Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [v-ing] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It appeared to some that somehow the police had been left to solve or to break the strike by impeding the exercise of the rights of persuasion and protest aimed at bringing out the miners who were still at work . |
| 2 | In general , Wordsworth 's changes were often simple adjustments aimed at tidying up the poem — he removed lines 343–4 in our extract ; but he also altered the language in the direction of the exaggerated poetic diction which he had campaigned against in earlier days — there are no examples in our extract , except perhaps ‘ the female ’ for ‘ the Woman ’ in line 315 . |
| 3 | From such protests , and meetings in family homes , grew the Stroud based Menigitis Trust , which is organising the first international conference , being held in Britain next week , aimed at wiping out the disease . |
| 4 | For the first time this season , Paul Rendall and Jeff Probyn are paired together in the front row in a switch of policy aimed at tightening up the pack . |
| 5 | Now two years of talks with the Japanese aimed at weeding out the insects before they set sail , may be about to bear fruit . |
| 6 | Labour 's traditional left wing , centring on the Tribune group , plunged into its normal Machiavellian schemings aimed at taking over the party . |
| 7 | By 1978 , heroin dealing was out of control in the area and New York police mounted Pressure Point , an operation aimed at closing down the area 's drug markets and hailed as a great success . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the World Wide Fund for Nature is urgently appealing for funds to stage a campaign in the Far East aimed at closing down the markets for rhino horn . |
| 9 | Measures aimed at opening up the economy to foreign investment and the privatization of state companies continued apace throughout November . |
| 10 | On Nov. 13 Menem signed a decree for a sweeping new privatization programme , aimed at winding up the remainder of the public sector by the end of 1992 . |
| 11 | 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 . ’ |
| 12 | On the other hand , the United States carried out a series of crisis measures apparently aimed at shoring up the dollar . |
| 13 | The Polish government has proposed transforming 10 per cent of its debts to western governments ( which total around US$32 billion ) into a domestic fund aimed at cleaning up the country 's environment . |