Example sentences of "[art] [noun] is aimed at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The foot is aimed at the face of the opponent and the kicking leg is bent at the knee in a snap motion down across the opponent 's face . |
| 2 | The study is aimed at the victims of maturity diabetes , which affects 600,000 people in Britain , and will try to find ways of preventing or delaying the disease . |
| 3 | Stock options are not much use as incentives if the price at which they are exercisable is dauntingly out of reach , so IBM Corp is offering a new stock option plan for mid-to-senior level executives — chairman Louis Gerstner offered the plan due to concern ‘ about keeping managers at IBM and motivated ’ : the plan is aimed at the tier of about 1,200 managers just below the most senior level , will offer new options for old ones that were exercisable at prices ranging from $89 to $169 ; the new options are exercisable at $47.88 , and managers will have to swap anywhere from 2.5 to 10 old options for one new one , depending on the original option price ; the options are exercisable after two years and the price must rise 50% above the $47.88 level to $71.82 and stay there for 30 days ; only 50% of the options can be exercised the first year , and 25% for each year after , but the terms do not look particularly attractive . |
| 4 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Dumbarton ( Mr. McFall ) has said , the sponsorship is aimed at a market that identifies sport with glamour and , by extension , with tobacco . |
| 5 | To me that was total irresponsibility , especially as the magazine is aimed at a younger readership . |
| 6 | After all , the UN is a public body and though the message is aimed at the individual , public media encourage a connection with global identity . |
| 7 | SNI says the box is aimed at the very high-end of the PC market where low-end Unix RISC technology is positioned . |
| 8 | No , the image is aimed at the most vulnerable . |
| 9 | If a punch is aimed at the face , the defender steps out to intercept it before it gains momentum . |
| 10 | A report is aimed at a particular reader who is expecting and may have asked for facts , conclusions and recommendations . |