Example sentences of "[vb pp] at [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Regional Council approved a new item in the Capital Budget for 1992/93 and successive years specifically to promote a programme of works targeted at reducing the incidence of injuries to children whilst on journeys to and from school . |
| 2 | Such programmes should be directed at lifestyle rather than disease detection , and targeted at improving the health of women of all ages . |
| 3 | Young actress , Sin Summers , of Penrhosgarnedd , a former pupil of Ysgol Tryfan , Bangor , has her first shot at producing the play by Mair Gruffydd , a permanent member of the company . |
| 4 | First of all ‘ society ’ , as distinct from the State , had to be isolated and analysed , and secondly an attempt had to be made at understanding the evolution of society , since only then would it be possible to understand under what circumstances the State evolved and what its historical significance was . |
| 5 | There had never been any warmth between the women , but they had learnt to respect each other , and Sarah had become accomplished at running the house . |
| 6 | Braving the cameras and the columnists , and the experts who 'd been brought in to analyse every glance and nuance of their body language , they faced the world , and slowly worked at healing the rift between them . |
| 7 | One can understand why the local authority was understandably miffed at losing the factory development by U.S. firm Kimberley Clark to Humberside . |
| 8 | It is a vital element in the CAP ‘ structures policy ’ — the element of the CAP directed at influencing the structure and organisation of the farming sector . |
| 9 | To the outsider , the civilian , beat work was directed at controlling the street population . |
| 10 | Much of the International 's efforts were directed at reinforcing the resolution of European socialists not to go to war with each other . |
| 11 | It should be noted , however , that the rationale for such an approach relates primarily to the ends and not the means of learning , and is directed at furthering the cause of cultural co-operation in Europe . |
| 12 | Projects directed at cooling the anger of the male unemployed or blacks in inner city areas are likely to be more successful than schemes seeking to increase women 's access to employment or educational opportunities . |
| 13 | The major features of the present culture of teaching are seen to pose particular problems for curriculum policy , especially when this is directed at changing the delivery and organization of the curriculum . |
| 14 | For all his arrogance , William Bentley is still at heart an innocent boy , a fourteen-year-old brought up to believe himself superior and privileged and flattered at receiving the trust of his uncle , whom he admires for his firmness of purpose . |
| 15 | His public speeches were all aimed at converting the party to a positive belief in coalition , leading it from the front — and in a direction where many Unionists did not wish to follow . |
| 16 | Everything he has done has been aimed at bringing the country to dictatorship , to presidential rule as they call it . |
| 17 | After taking possession of the letter Pérez de Cuéllar returned to Geneva and opened diplomatic negotiations aimed at bringing the hostage crisis to an end . |
| 18 | This is an instructional tape which illustrates the actual technique of hand knitting in a slow and clear format which is easy to follow and aimed at teaching the beginner to master the basic techniques . |
| 19 | Russian colonial policies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were aimed at maximizing the income of the state by the subjection of aboriginal peoples to fur tribute . |
| 20 | The Chinese Wall is a self styled regulatory mechanism aimed at stemming the flow of material information from one department in a conglomerate to another and resolving the legal problems associated with conflicts of interest generally . |
| 21 | It will be followed by a " demonstration plant " aimed at proving the commercially-viability of the fast-breeder route . |
| 22 | An example of the tactic would be a project aimed at establishing the suitability of a material for a given task . |
| 23 | UP TO 15,000 Scottish benefit claimants would lose entitlement to free legal aid in civil cases under rules aimed at saving the Government up to £8 million . |
| 24 | The redundancies are part of a nationwide package aimed at saving the van and truck company which went into receivership last week . |
| 25 | The international treaty is aimed at saving the Earth 's ozone layer and commits member countries to phasing out production of the gases that destroy the layer . |
| 26 | A company is stepping up trials of a new drug aimed at stopping the spread of AIDS . |
| 27 | Some prior preparation aimed at outlining the purpose of family meetings is useful , and the stance the counsellor plans to take should be clearly explained to the counsellee before the start of family meetings . |
| 28 | The negotiators failed to sign the formal agreement on Jan. 18 , 1990 , however , because the South insisted on the inclusion of supplementary items aimed at guaranteeing the implementation of the agreement . |
| 29 | In addition , the DoH AIDS Support Grant circular outlines more explicit conditions of eligibility for grant aid , aimed at targeting the money at authorities with the most pressing needs . |
| 30 | Jazz at Ronnie Scott 's , Selwyn Price already has an established reputation for his photowork images of ‘ world ’ music and has now produced a body of work aimed at capturing the energy and essence of live jazz at its best ( until 22 Mar ) . |