Example sentences of "the aim [prep] [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freckles certainly seems to be achieving the aim of publicising the plight of her breed . |
| 2 | In some applications a gear is placed between the motor and load with the aim of adjusting the loading on the motor . |
| 3 | Categories this year have been changed with the aim of spreading the £2,150 plus training grants further . |
| 4 | No particular doctrine is intended and if my expressed conclusions attract adverse comment , or my suggestions are ridiculed , it is sufficient that discussion and consideration took place with the aim of helping the many unfortunate people of our country who are at present without hope . |
| 5 | To alleviate its people 's plight , especially that of women and children , an appeal has been launched with the aim of getting the international community to donate $2-2.5 billion to the frontline states . |
| 6 | Prospects for long-term forecasting are being examined , with the aim of recommending the best approach to use . |
| 7 | Oracle Corp will supply the software development environment to Electronic Data Systems for the NCORE Neodata Customer-Oriented Relational Environment with the aim of combining the power of an extensive marketing environment with a highly optimized and efficient operational engine to deliver an array of flexible services to the direct marketing industry . |
| 8 | Oracle Corp will supply the software development environment to Electronic Data Systems for the NCORE Neodata Customer-Oriented Relational Environment with the aim of combining the power of an extensive marketing environment with a highly optimized and efficient operational engine to deliver an array of flexible services to the direct marketing industry . |
| 9 | Ostensibly set up in 1928 with the aim of promoting the development of French proletarian literature and propagating the sectarian cultural views of RAPP ( the Association of Soviet Proletarian Writers ) , Monde became in the hands of Barbusse the site of cultural collaboration between communists and non-communists alike . |
| 10 | On April 1 , 1990 , the Hungarian Zionists Association which had been dissolved after the Second World War , was re-established , with the aim of promoting the formation of a minority council within the Jewish community . |
| 11 | The National Trust is talking to two landowners with the aim of buying the valley : |
| 12 | A government meeting on Sept. 24 agreed to introduce a unified wage structure by the end of the year for state employees , with the aim of rationalizing the system according to qualifications . |
| 13 | The vision of the future country mixed the aim of liberating the new State ( and those who would direct it ) with the emancipation of the inhabitants of the country : an end to exploitation , hunger and hardship . |
| 14 | A special office has been established by Customs to manage Intrastat in the UK , with the aim of maintaining the register of Intrastat traders and ensuring compliance . |
| 15 | A person in this role looks for resources and ideas outside the team with the aim of supporting the team 's efforts . |
| 16 | There will now be a further , final , round of intensive negotiations , with the aim of concluding the round within the next few weeks . |
| 17 | Negotiations are currently in progress with partners in Urenco Ltd , the Angle-German-Dutch enterprise , with the aim of converting the partnership into a holding company . |
| 18 | These will be drawn up in conjunction with local planning authorities with the aim of managing the countryside to develop sustainable agriculture , safeguard plant and animal wildlife , and preserve traditional landscape features , such as woods , hedgerows and dry-stone walls . |
| 19 | Accountancy software supplier Systems Union Ltd , has turned in a record result for its 1992 fiscal year , with pre-tax profits up 280% to £1.5m , on turnover that increased 47.6% to £12.1m : the privately-owned London-based company has operations in Europe , the US and the Asia-Pacific region , and opened a new office in Hong Kong in November , with the aim of addressing the expanding South East Asian market and supporting the existing network of local distributors and agents ; it now boasts more than 100 agents , value-added resellers and distributors worldwide ; chairman John Pemberton aims to expand this network further during 1993 ; the group also launched version 4.0 of its SunSystems product line at the end of last year ; SunSystems comprises two main elements — SunAccount , a fully-integrated ledger accounting package , and SunBusiness , or sales purchase order entry , invoicing and inventory and control software . |
| 20 | The Decorative Arts Society was founded in 1975 with the aim of encouraging the study of decorative arts in Britain , Europe and America from 1850 to the present . |
| 21 | The deputy head has a particular responsibility for supporting children in mainstream schools with the aim of obviating the need for special school placement . |
| 22 | At Owens College he had met Charles Frederick Cross [ q.v. ] and the two chemists joined forces at the Jodrell laboratory , Kew Gardens , with the aim of exploring the chemistry of cellulose , the major constituent of wood , cotton , flax , and paper . |
| 23 | Undaunted by the almost complete failure of the Fifth Generation project , Japan Inc is now embarking on a $480m 10-year Real-World Computing Partnership with the aim of mimicking the human brain in software . |
| 24 | It is suggested that the aim of constraining the managers of the large public company by organizing the internal division of power in the company appropriately can be achieved in a variety of ways . |
| 25 | I and my colleagues on the Board are convinced that we must continue to develop our organisational basis with the aim of creating the conditions for success whatever the future may hold . |
| 26 | The package has been designed by chartered accountants ( the MacDonald Partnership ) and written by the software house Software Solutions with the aim of meeting the needs of those responsible for company secretarial work . |
| 27 | A Committee for Academic Policy ( CAP ) was created by the CNAA in 1978 , with the aim of advising the Council on policy issues of general concern and to coordinate activities which spread across subject areas . |
| 28 | The UN forces went into South Korea with the aim of pushing the North Korean invaders back to the border . |
| 29 | The work of the Centre will be aimed specifically at developing ways of establishing and measuring outcomes with the aim of clarifying the results of particular policies and practices . |
| 30 | Wundt , a 19th-century psychologist , researched the signing of German deaf children with the aim of discovering the universal properties underlying all languages . |