Example sentences of "[noun] aim at improving the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Assertiveness training is a structured form of intervention aimed at improving the effectiveness of our communication style .
4 As we saw when we discussed the principles of homoeopathy , treatment by similars aims at improving the body 's resistance to diseases and expects to cure from within , out .
5 Mr Alton and Derbyshire Labour MP Harry Barnes today introduced a private members bill aimed at improving the electoral registration system .
6 A SECOND candlelit vigil aimed at improving the health service is to be held in the grounds of Darlington Memorial Hospital next week on the anniversary of the NHS reforms .
7 The first involves teaching the patient alternative means of dealing with the feelings of tension which precede cutting , and the second involves psychotherapeutic measures aimed at improving the patient 's self-esteem , and her ability to communicate feelings and needs .
8 These include making available emergency access to help , identification and adequate management by health and social agencies of those at risk , control of the means used to cause self-harm , modification of public attitudes to coping with problems in general and attempted suicide in particular , and measures aimed at improving the material and social circumstances of the population at risk .
9 However , schemes are beginning to be implemented within large district hospitals as part of initiatives aimed at improving the quality of care in A&E departments .
10 Inside , having finished breakfast , the Prince of Wales was receiving a final briefing on his visit to see various projects aimed at improving the quality of life in one of Edinburgh 's deprived housing estates .
11 Remote sensing , engineering geophysics and hydrogeological techniques are being used in a study in south-east Zimbabwe aimed at improving the success rate of boreholes and dug wells so as to improve the provision of a reliable supply of clean water to rural communities in developing countries , particularly in semiarid tropical regions where droughts are frequent .
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