Example sentences of "[noun] aim [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following from a series of previous studies of knowledge producing communities , the research aims for detailed documentation and explanation of the variety of ways in which the ‘ practical utility ’ of health economics is portrayed and assessed . |
| 2 | Despite the continued indifference of the Labour Party the Communists had made many concessions aimed at attracting support from Labour members . |
| 3 | Two books aimed at developing language skills through presentation and discussion of thought-provoking topics . |
| 4 | It changes from being a cost centre to a profit centre , and this should stimulate management to aim for better performance and should provide increased job satisfaction . |
| 5 | So far as the latter are concerned it is evident that the movements aiming at national unification or national independence in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have arisen in circumstances very different from those which prevailed when the first nation states were created . |
| 6 | The motion asks the C E C to initiate a campaign aimed at changing legislation , giving workers the right to refuse to accept changes to previous agreed contracts . |
| 7 | The latter part of 1992 will see the development of a ‘ Steady as You Go ’ campaign aimed at elderly bus users . |
| 8 | In the run up , DEC will put in place a campaign aimed at independent software vendors , OEMs and other technology partners which will stress the ability to run the catalogue of Unix SVR4 applications on the personality , plus OSF/1 software , from within the same environment . |
| 9 | Status : Regional grouping aimed at co-ordinating legislation on economic , social , cultural , scientific and legal concerns . |
| 10 | Status : Regional grouping aimed at co-ordinating legislation on economic , social , cultural , scientific and legal concerns . |
| 11 | South Korea , Japan , China and the Soviet Union have agreed to form a regional environmental co-operation committee aimed at limiting waste disposal , preventing accidents , and preserving marine life . |
| 12 | The consequence is that merger bids aimed at improving performance will tend to fail . |
| 13 | Karate Kids is a ‘ -minute AIDS education cartoon aimed at Third World street kids . |
| 14 | Karate Kids is a ‘ -minute AIDS education cartoon aimed at Third World street kids . |
| 15 | ‘ There 's a body of work aimed at non-problematic representation , ’ Giannaris explains , ‘ the genre of ‘ coming out ’ films . |
| 16 | The demand for child labour in the textile areas could have been ... an inducement for workers to aim for high fertility . |
| 17 | HOLIDAYMAKERS could face average price rises of 10 per cent if a proposed EC directive aimed at increasing consumer protection is implemented , the Director of the Association of British Travel Agents warned yesterday , writes Patricia Wynn Davies . |
| 18 | He 's been presenting awards aimed at encouraging safety at work , a challenge taken up in Oxfordshire 's old folks homes . |
| 19 | In the main , the UKCC 's proposals had two principal elements : a package of education and training reforms , and a package aimed at improving manpower supply and retention . |
| 20 | On Oct. 27 Reggie Hadebe , deputy regional chair of the ANC , was killed in an ambush as he left a meeting aimed at restoring peace in the region . |
| 21 | City slickers aiming for net profit |
| 22 | Surely , speakers and writers aiming at optimal relevance would formulate their utterances in a way that guaranteed the intended interpretation in the first place . |
| 23 | IBM-Hewlett alliance aims for Unified Unix |
| 24 | Plumb ( 1983 : 289–315 ) and Forty ( 1986 : 63–91 ) document the rise of goods aimed at specific consumer groups such as children , later developed as youth groups demanding particular age-based products . |
| 25 | ‘ Recent reports of The Smiths damaging the prospective careers of smaller outfits with actions aimed in pure spite at Rough Trade , hardly inspire confidence . ’ |
| 26 | Several resolutions aimed at co-ordinating research were adopted , including : the formation of a European information bank , a research programme into mountain forests , a European information bank and an invitation to research institutes to contribute to a study of forest ecosystems at a European reserve . |
| 27 | It should neither be surprising nor intriguing that many European countries , as well as Israel , have viewed recent efforts aimed at German unification with scepticism and concern . |
| 28 | In the United Kingdom it took the form of productivity deals aimed at eroding shopfloor control over working practices . |
| 29 | New regulations aimed at preserving wildlife and natural resources have been imposed on the fishing industry in the South Atlantic . |
| 30 | Japan also agreed to intensify the enforcement of its existing anti-monopoly legislation , to introduce tax reforms aimed at encouraging property development , and to increase spending on housing and public works , in an effort to increase Japanese domestic demand . |