Example sentences of "aim at an " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has also seemed to be a tendency among excavators either to cling rigidly to the date of a coin , or in the case of a pottery assemblage , to aim at an average date ; perhaps in some of the excavations of the thirties , the methods used were not refined enough for a director even to be sure that all the pottery came from a particular stratified layer , and if , therefore , a few sherds appeared which were out of dating context with the main assemblage , they could be put aside as ‘ intrusions ’ and ignored . |
| 2 | While the Government would like to aim at an insurance pool of around £500m a year , the industry thinks this would be optimistic . |
| 3 | Gilels has intelligence and fantasy in abundance ; yet without aiming at an Arrau-massiveness he is ultimately a more powerful protagonist than Brendel . |
| 4 | Now one can say well what are we aiming for in terms of the sexual harassment free environment , and I think that what one would be aiming for is if not the atmosphere of a girls ' convent school one 's certainly aiming at an environment where women can work and study and interact without the sense of being constantly on display as sexual objects , and , you know , to that extent I do n't know if it is the case that a large number of the respondents are saying , you know , ‘ I have come from an environment when I have n't had to deal with this before , and I do n't expect to have to deal with it ’ then we should certainly sit up and take notice of that . |
| 5 | These policies were incorporated into the Fifth Plan , formulated in 1964 and 1965 , which aimed at an annual rate of growth of profits of 8.6 per cent between 1964 and 1970 . |
| 6 | Mr Hughes believes it is the only such electronic game aimed at an adult market and the only one not designed and manufactured in the Far East . |
| 7 | There is a distinction , originating in Freud and developed by Lacan , between ‘ need ’ , ‘ demand ’ and ‘ desire ’ in which needs can be satisfied by the adequate object ( food ) , demands , while aimed at an object , are addressed to others ( the demand for love or attention disguised as a need for food ) , while desires have no real object , relate only to fantasy , and can not be satisfied ( the desire for unity and plenitude ) . |
| 8 | These , his two earliest publications , are aimed at an educated public , and are , if anything , too clever , and give too much evidence of extensive reading , being full of reminiscences of earlier poetry . |
| 9 | They are often unjustified criticism and aimed at an area you ca n't do too much about , like your appearance . |
| 10 | DSSSL is a standard aimed at an important area , but including this may be a longer-term change as the current draft standard is unusable ( there were 300 pages of adverse comments submitted during the recent international ballot ) . |
| 11 | Their expectations of a lecture aimed at an audience similar to themselves will be very different . |
| 12 | One slapping movement with the open palm , aimed at an opponent 's nose , is enough to deter most adversaries . |
| 13 | This is no easy task when it is aimed at an entire work force and when the normal reading habits of the employees may range from The Times at one end to The Sun at the other . |
| 14 | They are now sacrificing the durability of their traditional line to manufacture a good-looking , light version aimed at an export market where people trade in bicycles regularly . |
| 15 | The methods or ‘ media ’ they have used for these explorations have evolved over time — and have been aimed at an ever wider audience . |
| 16 | Both sides agreed that " progress " had been made in the talks , which were aimed at an agreement replacing the 1947 security treaty giving the USA full control over the Clark air base and Subic naval base and four smaller installations . |
| 17 | ‘ It was a good performance , plotted and delivered with artistry and skill and aimed at an audience . |