Example sentences of "[vb pp] at increasing the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of the proposals for re-establishing full employment in the aftermath of the 1979–81 recession were aimed at increasing the level of demand in the economy . |
| 2 | In addition to the ordinary budget , Finance Minister Basil Jardana presented an emergency budget of JD120,000,000 aimed at increasing the capacity of the national economy to enable it to deal with effects of the Gulf crisis . |
| 3 | The new policies , aimed at increasing the flow of local and foreign capital , included ( i ) the decision to establish an Investment Centre to streamline investment approvals ; ( ii ) the decision to join the World Bank 's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency ; ( iii ) the negotiation of bilateral investment protection agreements with foreign governments ; and ( iv ) the introduction of a range of measures on remittance of after-tax profits , redefinition of foreign-controlled companies and the associated relaxation of domestic borrowing ceilings for foreign firms . |
| 4 | Despite such policy reform , and procedural changes aimed at increasing the NEA 's accountability for tax dollars , three newspapers want more . |
| 5 | It was also aimed at increasing the capability of the Port towards larger vessels . |
| 6 | In the first phase of therapy the emphasis is behavioural , aimed at increasing the client 's sense of mastery and achievement . |
| 7 | In this service veterinary surgeons are employed in the control and eradication of serious diseases of livestock , in the investigation of outbreaks of disease , in the application of health schemes aimed at increasing the efficiency of our livestock industries , and in all matters of animal health and welfare which may affect the country as a whole . |
| 8 | This international campaign , aimed at increasing the productivity of land by means of the introduction of science-based technology had , as its goals , freedom from hunger for the populations of LDCs and also a freedom from food dependence . |
| 9 | Alongside national changes went directives aimed at increasing the power of elected local authorities , especially in education and police administration where the power of central bureaucrats was too dominant . |
| 10 | The tamarins were due to be taken from Washington 's Zoological Park to Brazil , as part of a programme aimed at increasing the numbers of endangered species . |