Example sentences of "be directed [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The package will cover areas not covered by insurance claims and will be directed mainly at the fish farming industry . |
| 2 | If action is forthcoming , it is likely to be directed initially at the Government rather than the chemical companies which have complied with the necessary tests and procedures required to have the chemicals licenced . |
| 3 | Tax cuts have been directed primarily at the ‘ better-off ’ and welfare benefits have been restricted . |
| 4 | Lady Roscarrock glanced at her husband , whose eyes were directed firmly at the rush matting . |
| 5 | Now they sat eagerly on the rows of brittle gilt chairs with red velvet seats , their exquisitely made-up faces carefully devoid of expression as they made brief notes on their programmes , pretending not to notice that sometimes the clicking cameras were directed not at the catwalk models , all of whom had already done a photo-call session for the photographers the previous day , but at them — the society women of America and the international circuit , the bored charity conscious wives of big businessmen , the famed actresses of stage and screen , even the occasional European princess . |
| 6 | These remarks it should be noted were directed specifically at the Republican Congressional leadership by the man with the primary responsibility for persuading congress to accept the president 's domestic programme . |
| 7 | In high-frequency waves the water motion appears to be nearly circular so that , when the waves break , the mass of water is directed downwards at the beach ( Fig. 8.2A ) . |
| 8 | The plea for an understanding of ‘ totality ’ in Situationist writing derives from Lukács and Marx whose critique of ‘ separation ’ is directed exactly at the work/leisure distinction . |
| 9 | This was directed particularly at the sheriff , William Crowmer , and his father-in-law , Lord Say , who as Sir James Fiennes had been sheriff in 1442 . |
| 10 | This exclamation was directed not at the Captain but at the aromatic roast loin of pork that was steaming towards them , propelled by Cesare . |