Example sentences of "[noun] [be] aimed at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jobclubs are aimed at the younger and less skilled end of the market . |
| 2 | This programme is aimed at the experienced manager who now needs to develop the knowledge , perspective and skills required in a general management position . |
| 3 | Restart is aimed at the long-term unemployed and involves interviews with the employment department . |
| 4 | The study is aimed at the victims of maturity diabetes , which affects 600,000 people in Britain , and will try to find ways of preventing or delaying the disease . |
| 5 | UnixWare is aimed at the Intel Corp 80386 and 80486 personal computer desktop market but it will also be available for Sparc platforms in 1993 . |
| 6 | In the Yorkshire Radio area , where the company 's broadcasts are aimed at the under-35s , listening figures rose 32 per cent to 13.85 hours a week over the year . |
| 7 | In the area of population genetics , theoretical and experimental work is aimed at the process of evolution , natural and artificial selection . |
| 8 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 9 | Of course , other sessions running in parallel on the days are aimed at the specialists in the industry and the ability of such people to gather is another important aspect of the event . |
| 10 | Routledge 's Heritage Gardens by Sheena Goulty is aimed at the professionals tending gardens such as the above ( £45 ) . |
| 11 | Although shops were wrecked in the attack , it is now clear that the bomb was aimed at the security forces rather than commercial properties . |
| 12 | The layout of the A2 could n't be simpler , although I 'm surprised that the word ‘ guitar ’ does n't appear anywhere on it , for while it 's true the A2 is an effects processor for any instrument , the bulk of its sounds are aimed at the guitarist . |
| 13 | The 3050LC machines are aimed at the office market and run Hitachi 's Ofis office automation software . |
| 14 | The company claims the machines are aimed at the bulk-buy corporate market , schools and home buyers . |
| 15 | Another criticism is aimed at the Nine O'Clock News on Friday March 20 , which opened with three minutes of a Kinnock speech . |
| 16 | Introduced in 1951 in England , Wales and Northern Ireland , A levels are aimed at the most academically able pupils . |
| 17 | But yesterday Mr Fallon said his comments were aimed at the local education authority and not the schools themselves . |
| 18 | If a punch is aimed at the face , the defender steps out to intercept it before it gains momentum . |
| 19 | If your rockets are aimed at the rocket bases on the other side — a strategy known as ‘ counter-force ’ — there is no point in firing second , after those enemy rockets have been launched . |
| 20 | There were men out there , workmen driving animals and carrying torches whose beams were aimed at the ground . |
| 21 | After all , the UN is a public body and though the message is aimed at the individual , public media encourage a connection with global identity . |
| 22 | The second main emphasis of Callinicos ' critique is aimed at the philosophy most frequently regarded as underpinning claims for the distinction of a postmodern culture , viz. poststructuralism . |
| 23 | Launched by Trinity Insurance , Caddysure is aimed at the many golfers who have little insurance cover other than limited extensions to household policies . |
| 24 | Lest we are in any doubt about where responsibility for pedestrian casualties lies , propaganda on pedestrian accidents is aimed at the pedestrian , rarely at the motorist : as one ‘ public information announcement ’ has it , ‘ One false move and you 're dead . ’ |
| 25 | The attack was aimed at the motor vehicle . |
| 26 | The New Right attack was aimed at the social democratic consensus of the postwar years , a consensus which , as discussed earlier , was founded on the intellectual ascendancy of Fabian socialism underpinned by values of equality , equity , efficiency and social integration . |
| 27 | SNI says the box is aimed at the very high-end of the PC market where low-end Unix RISC technology is positioned . |
| 28 | No , the image is aimed at the most vulnerable . |
| 29 | Although some developers provide low cost or rented housing within their schemes , the majority of housing is aimed at the upper end of the market thus setting in motion a house price spiral which effectively freezes the locals out of home ownership . |
| 30 | The foot is aimed at the face of the opponent and the kicking leg is bent at the knee in a snap motion down across the opponent 's face . |