Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be directed at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ordinary inquiry is directed at the efficient settlement of belief , so that error or ignorance will not interfere with our practical concerns . |
| 2 | His only real criticism was directed at the wastage of ammunition ; he felt that some of the gunners had simply blazed away instead of taking precise aim at a target . |
| 3 | Where the earlier forms of corporal punishment were directed at the body of the convict , disciplinary punishment aimed , via the body , at the ‘ soul ’ of the offender . |
| 4 | In RFS a parallel beam of light at a single frequency ( or energy ) from a tunable laser is directed at the atoms . |
| 5 | Their only disenchantment was directed at the weather . |
| 6 | Balkan aggression was directed at the Germans and Austrians for much the same reason that Polish nationalism was directed against the partitioning powers , but unlike the Poles , the Serbians and Bosnians were supported by the Russians . |
| 7 | The other curse was directed at the committee members of the local Working Men 's Club when they banned my father , on the pretext of his epilepsy , but really because he always won at cards and was n't keen to give people a chance to win their money back . |