Example sentences of "[noun] [is] aimed at [art] " in BNC.

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1 This programme is aimed at the experienced manager who now needs to develop the knowledge , perspective and skills required in a general management position .
2 Restart is aimed at the long-term unemployed and involves interviews with the employment department .
3 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 .
4 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 .
5 In the area of population genetics , theoretical and experimental work is aimed at the process of evolution , natural and artificial selection .
6 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 .
7 We know that the controls over tobacco sponsorship of sport do not have the affect that Mr. Lawson attributes to them , because all the academic research shows that the tobacco industry 's sponsorship of sport is aimed at a younger market .
8 As my hon. Friend the Member for Dumbarton ( Mr. McFall ) has said , the sponsorship is aimed at a market that identifies sport with glamour and , by extension , with tobacco .
9 Just as the first two processes have led to the gradual expansion of the broadcasting scene , the last , and most critical , process is aimed at a complete reappraisal of the role of broadcasting , and the broadcasting organizations , in British society .
10 Routledge 's Heritage Gardens by Sheena Goulty is aimed at the professionals tending gardens such as the above ( £45 ) .
11 Another criticism is aimed at the Nine O'Clock News on Friday March 20 , which opened with three minutes of a Kinnock speech .
12 To me that was total irresponsibility , especially as the magazine is aimed at a younger readership .
13 Be because the I five policy is aimed at a specific area of the workforce , it 's not it 's not across the full spectrum .
14 Each collection is aimed at a very specific market .
15 If a punch is aimed at the face , the defender steps out to intercept it before it gains momentum .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Launched by Trinity Insurance , Caddysure is aimed at the many golfers who have little insurance cover other than limited extensions to household policies .
19 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 . ’
20 SNI says the box is aimed at the very high-end of the PC market where low-end Unix RISC technology is positioned .
21 No , the image is aimed at the most vulnerable .
22 A report is aimed at a particular reader who is expecting and may have asked for facts , conclusions and recommendations .
23 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 .
24 The appointment of Mrs Brooks is aimed at a ‘ real integration of the two operations ’ .
25 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 .
26 Most of the information on these one.way systems is aimed at the consumer or private viewer rather than firms or businesses .
27 This system is aimed at the home entertainment market .
28 Witness this peroration : ‘ Evidently Freya Stark is aimed at a readership unfamiliar with the Stark oeuvre and Mrs Izzard reckoned she could get away with any number of unjust distortions .
29 Reading and Thinking in English is aimed at a wide range of learners whose ‘ main need is to gain access to information through English . ’
30 What is apparent is that this manual is aimed at the non-specialist technician , possibly an embalmer , who has good knowledge of some medical procedures .
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