Example sentences of "were directed at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leeds manager Howard Wilkinson said : ‘ No abusive remarks were directed at the police officer . |
| 2 | In a sense the development of such petitions is of far greater interest to the ecclesiastical historian in respect of its consequences rather than its origins ; for what this system entailed was public cognizance , and a public memory , of grievances ; when these complaints were directed at the church , parliament inevitably served to institutionalize and to unify countless discontents , and thus to provide kings and others with ideas , excuses and encouragement for actions against the church which might otherwise have remained unrealized . |
| 3 | In fact before the first year of this trial was completed , some 80 per cent of decision packages were approved almost automatically and resources were directed at the remaining 20 per cent of packages . |
| 4 | Where the earlier forms of corporal punishment were directed at the body of the convict , disciplinary punishment aimed , via the body , at the ‘ soul ’ of the offender . |
| 5 | The leader of the three was still shouting , but now his curses were directed at the woman who was confronting him . |
| 6 | Although such overtures to work the mines were directed at the Lord of the Manor , really at this time the landowner was not it , a proper legal position to let out the veins on his land where these Carried the Royal Minerals , gold and silver . |