Example sentences of "aim at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan 's colony of Korea was occupied partly by Russian troops and partly by the US in 1945. prior discussion among the allies had agreed to aim at international trusteeship followed by independence , but superpower interests and conflict between Korean independence groups rendered agreement on unification impossible , and the two sides became increasingly polarized . |
| 2 | They learn to aim at miniature planes . |
| 3 | Surely , speakers and writers aiming at optimal relevance would formulate their utterances in a way that guaranteed the intended interpretation in the first place . |
| 4 | We are aiming at good levels of fertility , ( the ability to conceive ) , fecundity , ( the ability to conceive multiple offspring ) and productivity ( the ability to raise the offspring born ) . |
| 5 | He had been therapist and client both , had asked the questions and supplied the answers , aiming at total frankness , keeping nothing back , expressing to those bare walls , that metal table and black-leather swivel chair , that window with its half-drawn , dark-blue blind , the crawling distastes and shames , the self-disgust , the shrinking from light and the fear which seemed sometimes to beat with frenzied wings against bars in his brain . |
| 6 | The bridge pickup is mounted on a sort of Tele-style plate , which when combined with the overall shape of the guitar gives the memory a bit of a jog and you find yourself starting to think Thinline or HM Telecaster , which may not be a good thing if Starfield are aiming at total individuality . |
| 7 | So far as the latter are concerned it is evident that the movements aiming at national unification or national independence in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have arisen in circumstances very different from those which prevailed when the first nation states were created . |
| 8 | In 2001 Kubrick was aiming at state-of-the-art realism for most of the film ; then he launched off into slightly obscure fantasy in the fourth and last section , ‘ Jupiter and Beyond Infinity ’ . |
| 9 | Aiming at corporate accounts , ICL claims these versions of OfficePower , along with implementations on other Unix platforms expected to be announced in the coming months , will account for over 70% of new licences for the software by the end of 1993 , by its reckoning some 140,000 out of 200,000 new seats it expects to win between now and then . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've gone after the areas where we have out performed Intel and we 're aiming at high-volume products such as laptops and palmtops , ’ Dave Brand , AMD 's British managing director , said . |
| 11 | Pet Plan has a policy called RIDER PLAN ( FREEFONE 0800 282250 ) which would be ideal for you as it aims at regular riders who do not own their own horse or pony . |
| 12 | ACER AIMS AT VACATED MINICOMPUTER SPACE |
| 13 | By Jane Croft A PIONEERING course at Liverpool University aims at improving race relations throughout Britain . |
| 14 | When Spurgeon opened Pastor 's College in 1856 some of the first pupils were illiterate but he insisted that his aim was to equip ‘ a class of ministers who will not aim at lofty scholarship , but at the winning of souls — men of the people ’ . |
| 15 | In one area Tanucci did aim at far-reaching change . |
| 16 | But I wish they would aim at scrupulous accuracy regarding the facts and moderation in their comments . |
| 17 | ‘ We aim at social security . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Shall we move over there ? ’ suggested Greg , nodding to a vacant corner and hoping his intentions were not mistaken : he aimed at cosy conversation rather than anything intimate . |
| 19 | Those boys ( they were few , for academic impulses withered and died in the Burleigh air ) who aimed at Advanced Level , or even university , had always trickled off into the state system as soon as they had taken their Ordinary Levels , if not before . |
| 20 | An expensive fund-raising exercise in 1987 aimed at financial institutions raised only £55,000 which was one third of the initial target figure although some isolated local initiatives have brought much-appreciated donations from local businesses . |
| 21 | The ‘ Community method ’ therefore was pragmatic , but it aimed at great things . |
| 22 | More training of young members should be provided as well as distribution of literature aimed at young people . |
| 23 | The motion asks the C E C to initiate a campaign aimed at changing legislation , giving workers the right to refuse to accept changes to previous agreed contracts . |
| 24 | Soviet and United States arms control negotiators resumed talks in Washington on Jan. 21 aimed at clearing obstacles to a Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ( START ) on cutting long-range nuclear arsenals by 30 per cent . |
| 25 | Roughly speaking , objects and furniture under a value of around FFr 300,000 sold easily , and dealers who aimed at modest margins fared well . |
| 26 | Talks in Whitehall aimed at restoring trade union rights to thousands of workers have collapsed after months of secret negotiations . |
| 27 | Talks in Whitehall aimed at restoring trade union rights to thousands of workers have collapsed after months of secret negotiations . |
| 28 | An extradition treaty was signed with Rwanda on Aug. 16 aimed at improving effectiveness in combating crime ; the treaty excluded individuals wanted for political offences , and both governments reserved the right to refuse to surrender their own citizens , in which cases they agreed to prosecute the individuals themselves . |
| 29 | The Reaganites argued that the ‘ stagflation ’ of the 1970s demonstrated that there was no evidence of a trade-off between unemployment and inflation , and heaped scorn on policies aimed at managing demand or artificially controlling wages and prices . |
| 30 | But the emphasis of the play , aimed at primary school children , is always on clarity and entertainment . |