Example sentences of "[vb pp] at improve the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such programmes should be directed at lifestyle rather than disease detection , and targeted at improving the health of women of all ages . |
| 2 | The emphasis is now on cost reduction and most design changes are aimed at improving the price/performance ratio . |
| 3 | The emphasis is now on cost reduction and most design changes are aimed at improving the price/performance ratio . |
| 4 | The Disclosure Directive lays down minimum disclosure requirements throughout the EC and is aimed at improving the transparency of the securities markets . |
| 5 | The central policy-making body for the professions , the United Kingdom Central Council for Nursing , Midwifery and Health Visiting ( UKCC ) , has already issued guidelines for good practice aimed at improving the standard and content of re-entry programmes available to qualified nurses and health visitors wishing to update their clinical and theoretical knowledge . |
| 6 | In south east Zimbabwe , Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery and aerial photographs are being used in a study aimed at improving the success rate of boreholes and dug wells for rural water supply , with collaboration from hydrogeologists and engineering geophysicists . |
| 7 | The first involves teaching the patient alternative means of dealing with the feelings of tension which precede cutting , and the second involves psychotherapeutic measures aimed at improving the patient 's self-esteem , and her ability to communicate feelings and needs . |
| 8 | Broadly committed to Kingsley 's brand of Christian socialism , she established the National Health Society in London in 1871 , aimed at improving the health of the working classes . |
| 9 | A SECOND candlelit vigil aimed at improving the health service is to be held in the grounds of Darlington Memorial Hospital next week on the anniversary of the NHS reforms . |
| 10 | These include making available emergency access to help , identification and adequate management by health and social agencies of those at risk , control of the means used to cause self-harm , modification of public attitudes to coping with problems in general and attempted suicide in particular , and measures aimed at improving the material and social circumstances of the population at risk . |
| 11 | ABOUT 1,000 companies are to be surveyed as part of a major study by the Robert Gordon University , aimed at improving the greening of Scottish industry and commerce . |
| 12 | Assertiveness training is a structured form of intervention aimed at improving the effectiveness of our communication style . |
| 13 | However , schemes are beginning to be implemented within large district hospitals as part of initiatives aimed at improving the quality of care in A&E departments . |
| 14 | The paper serves to illustrate some of the fundamental problems that may be encountered by organisations which aim to introduce new technology to developing countries , in spite of the fact that the technology in question is aimed at improving the quality of life of the inhabitants . |
| 15 | The patients charter is aimed at improving the quality of the delivery of health care in Scotland and at making patients aware of their rights , thereby helping to improve even more the delivery of the health service . |
| 16 | Inside , having finished breakfast , the Prince of Wales was receiving a final briefing on his visit to see various projects aimed at improving the quality of life in one of Edinburgh 's deprived housing estates . |
| 17 | These studies clearly defined the lessons to be learned from the accident , and in turn these lessons led to many official recommendations that were directly aimed at improving the safety of such plants and minimising the consequences of future accidents . |