Example sentences of "[noun] aimed at [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The progressive dismantling of regional development policy since 1979 has moved more swiftly than steps aimed at deregulating the housing sector . |
| 2 | The European Commission has proposed fresh steps aimed at regulating the trade , which Greenpeace has said should be banned . |
| 3 | As more fossils are found , the sense of wonder will no doubt be stirred again , but the systematic research aimed at providing a more complete picture will continue . |
| 4 | During the late 1920s to early 1930s conflict over the correct strategy for the Japan Communist Party generated an enormous amount of scholarly research aimed at substantiating the views of the main factions . |
| 5 | Patients suffering from skin cancer are to be asked to take part in research aimed at proving a link between the disease and the radioactive gas radon . |
| 6 | The cause of the retention needs to be determined and therapy aimed at alleviating the stress and tension that are contributing to it . |
| 7 | This was ‘ the ‘ Child Art ’ movement , now an established practice aimed at encouraging the creative side of young children — a reaction against the imitative nature of previous [ art ] teaching' ( Gordon and Lawton , 1978 , p. 218 ) . |
| 8 | The central policy-making body for the professions , the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing , Midwifery and Health Visiting ( UKCC ) , has already issued guidelines for good practice aimed at improving the standard and content of re-entry programmes available to qualified nurses and health visitors wishing to update their clinical and theoretical knowledge . |
| 9 | Some employers may not run courses for groups of returners but instead offer to help you plan a personal programme of study aimed at satisfying the same requirements . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | This study aimed at examining the mechanisms participating in excessive faecal bile acid loss in cystic fibrosis . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Washington-based Population Crisis Committee on Feb. 26 detailed a 10-year programme aimed at achieving a stable level of about 9,000 million by the middle of the 21st century . |
| 15 | With the reformers gaining the upper hand , 1986 heralded a new start in the reform programme aimed at tapping the reserves of knowledge and skill possessed by the educated elite in order to boost the flagging economy . |
| 16 | ‘ Access to Enterprise ’ is primarily an educational development programme aimed at influencing the curriculum and teaching methods of the undergraduate courses in the University . |
| 17 | The municipal authorities in Genoa have used Columbus year to launch a controversial programme aimed at restoring the city 's fortunes and its image . |
| 18 | It is part of a research programme aimed at understanding the basic processes causing damage to trees and crops due to atmospheric pollution . |
| 19 | Applications are invited for the post of Scientific Officer/Higher Scientific Officer to work with Dr Noel Buckley in a research programme aimed at examining the transcriptional control of neurotransmitter receptor gene expression . |
| 20 | UARS is the first stage of Nasa 's Mission to Planet Earth , a 15-year global research programme aimed at studying the Earth " as a complete environmental system " . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | An MBA and a Diploma programme aimed at maximising the real benefits to be gained from investment in Information Technology . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It would use a mixture of field checks , aerial photography and remote sensing to calculate the extent of logging , as part of stepped up efforts to ensure that timber firms comply with government guidelines aimed at conserving the forest reserves . |
| 25 | However , we fear it is becoming so intense that many members of the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council 's Planning Committee are in danger of losing sight of their duty to have regard to vital Government planning guidance aimed at protecting the open countryside from unnecessary development . |
| 26 | For ten months of the year we hear nothing of him , then he releases some nauseating , sentimental ditty aimed at grabbing the Christmas Number One spot . |
| 27 | All that is open to the responsible and concerned citizen is direct action aimed at preventing the work from going ahead . ’ |
| 28 | Readers will remember my telling them of British Coal 's current advertising campaign aimed at convincing the power generators to place any future contracts with it . |
| 29 | The Japanese Fisheries Association has launched a £36,000 campaign aimed at persuading the US government that driftnets are not as environmentally destructive as reported by its scientists . |
| 30 | The increase was announced by Health Secretary Virginia Bottomley last week at the launch of a campaign aimed at reversing the Drug research |