Example sentences of "at [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sept. 13 the government approved a new economic plan presented by Finance Minister Moda'i and aimed at financing the massive influx of Soviet Jewish immigrants to Israel . |
| 2 | Few , certainly , espoused revolutionary ideas in 1931 ; the party 's immediate task , it was generally agreed , was to press for legislation aimed at assisting the working class and , in particular , the impoverished landless labourers of the south . |
| 3 | Mr Bruce Page , of accountancy recruitment specialists Llambias Douglas , said : ‘ All the big firms are suffering equally — just some are better at handling the public relations side of it . ’ |
| 4 | His answer was the adoption during 1934–5 of a ‘ Popular Front ’ policy for resisting fascism ; this involved Communist support for ‘ bourgeois democratic ’ governments threatened by fascism , together with Soviet efforts at courting the diplomatic friendship of the western European democracies . |
| 5 | Successful he may have been in October-December 1976 at using the full Cabinet as a forum for crisis management , but Callaghan was not tempted to extend the practice in more tranquil times . |
| 6 | SHOCKING new adverts aimed at stemming the rising death toll caused by solvent abuse have been welcomed by North-East campaigners . |
| 7 | The Conservative government 's 1988 housing reforms contained several proposals aimed at rejuvenating the private rented sector , after the years in which the promotion of home-ownership was at the forefront of housing policy . |
| 8 | But Wasa Kamel , the coordinator of the project , which is being masterminded by the UN 's Industrial Development Organisation ( UNIDO ) in Vienna , says he aims at helping the developing countries by finding new products fitting their needs . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , without the sense of a common interest , it is clear that democracy itself is at risk , whether from a privileged minority determined to obstruct policies aimed at helping the poor majority , or , as in Northern Ireland , from the forcible incorporation into the state of a minority who do not accept the legitimacy of that state and who are then systematically excluded from power and influence . |
| 10 | The President of the World Bank , Barber Conable , urged the international community to make a concerted effort to reduce world poverty by adopting development policies and assistance programmes aimed specifically at helping the poor . |
| 11 | It requires support given by governments to be directed less at propping up declining industries , and more at helping the unemployed to rejoin the workforce . |
| 12 | The perceptive Boris Chicherin spotted as early as 1858 that The Bell was " better at throwing government and society into confusion than at suggesting the precise path they should follow " . |
| 13 | This was ‘ the ‘ Child Art ’ movement , now an established practice aimed at encouraging the creative side of young children — a reaction against the imitative nature of previous [ art ] teaching' ( Gordon and Lawton , 1978 , p. 218 ) . |
| 14 | Talks between Bangladesh and Myanma during January and February had yielded few results and so in March the Bangladesh government launched a diplomatic offensive in an attempt at spurring the international community into preventing a major tragedy occurring . |
| 15 | However , people have since realised they have been lured into a debt trap aimed at bringing the working class to heel , with unemployment the main weapon . |
| 16 | At its most ambitious and sophisticated this strategy aimed at bringing the raw subjectivity of the student or pupil into palpable contact with that very stuff of life considered to inhere within the " sacred " text . |
| 17 | In 1963 he turned to the theatre , directing Titus Andronicus and other plays at the Birmigham Rep , and showing himself adept at producing the intimate and affable atmosphere of the small screen on stage . |
| 18 | The trade union officials involved in the agreements were fully aware of their two-sided nature , and some admitted to a sense of bad conscience at seeing the regular dismissal of " involuntary " temporary workers . |
| 19 | Her momentary horror at seeing the unmistakable form of General Etienne was only slightly dulled by the realization that the stiff posture he was in could only mean he was dead . |
| 20 | Gooseneck , ’ he said , showing no surprise at seeing the head waiter standing in the library wearing a slightly battered but decent sports jacket and corduroy trousers and lighting a cigarette . |
| 21 | In his deep distress at seeing the empty bottle , the words of Paul the apostle came to him : |
| 22 | While Eva was at Usher the political situation did not give them too much pause for thought . |
| 23 | This is aimed at protecting the aboriginal sites on the Franklin . |
| 24 | However , we fear it is becoming so intense that many members of the Vale of Glamorgan Borough Council 's Planning Committee are in danger of losing sight of their duty to have regard to vital Government planning guidance aimed at protecting the open countryside from unnecessary development . |
| 25 | It should be noted that the profits of the blenders have been excluded from the welfare function since the policies were aimed exclusively at protecting the dominant firms and also the blenders are being treated as import agents . |
| 26 | After the abortive attempt to meet in Malawi in June [ see p. 37561 ] , the first direct talks between the Frelimo government and the MNR rebels aimed at ending the 15-year civil war finally took place in Rome on July 8-10 . |
| 27 | After the breakdown in December 1989 of talks aimed at ending the civil war in southern Sudan [ see p. 37114 ] , fighting broke out afresh in January , with the rebel Sudanese People 's Liberation Army ( SPLA ) claiming several victories in Eastern Equatorial province . |
| 28 | According to a report in the Bangkok Post of Sept. 19 the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the Cambodian conflict and normalizing relations . |
| 29 | The government of Papua New Guinea announced on Feb. 22 that it was about to hold peace talks with the Bougainville Revolutionary Army ( BRA ) aimed at ending the secessionist rebellion which began in 1988 and had claimed at least 100 lives . |
| 30 | One particular attempt at explaining the troubled experience of the 1980s retained the notion of NAIRU but claimed that NAIRU was not a constant number but depended on the past history of the unemployment rate . |