Example sentences of "was aim at [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bacon 's method was aimed at discovering the formal causes of particular phenomena . |
| 2 | Her election by the Left Alliance 's executive committee was aimed at reversing the decline in electoral support for the 10-party alliance evidenced in the general election of April 1990 [ see p. 37388 ] . |
| 3 | Since its inception the Design Museum has been criticised for the way its exhibits fail to distinguish themselves from department store displays ; to some extent the museum has tried to work analytically with this analogy — its inaugural exhibition , for example , was aimed at exploring the relationships between ‘ commerce and culture ’ . |
| 4 | Therapy was aimed at helping the parents establish a more balanced and satisfactory relationship , learning to negotiate rather than lapse into their habitual pattern of attack and withdraw at the same time as providing a reward programme for Luke just to sit on the lavatory . |
| 5 | But accompanying this reform , which was aimed at lessening the disincentive effect of moving from benefit to work , are provisos like the requirement that recipients of housing benefit will be expected to meet 20 per cent of their rates bill which are cuts in welfare payments . |
| 6 | The Finance Minister Crispus Kiyonga on July 3 , 1989 , presented a budget for 1989/90 ( the fiscal year starting on July 1 , 1989 ) which he said was aimed at strengthening the balance of payments and at reducing inflation , but which nevertheless would provide for a 40 per cent salary increase for civil servants . |
| 7 | That measure was aimed at tackling the menace of the casual carrying of knives on the streets to which the hon. Member for Leyton drew attention . |
| 8 | NINETEEN blacks were massacred at a taxi-rank near Johannesburg last night in an attack the African National Congress said was aimed at derailing the transition to majority rule . |
| 9 | One of the most famous was Freire 's Movement of Popular Culture in Brazil 's north-east , which was aimed at raising the consciousness of his students . |
| 10 | The BMA campaign was aimed at raising the profile of hepatitis B risk among medical students , junior doctors , occupational health physicians and deans of medical schools . |
| 11 | The contest , organised by Town and County magazine , was aimed at raising the profile of the northern hotel and restaurant trade . |
| 12 | According to an Associated Press report on Feb. 6 , an offensive launched by Sihanoukist and KPNLF guerrillas in the north-west was aimed at extending the " liberated zones " to prevent attacks on United States-funded development programmes in these areas . |
| 13 | The fixing of the amounts of compensation made it very difficult for the investors to refuse and it was aimed at defending the DTI from outright criticism as well as preventing public uproar , he said . |
| 14 | Much of the early work of the Project was aimed at identifying the training needs of those who already do or would like to work as community interpreters and also at considering the needs of the staff working in statutory services who have to work through interpreters . |
| 15 | The first name was aimed at keeping the initial ‘ L ’ in line with family tradition ; the second was much more significant , relating to the family 's Jewish ethos and hopes , as we shall see . |
| 16 | Government policy was aimed at reducing the number of smokers in the country and an advertising ban would go a good way to achieving this , he said . |
| 17 | Like all such schemes prepared by left-wing militants , this plan was aimed at putting the company in a ‘ Catch 22 ’ situation . |