Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb pp] at [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're staging a play aimed at teaching the elderly how to deal with conmen and women . |
| 2 | While it is possible to produce ad hoc arguments for non-monotonicity , it is probably wiser to design a study aimed at investigating the functions of both specifically . |
| 3 | In south east Zimbabwe , Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery and aerial photographs are being used in a study aimed at improving the success rate of boreholes and dug wells for rural water supply , with collaboration from hydrogeologists and engineering geophysicists . |
| 4 | As part of a study aimed at elucidating the function of POU domain genes in embryonic development a cDNA clone containing the entire coding region of pou[c] was isolated by low-stringency plaque hybridization of a cDNA library derived from 33h zebrafish embryos using a 380 bp Hind III fragment spanning the salmon pit-1 POU domain ( R.Aasland , unpublished ) as a probe . |
| 5 | The tamarins were due to be taken from Washington 's Zoological Park to Brazil , as part of a programme aimed at increasing the numbers of endangered species . |
| 6 | Native peoples from the US state of Alaska have formed a coalition aimed at persuading the scientific establishment to draw on their traditional methods of observing and understanding nature . |
| 7 | The directive was part of a plan aimed at reducing the estimated unemployment rate of between 8 and 10 per cent by doubling the percentage of Bahrainis working in the private sector to 50 per cent by mid-1994 . |
| 8 | The increase was announced by Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley last week at the launch of a campaign aimed at reversing the Drug research |
| 9 | ‘ Europe against cancer ’ is a campaign aimed at reducing the number of deaths from cancer by 15% by the year 2000 . |
| 10 | Since the mid-1970s there has been growing recognition that residential care can only be effective when it is part of a package aimed at helping the family as a whole , and where parents are involved in all aspects of the care process . |
| 11 | The scheme , part of a package aimed at cutting the council 's expenditure on the complex , will involve converting parts of the building into bedrooms and other leisure facilities , such as an indoor bowling centre and swimming-pool . |
| 12 | They 're not taking the chance of losing a near-£1 million gate from a match aimed at celebrating the opening of the new £25 million East Stand . |
| 13 | MORE than 60 delegates attended a seminar aimed at putting the Hampshire construction industry in better shape in 1995 . |
| 14 | The bill represented a compromise aimed at accommodating the strong reservations of many Christian Democrats , the senior government coalition partner . |
| 15 | While geographical proximity , cultural affinities and the need to justify Japanese rule encouraged the pursuit of a policy aimed at integrating the interests of ruler and ruled , equality between the two was never a possibility . |
| 16 | He committed the Soviet Union to a policy directed at removing the military bases and armed forces of outside powers from foreign territories . |
| 17 | More than 170 delegates representing almost all opposition groups met under the auspices of the Iraqi National Congress ( INC ) in Salahuddin , northern Iraq , on Oct. 27-31 to adopt a strategy aimed at overthrowing the Saddam Hussein regime . |
| 18 | However , Joe underlined that LASMO has embarked upon a strategy aimed at strengthening the group 's financial position to create capacity for future investment in exploration and development opportunities worldwide . |
| 19 | An example of the tactic would be a project aimed at establishing the suitability of a material for a given task . |
| 20 | The job losses were part of a masterplan aimed at transforming the structure of the oil group . |
| 21 | Some researchers have suggested that the plague may be an unforeseen consequence of a scheme aimed at reducing the release of acid-rain-causing compounds into the atmosphere . |
| 22 | A framework allowing Iraq to pump and sell oil under strict controls [ see p. 38406 ] was approved by the UN sanctions committee on Oct. 15 , but rejected on Oct. 24 by the Iraqi Oil Minister Usamah Abd al-Razzaq Hummadi al-Hithi , who said that it was a scheme aimed at unseating the government and that " it 's not going to happen " . |
| 23 | Remarkably , one might think , one of the lowest — indicating almost total lack of agreement — was with a diagnosis arrived at using the criteria introduced by Eugen Bleuler , the man who coined the term ‘ schizophrenia ’ in the first place ! |