Example sentences of "aim is [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The link was severed on 1 July and the aim is to move to being a single status organisation by 1 August 1994 . |
| 2 | The critic must study the text with the maximum degree of attention to all its parts ( Richards suggests ( 1970 : 317 ) that four poems may be too many for a week 's reading ) , but his aim is to arrive at the ‘ relevant mental condition ’ ( Richards 1970 : 11 ) associated with it , and then to judge this mental condition according to the principles outlined above . |
| 3 | Our aim is to improve on that record still further . |
| 4 | The aim is to invest in a distance learning system and materials appropriate for some 70,000 NHS managers at the threshold of their managerial careers , with a take up of 3000 participants per year , at a cost somewhere between £ 100,000 to £300,000 for initial development . |
| 5 | The aim is to invest in Chinese stocks and shares which stand to benefit from the upsurge in economic growth which China is experiencing . |
| 6 | Timothy Neat directs tricksily ; the aim is to reflect on different ways of telling stories . |
| 7 | Timothy Neat directs tricksily , mixing colour and black-and-white , 35mm , 16mm and still photography , narrated and direct action ; the aim is to reflect on different ways of telling stories . |
| 8 | It is useful because our aim is to see through questions and answers about ‘ Other Minds ’ . |
| 9 | The main aim is touring with Sundar tours , adventure canoeing , hostelling and camping holidays plus weekly pool sessions for beginners . |
| 10 | When that aim is kept in view , it will be found that English as a subject should occupy not any place which may happen to be vacant , but the first place ; and that English as a method must have entry everywhere . |
| 11 | The Transatlantic strategists ’ , it was claimed , ‘ do not conceal the fact that from a military point of view their aim is to create in the Persian Gulf a third centre — in addition to Western Europe and the Far East of military might outside the USA and covered by an atomic umbrella . ’ |
| 12 | This aim is underpinned by three interrelated objectives and it is not without significance how they complement and serve to implement the White Paper 's own trinity of ‘ aims of supervision ’ , that is , protection of the public , prevention of reoffending and successful reintegration of the offender in the community ( p. 35 , para. 7.3 ) . |
| 13 | Its aim is to co-operate in the development of the X-standard and get it accepted by the International and US standards bodies , ISO and ANSI . |
| 14 | The long term aim is to agree on a set of standards by which an " eco-label " could be awarded to timber products which come from genuinely sustainable sources . |
| 15 | For those who might be interested in switching , perhaps because a major aim is to retire before age 60 , you should know that whereas until recently insurance companies were virtually the only outlet for buying individual pension plans , today these are also available from banks , building societies , unit trusts and friendly societies . |
| 16 | The aim is to place in one division activities which interact strongly , and put weakly interacting parts in different divisions . |
| 17 | A wider aim is to contribute towards an understanding of the economic and social organisation of commercial sea fishing in Northern Ireland , its present structure and future prospects . |
| 18 | The aim is to contribute to anthropological understanding of the incest taboo and also to be of practical use to the therapeutic team . |
| 19 | Instead the aim is to contribute to constructing practical and supportive alliances with other socialist-feminists . |
| 20 | The four system units will be organised around products — mainframe computers , mid-range , self-service terminal systems and application software , and is intended significantly to cut the time it takes for products to get to market — the aim is to cut in half the time it takes to develop products and bring them to the market . |
| 21 | Rentokil is an international service group whose consistent aim is to provide for its shareholders a growth of at least 20% per annum in profits and earnings per share . |
| 22 | The aim is to launch as a pilot operation at least 8 packs at the Survival level in late autumn 1989/early spring 1990 using Milan , Italy as a test market . |
| 23 | The immediate aim is to launch at least five such products on the market within two years . |
| 24 | The aim is to learn from experience gained in the demonstration districts and regions and to disseminate the lessons throughout the NHS . |
| 25 | Physics is very rarely discussed on the courses ; the students ' main aim is to get through the course and pass the examinations . |
| 26 | The group 's long-term aim is to get into non-Bull sites to deliver its consultancy and networking services . |
| 27 | When we do make up our minds to lose the excess , however , we tend to sacrifice long-term benefits for short-term success : our aim is to get to our target weight as quickly as possible . |
| 28 | This Society has appeared twice on Radio Leeds and their next aim is to get on local television . |
| 29 | City Councillor Betty Staningford says ‘ the aim is to get across a serious message in a light hearted way ’ . |
| 30 | The aim is to get in the Guinness Book of Records by beating the current record of 2,463 objects in the air simultaneously from 821 jugglers juggling at least three objects . |