Example sentences of "[was/were] aim at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If these benefits were aimed at the poor — the people who really need them — instead of at everybody , public spending and the taxes required to finance it could fall sharply . |
| 2 | But yesterday Mr Fallon said his comments were aimed at the local education authority and not the schools themselves . |
| 3 | He accepted [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 857 , 863B–C that neither section 6(2) nor section 61(1) gave power to order the payment of compensation for loss , and agreed , at p. 864A , that both section 6(2) and section 61(1) were aimed at the statutory rescission of unlawful transactions . |
| 4 | Businessmen were further upset by a series of tax proposals , commonly known as the " soak the rich taxes " , which were aimed at the wealthy and large business corporations . |
| 5 | ‘ They were aimed at the American market , and quite simply did n't work . |
| 6 | It was aimed at the top 60% of school pupils , and was usually taken by 15- and 16-year-olds . |
| 7 | It was aimed at the top 20% of school pupils , and again was usually taken by 15- and 16-year-olds . |
| 8 | The terrorists were obviously about to fire their weapon and it was aimed at the main grandstands . |
| 9 | However , after it had been explained that the former was aimed at the past and present situation whereas the latter was about the future , responses were forthcoming and are included in Table 9 . |
| 10 | 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 . |