Example sentences of "aim [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They deliberately limit the number of guests to six at any one time as they aim to preserve the home-from-home atmosphere . |
| 2 | This may seem surprising in view of the fact that the British tend to move house less frequently than people in some other countries like the USA and , more particularly , in view of the wide range of government measures that aim to support the existing patterns and restrict the scale of new urban expansion , such as regional policy , green belts and the urban programme . |
| 3 | The church leaders ' letters aim to encourage the British Government to return to its former policy of supporting the nuclear non-proliferation treaty by calling a moratorium on weapons testing , as the French , US and Russian governments have done . |
| 4 | The church leaders ' letters aim to encourage the British government to return to its former policy of supporting the nuclear non-proliferation treaty , as the French , US and Russian governments have done . |
| 5 | For a harmonious effect , aim to reflect the overall tonality of the room , or ensure that a single colour from the woodwork or furnishings is echoed in the rug . |
| 6 | ‘ HSE inspectors aim to help the committed employer improve the management of health and safety . |
| 7 | Several series are accompanied by books which aim to help the individual work alone with the video materials , and one , Framework English is specifically described as a self-study course . |
| 8 | Taken to an extreme , driving and flight simulators aim to duplicate the real thing exactly and if used repetitively they could assess changes due to daily rhythms . |
| 9 | But they also aim to address the full range of social influences on behaviour , and this can complicate them . |
| 10 | Tonight Boro aim to reduce the six-point lead of third-placed Cambridge United at Abbey Stadium . |
| 11 | It is recognised that some courses , particularly those in primary education , aim to permeate the whole course with language understanding . |
| 12 | I aim to represent the whole spectrum . |
| 13 | We aim to complete the single market , prepare for enlargement of the Community , support democracy and reform in the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe , and prepare the ground for carrying out the Maastricht treaty . |
| 14 | The proposals also aim to overcome the present problems relating to the independence , accountability and legal liability of external auditors . |
| 15 | ‘ I aim to take the positive approach all the time now . |
| 16 | The changes aim to improve the high quality of our health service for everyone now and into the next century . |
| 17 | The proposals simply aim to unite the different sections under one banner , within which specialist branches and education programmes will continue to flourish . |
| 18 | We aim to make the simplifying process one of distillation and concentration , rather than trying to make ‘ umbrella ’ statements which are unobjectionable . |
| 19 | First , we have those recordings which are ‘ natural ’ , in the sense that they aim to reproduce the original subject-matter . |
| 20 | We aim to confront the legitimate fears and aspirations of both communities . |