Example sentences of "have be direct at " in BNC.

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1 Numerous criticisms have been directed at it from insides and outside feminism .
2 Restrictive measures have been directed at Third World manufacturers whose electronic and electrical products , garments , shoes , toys , sporting and household goods were said to be unfairly flooding vulnerable First World markets .
3 In retrospect , our attempts to prevent recurrence should , perhaps , have been directed at identifying and manipulating ( by increasing the amounts of inhibitors or decreasing the amounts of promotors ) nucleating factors that induce crystal , and thereby gall stone , formation from supersaturated bile .
4 The two most central criticisms , though , have been directed at the aggregate effects of such a method of election .
5 ‘ Massive efforts have been directed at expunging all trace of the invader and fortunately they have the funds and the expertise to do it .
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