Example sentences of "aimed at [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His public speeches were all aimed at converting the party to a positive belief in coalition , leading it from the front — and in a direction where many Unionists did not wish to follow . |
| 2 | Adopted by 127 votes , Resolution 44/106 , aimed at converting the 1963 Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Tests in the Atmosphere , in Outer Space and Under Water into a comprehensive ban was opposed by the United States and the United Kingdom with 22 abstentions ( including the remaining NATO countries ) . |
| 3 | His report , which received Security Council approval , included a number of proposals aimed at bringing a peaceful transition to multiracial democracy . |
| 4 | In the face of royal financial demands he had to bear in mind the interests of the clergy as well as his duty to the king , and he was subject to some pressure from the Pope to urge the king to pay heed to papal diplomatic overtures aimed at bringing an end to the war . |
| 5 | Everything he has done has been aimed at bringing the country to dictatorship , to presidential rule as they call it . |
| 6 | At its most ambitious and sophisticated this strategy aimed at bringing the raw subjectivity of the student or pupil into palpable contact with that very stuff of life considered to inhere within the " sacred " text . |
| 7 | After taking possession of the letter Pérez de Cuéllar returned to Geneva and opened diplomatic negotiations aimed at bringing the hostage crisis to an end . |
| 8 | He said that the government 's actions were aimed at bringing the two states closer and promoting integration . |
| 9 | However , people have since realised they have been lured into a debt trap aimed at bringing the working class to heel , with unemployment the main weapon . |
| 10 | A new video aimed at unravelling the mysteries of the British Parliamentary system has just been released . |
| 11 | This is an instructional tape which illustrates the actual technique of hand knitting in a slow and clear format which is easy to follow and aimed at teaching the beginner to master the basic techniques . |
| 12 | They 're staging a play aimed at teaching the elderly how to deal with conmen and women . |
| 13 | The spokesman said the report had been aimed at overshadowing the Qods Day protest , held on the last Friday of Ramadan since the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dedicated the day to anti-Israeli demonstrations in 1979 . |
| 14 | Most people find life a mixture of nice and nasty experiences and behaviour is aimed at maximizing the nice experiences and minimizing the nasty ones . |
| 15 | Russian colonial policies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were aimed at maximizing the income of the state by the subjection of aboriginal peoples to fur tribute . |
| 16 | The Chinese Wall is a self styled regulatory mechanism aimed at stemming the flow of material information from one department in a conglomerate to another and resolving the legal problems associated with conflicts of interest generally . |
| 17 | SHOCKING new adverts aimed at stemming the rising death toll caused by solvent abuse have been welcomed by North-East campaigners . |
| 18 | Patients suffering from skin cancer are to be asked to take part in research aimed at proving a link between the disease and the radioactive gas radon . |
| 19 | It will be followed by a " demonstration plant " aimed at proving the commercially-viability of the fast-breeder route . |
| 20 | In addition , he might consider taking a shower or some exercise on waking , procedures which are aimed at stressing a regular start to the day . |
| 21 | This glut of contracts can also be partly explained by the actions of some banks supporting their national exchanges , and by some governments ' policies through their tax legislation and regulation actions which are aimed at establishing a presence in what is thought to be an essential requirement for each country 's financial centre . |
| 22 | This initial auction , aimed at establishing a market price , raised around $21 million . |
| 23 | This was aimed at establishing an industrial site requiring close access to import/export facilities . |
| 24 | An example of the tactic would be a project aimed at establishing the suitability of a material for a given task . |
| 25 | The international treaty is aimed at saving the Earth 's ozone layer and commits member countries to phasing out production of the gases that destroy the layer . |
| 26 | The redundancies are part of a nationwide package aimed at saving the van and truck company which went into receivership last week . |
| 27 | UP TO 15,000 Scottish benefit claimants would lose entitlement to free legal aid in civil cases under rules aimed at saving the Government up to £8 million . |
| 28 | Conductive Education is a preventive system aimed at stopping a disability from becoming a handicap . |
| 29 | The crime is one aimed at stopping the accused from committing offences even before he has attempted to steal . |
| 30 | A company is stepping up trials of a new drug aimed at stopping the spread of AIDS . |