Example sentences of "[pron] be aimed at [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest issue of The ARTnewsletter leads off with a report on tax bills , now being studied by committees in both houses of Congress , which are aimed at restoring the fiddle element to tax-deductible museum donations . |
| 2 | Another typical exercise , which is aimed at stretching the legs , consists of sitting on the floor with the upper body leaning forwards and the legs wide apart and grasping an ankle with both hands . |
| 3 | Labour councillor Pat Buttle welcomed a new strategy for the council which is aimed at tackling the problem of sexual harassment at work . |
| 4 | Coincidently , the report was published not long after the Government 's announcement of its intention to introduce commonhold legislation ( see Information Circular , August 1991 ) , which is aimed at strengthening the rights of existing leaseholders . |
| 5 | But accompanying this reform , which was aimed at lessening the disincentive effect of moving from benefit to work , are provisos like the requirement that recipients of housing benefit will be expected to meet 20 per cent of their rates bill which are cuts in welfare payments . |
| 6 | One of the most famous was Freire 's Movement of Popular Culture in Brazil 's north-east , which was aimed at raising the consciousness of his students . |
| 7 | Elaborate pricing mechanisms — the K-factors and all the rest — were set up by the government before the sell-off ; they were aimed at helping the industry , which had long been a victim of under-investment , to pay for a capital-spending programme of at least £18 billion over the next decade . |
| 8 | It does seem likely , however , that after Valens jurists would not have reverted to a negative interpretation , for various interpretative principles were settled in the course of the development of the Roman law of succession , and many of them were aimed at determining the meaning of dispositions in which the testator had left an important point undetermined . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's aimed at providing the type of transport which is environmentally friendly and will cut out the hustle and bustle of inner city traffic jams , ’ he said . |
| 10 | It is aimed at getting the most out of available time as is possible without distress to the person working — at least that seems to be the rough definition . |
| 11 | The value of charity is twofold : it is aimed at helping the recipient , but it is also beneficial to the giver . |
| 12 | The fixing of the amounts of compensation made it very difficult for the investors to refuse and it was aimed at defending the DTI from outright criticism as well as preventing public uproar , he said . |