Example sentences of "at [v-ing] [art] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few , certainly , espoused revolutionary ideas in 1931 ; the party 's immediate task , it was generally agreed , was to press for legislation aimed at assisting the working class and , in particular , the impoverished landless labourers of the south . |
| 2 | Indeed , Bailey holds up for critical scrutiny the idea that schools can prepare young people for a world of rapid technological change by concentrating on the very technology which is subject to change ; rather , he suggests , the best basis for adaptability is a liberal education aimed at generating a wide understanding and the development of reason and autonomy . |
| 3 | It should be noted that the profits of the blenders have been excluded from the welfare function since the policies were aimed exclusively at protecting the dominant firms and also the blenders are being treated as import agents . |
| 4 | According to a report in the Bangkok Post of Sept. 19 the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the Cambodian conflict and normalizing relations . |
| 5 | Further research in this field is currently aimed at elucidating the precise mechanism(s) that regulate each of these factors and at determining their influence on hepatocyte-matrix interaction and thus their importance in liver injury . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Some parents are better at turning a blind eye than others . |
| 8 | Their own proposals for reform are aimed at restructuring the British press but it can be argued that even they fail to come to grips with the sort of major ‘ shortcomings ’ of the press ( and media ) identified above . |
| 9 | So far I have been lucky in that I have never had to work at getting the next job but there may be a point when I look up and there is no opportunity around the corner . ’ |
| 10 | He committed the Soviet Union to a policy directed at removing the military bases and armed forces of outside powers from foreign territories . |
| 11 | Christopher 's very good at doing the flat ones but not so good at the three D ones . |
| 12 | Lloyd 's chairman David Coleridge reiterated his elation at having the new tenants while their listed Edwardian building is repaired , and offered them the use of his building 's catering facilities — an important consideration for many members . |
| 13 | ‘ We 're now looking at standardising the whole thing and that could well involve the defrocking of Reverend Green . ’ |
| 14 | This month Jane looks at re-training the older horse and over the next few issues she will be giving invaluable advice on overcoming the most common problems . |
| 15 | Any attempt at clarifying the sundry commitments and obligations for the provider in a detention and/or incarcerational situation must recognise this fact and make sure that a clearly defined ethic is agreed to by the licensing bodies of the so-called physician extender groups , the physician assistants , and the nurse practitioners . |
| 16 | ‘ I intend to work hard at finding a sensible solution that 's best for our entire family . |
| 17 | For a girl with no ‘ stomach ’ to complete the assassination of Ray Doyle , she had proved remarkably adept at shooting an exiled Colonel and his bodyguard . |
| 18 | It included measures aimed at reducing the public-sector deficit and the numbers of employees in the state sector , and steps to improve the functioning of local government . |