Example sentences of "[adv] aim at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who can actually fight the war , and I 'm just wondering , politically is it going to be a good idea to knowingly , not necessarily aim at the general population , but in the process of taking out the targets , extend it to the general population , well what do you think of that ? |
| 2 | I think a lot of the modern maths that we 've , we 've heard about is still very much aimed at the brighter children who were going to do O-level and , and beyond even in mathematics . |
| 3 | The empirical evaluation of teaching/learning activities does not aim at the exact specification of causes but at increased awareness of different factors which bear upon the learning process in particular classrooms . |
| 4 | But until very recently systems were generally aimed at the top end of the market , and the cost was high enough to make acquisition a major undertaking . |
| 5 | I confess to having myself once described a particularly abstruse provision as ‘ something of a minor masterpiece of opacity ’ , but I regret it because I think that such shafts are frequently not aimed at the right target . |
| 6 | The price of books of academic criticism indicates that they are not aimed at the educated general reader ( once they cost about the same as a bottle of whisky ; now they cost three to four times as much ) . |
| 7 | It was just aimed at the wrong person . ’ |
| 8 | At The Hague , still aiming at the illustrated magazine market , he concentrated on figures in action , and in the process would be distracted by other subjects : by shabby house fronts , factories , drying sheds , parks , churches , refuse dumps , freight yards . |
| 9 | These ‘ Notes ’ , whilst ostensibly aimed at the Trotskyist Opposition ( which had officially been routed in 1927 ) were in reality directed against the ‘ super-industrialisers ’ amongst the ruling majority . |
| 10 | For heaven 's sake , it was almost directly aimed at the unemployed . ’ |
| 11 | The bulk of the whip was always aimed at the tightly-curved cheeks of her arse , but the tip flicked indiscriminately on to her thighs and belly , and sometimes snaked into the tender cleft between her plump twin moons . |
| 12 | Honda is also producing its own version with a different body design and they 're both aiming at the same end of the market . |
| 13 | If Eliot seeks to draw on the power of an ancient ritual , he also aims at the horrifying frisson obtained by re-enacting the ritual with the opposite of its traditional meaning . |
| 14 | Focus on Britain and Welcome to Britain are both aimed at the young European visitor to Britain and feature domestic situations of the kind an exchange-scheme student might meet . |
| 15 | They come in three volumes , each presented by Julian Colbeck , and volume one is clearly aimed at the complete novice . |
| 16 | Again prosecution is clearly aimed at the undeserving poor . |
| 17 | Ever demonstrative , Markus Stenz clearly aimed at the dramatic in Beethoven 's Symphony No4 and digging deep , uncovered hidden orchestral reserves bringing a satisfying degree of tension and thrill to the first movement . |
| 18 | David Blunkett , Labour 's local government spokesman , said the announcement meant that the Government had admitted defeat over the poll tax , and that the money was solely aimed at the next election . |
| 19 | This is a cheap and cheerful set-up — you do n't get any fancy documentation and it 's really aimed at the experienced PC buyer . |
| 20 | Fresco is really aimed at the next generation of object applications which will actually use large numbers of objects . |
| 21 | This persuasive approach , particularly aimed at the young , has been accompanied by selective targeting of individual researchers , who are the subject of demonstrations , press reports , telephone calls , and letters . |
| 22 | There are a number of good books on sampling , some of them now particularly aimed at the social scientist , but even the best of books can only deal with problems in fairly general terms . |
| 23 | Although this disk is primarily aimed at the professional market like advertising agencies , broadcasters and newspapers it could also prove invaluable research material for schools , colleges , and local theatre groups . |
| 24 | The first to enjoy any degree of commercial success was SideKick which is primarily aimed at the technical user rather than the businessman . |
| 25 | Offer two-day pre-retirement programmes , and also individual consultations , primarily aimed at the self-employed professional . |
| 26 | The other new launches planned were Sunday Today and Sunday Sport — neither aimed at the same sort of readers . |
| 27 | The ‘ Junior Color 2007 ’ is a brightly-coloured model presumably aimed at the younger fishkeeper . |
| 28 | Many of the banners carried by demonstrations were specifically aimed at the anti-immigration policies advocated by the National Front . |
| 29 | Research then focusses on access to the public housing sector , in order to reveal whether the role of the state was less direct ( specifically aimed at the Caribbean population through the migration agency ) than indirect ( through the role of employers and the general involvement of the state in housing provision ) . |
| 30 | It also commits the industry to a ban on cigarette and other tobacco advertising in magazines specifically aimed at the young women 's market . |