Example sentences of "[pron] aim [was/were] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 " My aim was to secure collective bargaining between employees ' and employers ' representatives and for this both strong union and strong employer organisations were necessary .
2 Initially their aim was to set some rules and , as far as possible , stick to them .
3 Their aim was to make rural life feasible and culturally viable .
4 Its aim was to examine scientific evidence on climate change , assess environmental and socio-economic impacts and formulate realistic response strategies .
5 Asked how she felt about reducing the 800-year-old hospital to a shadow of itself , she said her aim was to secure better health care for Londoners .
6 His aim was to assess local reactions to Bolshevik rule in 775 peasant households .
7 His aim was to drop five parties by parachute two nights before the offensive to attack the five enemy forward airfields around Timimi and Gazala .
8 His aim was to grow enough food to feed his family .
9 Our aim was to show real girls and young women in everyday situations , without the false note of special lighting , make-up or the studio .
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