Example sentences of "aim had been [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In establishing a Peace Council the aim had been to create a body composed of representatives of associations , political parties , the private sector and the government to design a new peace strategy . |
| 2 | The outlawed Ulster Freedom Fighters admitted being behind the attack on the Sinn Fein advice centre in Lepper Street in the republican New Lodge area of north Belfast , saying the aim had been to murder three members of the party . |
| 3 | Here again Iran 's strategic aim had been to render its opponent harder to govern . |
| 4 | Initially the stated aim had been to promote economic and cultural co-operation , but the revolutionary developments in Eastern Europe since 1989 had added a new dimension , the grouping coming to be viewed as a vehicle for bringing emergent east European democracies into the Western fold . |
| 5 | According to a statement received by the weekly Oiga , Salinas accepted responsibility for the coup attempt and declared that its aim had been to hand over the presidency to Máximo San Román Cáceres , Fujimori 's dismissed First Vice-President named " constitutional president " by the dissolved Congress [ see p. 38846 ] . |
| 6 | John 's aim had been to frighten them so that they would not again attack Derek . |
| 7 | However , if our main aim had been to get as many ‘ ordinary people ’ involved as possible , this was in danger of being frustrated by the sheer bureaucracy of the process . |
| 8 | Her aim had been to get the girls excited about mathematics , and to give them confidence in their own ability . |