Example sentences of "was aimed at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 It is thought the bomb was aimed at a member of the security forces .
2 The UWC was a far more serious threat than the UBC had been : it was entirely outside the control of the party leaders and backed by over a hundred MPs ; it was aimed at a government that included Unionists as well as Liberals ; and it seemed likely to be a vehicle for the overthrow of Bonar Law by Carson .
3 It was aimed at a readership of little girls at Pony Club age but also attracted those who did n't own a pony but just felt passionately about horses — a stage little English girls are prone to go through and some never grow out of .
4 All this bristling weaponry was aimed at a line of about forty men standing against the wall .
5 It is just as well that Plainsong seemed to take to the track on her debut in the Fillies ' Maiden she was aimed at the race because owner Peter Innes was a steward at the meeting .
6 Although shops were wrecked in the attack , it is now clear that the bomb was aimed at the security forces rather than commercial properties .
7 All four men stood in the room and Farrell raised the pistol once more so that it was aimed at the agent 's head .
8 He stressed throughout the difference between the coal strike , which was industrial and could be negotiated , and the General Strike , which was aimed at the constitution and must be defeated unconditionally .
9 Among the new government 's earliest measures was the introduction in April 1991 of the Sharia bill , which was aimed at the creation of an " Islamic welfare state " , passed in May by the National Assembly .
10 The attack was aimed at the motor vehicle .
11 Injection A was aimed at the representation of the fovea .
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