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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |