |
| 29 | Since the mid-1970s there has been growing recognition that residential care can only be effective when it is part of a package aimed at helping the family as a whole , and where parents are involved in all aspects of the care process . |
| 30 | Scores of car buyers flocked to showrooms yesterday encouraged by a Budget package aimed at kickstarting the motor industry . |