Example sentences of "[noun sg] be aimed at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This programme is aimed at the experienced manager who now needs to develop the knowledge , perspective and skills required in a general management position . |
| 2 | Restart is aimed at the long-term unemployed and involves interviews with the employment department . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | In the area of population genetics , theoretical and experimental work is aimed at the process of evolution , natural and artificial selection . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Although shops were wrecked in the attack , it is now clear that the bomb was aimed at the security forces rather than commercial properties . |
| 7 | Another criticism is aimed at the Nine O'Clock News on Friday March 20 , which opened with three minutes of a Kinnock speech . |
| 8 | If a punch is aimed at the face , the defender steps out to intercept it before it gains momentum . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The second main emphasis of Callinicos ' critique is aimed at the philosophy most frequently regarded as underpinning claims for the distinction of a postmodern culture , viz. poststructuralism . |
| 11 | The attack was aimed at the motor vehicle . |
| 12 | The New Right attack was aimed at the social democratic consensus of the postwar years , a consensus which , as discussed earlier , was founded on the intellectual ascendancy of Fabian socialism underpinned by values of equality , equity , efficiency and social integration . |
| 13 | SNI says the box is aimed at the very high-end of the PC market where low-end Unix RISC technology is positioned . |
| 14 | No , the image is aimed at the most vulnerable . |
| 15 | Although some developers provide low cost or rented housing within their schemes , the majority of housing is aimed at the upper end of the market thus setting in motion a house price spiral which effectively freezes the locals out of home ownership . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Both the cycle of gifts and of offence and revenge are aimed at the preservation or accumulation of symbolic capital . |
| 18 | This system is aimed at the home entertainment market . |
| 19 | What is apparent is that this manual is aimed at the non-specialist technician , possibly an embalmer , who has good knowledge of some medical procedures . |
| 20 | Develped jointly with Intel , the Matsushita player is aimed at the consumer market and will be on sale in 1991 under both Matsushita and Intel badges . |