Example sentences of "aims [to-vb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The research aims to gather enough empirical information about the development of a number of technologies to be able to apply quantitative techniques to identify elementary trends in the evolution of technologies ( for example the substitution of one technology by another one , processes of specialization , the appearance of completely new technologies etc ) .
2 It is of importance in its own right , since affirmative assessment aims to include all significant experience , and unconscious pain is surely significant .
3 The scheme aims to promote responsible environmental management in industry .
4 Yesterday Jonny , who originally comes from Piercebridge near Darlington and went to school in Barnard Castle , presented his business plan to judges in the county finals of the national Livewire competition , which aims to encourage young self-employed businessmen and women .
5 The research aims to answer two crucial questions .
6 It aims to answer two basic questions : How much should be ordered and when ?
7 Romania 's telecommunications development will require $7,000m to $8,000m in investments , according to a senior Ministry of Communications official quoted by Reuter , which notes that that is despite the fact that it is seeking only a modest 25% phone penetration rate by the year 2005 ; Siemens AG and Alcatel NV had offered credits of more than $85m for switching equipment manufactured in Romania and the country aims to install 500,000 new phone lines , 3,125 miles of fibre optic cable , setting up a private television channel and obtaining between 5,000 and 10,000 mobile phone subscribers over the next three years .
8 It aims to help all married people who want to bring new life and new dimension to their marriage , to come and share in the life of the centre .
9 Among the questions to which this project aims to apply recent public choice research are ‘ Why does anybody ever vote/work for a pressure group/stand for public office ? ’ 'What do bureaucrats seek to maximise ? ’ 'What ( if any ) political procedures ensure that what the people want is done ? ’
10 At a practical level , therefore , the research aims to identify those physical characteristics of the irrelevant speech eg , meaning , intensity , number of sources , rhythm , that cause disruption to the reading .
11 It aims to use detailed empirical observations both to draw out general trends and processes that occur in state enterprise industrial relations , and to illuminate the factors that create different responses in similar industries .
12 The research aims to fill these two gaps , by focusing on six key decisions in British foreign policy in the time between the Munich agreement and the German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June 1941 .
13 Some people supply their own outfits while others use clothes from the studio wardrobe in a session which aims to project three different images .
14 The CSA which aims to save 530 million pounds in benefit payments says ’ The new system assesses maitenance in accordance with a formula , taking account of the income of both parents and certain essential outgoings .
15 The research aims to investigate these past trends by analysing data on the employment , income , savings , welfare transfers and household circumstances of the elderly population in Britain since 1900 .
16 The work also aims to place such dynamic relationships in the context of pressures on local government at this time and the context of an emerging leisure profession .
17 Anyone who follows this approach wholeheartedly must therefore be prepared for eclectic results : on the one hand theories inspired by a commitment to a moral ideal of autonomy and individual responsibility ; on the other , work which aims to subvert that very view .
18 The Japanese government aims to have 200,000 electric vehicles in operation by 2000 .
19 She employs four people and aims to have three other workshops within five years .
20 The Foundation aims to have 2 major products requesting the Fairtrade Mark before the end of 1993 , with a further 4-5 major products on board the following year .
21 Sail Finlandia aims to raise 48 million markka — around £7 million — to fund the challenge in 1992 .
22 Second , the transnational capitalist class aims to downgrade certain domestic practices by comparison with new and more glamorous transnational practices and to create a ‘ comprador ’ mentality .
23 The NFFO will be set annually by the Department of Energy ; it aims to guarantee that new electricity distribution companies in England and Wales use a certain amount of renewable souces to generate power .
24 Spiritual healing aims to correct these deep-seated imbalances by strengthening the flow of the life-force and removing any negative forces or imbalances .
25 A new association aims to prevent any further attrition of the country schools network , however , unless the closures are backed by local parents .
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