Example sentences of "[noun] [be] aimed at [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These proposals are aimed at providing the public with more reassurances than are provided at the present time as to whether boards of directors have fulfilled their stewardship responsibilities . |
| 2 | Other chlorine release agents : Commercial formulations are aimed at providing the performance advantages of hypochlorites while reducing the number of disadvantages . |
| 3 | The planning and monitoring techniques described in this chapter are aimed at aiding the achievement of these conditions . |
| 4 | The planning and monitoring techniques described in this chapter are aimed at aiding the achievement of these conditions . |
| 5 | Attractive brochures illustrating all the additional facilities of the hotel , such as coffee bars , discos , saunas , swimming pools , tennis courts , golf courses , bars and restaurants are aimed at attracting the family . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Much of the Redcar bid is aimed at rejuvenating the town centre by building a shopping mall , a major office development , a leisure complex and a business park on the outskirts near Kirkleatham . |
| 8 | The bid is aimed at making the town centre the hub of business and community activities and includes schemes for a theatre , leisure pool and arts complex . |
| 9 | This research is aimed at investigating the educational potential for the mathematics classroom of a small number of powerful computer applications . |
| 10 | All of this research is aimed at understanding the evolution of the Welsh Lower Palaeozoic basin , which has an important bearing on the tectonic evolution of the whole of Great Britain . |
| 11 | The research is aimed at examining the link between the capabilities of advanced manufacturing technology , the manufacturing policies of companies and the way in which they compete in the market place . |
| 12 | This study is aimed at examining the differences between the French and UK systems of implementing the Directive and their implications for nature conservation in the uplands of both countries . |
| 13 | How can History be a unity if it is also conflictual , if each action is aimed at destroying the other and results in a double negation in which the original aims of each action have been destroyed by the other ? |
| 14 | Above all , I think the methodology is aimed at making the pupil an active element in the classroom . |
| 15 | Therapy was aimed at helping the parents establish a more balanced and satisfactory relationship , learning to negotiate rather than lapse into their habitual pattern of attack and withdraw at the same time as providing a reward programme for Luke just to sit on the lavatory . |
| 16 | The Ford stake is aimed at frustrating the proposed deal between Jaguar and General Motors . |
| 17 | Indeed some felt given the success of the MacBride lobby in the U.S. , that the Act is aimed at getting the issue off the agenda . |
| 18 | The paper serves to illustrate some of the fundamental problems that may be encountered by organisations which aim to introduce new technology to developing countries , in spite of the fact that the technology in question is aimed at improving the quality of life of the inhabitants . |
| 19 | Her election by the Left Alliance 's executive committee was aimed at reversing the decline in electoral support for the 10-party alliance evidenced in the general election of April 1990 [ see p. 37388 ] . |
| 20 | Like all such schemes prepared by left-wing militants , this plan was aimed at putting the company in a ‘ Catch 22 ’ situation . |
| 21 | The BMA campaign was aimed at raising the profile of hepatitis B risk among medical students , junior doctors , occupational health physicians and deans of medical schools . |
| 22 | Their own proposals for reform are aimed at restructuring the British press but it can be argued that even they fail to come to grips with the sort of major ‘ shortcomings ’ of the press ( and media ) identified above . |
| 23 | The requirement for disclosure of information in the proposed Directive is aimed at protecting the interests of shareholders of the target company . |
| 24 | The emphasis is now on cost reduction and most design changes are aimed at improving the price/performance ratio . |
| 25 | The emphasis is now on cost reduction and most design changes are aimed at improving the price/performance ratio . |
| 26 | Current efforts are aimed at finalising the gas price and sales contracts and gaining approval for the field 's development plan . |
| 27 | He said that the government 's actions were aimed at bringing the two states closer and promoting integration . |
| 28 | Most people find life a mixture of nice and nasty experiences and behaviour is aimed at maximizing the nice experiences and minimizing the nasty ones . |
| 29 | The first name was aimed at keeping the initial ‘ L ’ in line with family tradition ; the second was much more significant , relating to the family 's Jewish ethos and hopes , as we shall see . |
| 30 | This entire magazine is aimed at unlocking the mind-set that says : overpopulation is the Third World 's worst problem , that therefore the poor have only themselves to blame for their poverty , and that therefore the solution should always begin with a family planning programme . |