Example sentences of "were aim at [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russian colonial policies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were aimed at maximizing the income of the state by the subjection of aboriginal peoples to fur tribute . |
| 2 | Elaborate pricing mechanisms — the K-factors and all the rest — were set up by the government before the sell-off ; they were aimed at helping the industry , which had long been a victim of under-investment , to pay for a capital-spending programme of at least £18 billion over the next decade . |
| 3 | It does seem likely , however , that after Valens jurists would not have reverted to a negative interpretation , for various interpretative principles were settled in the course of the development of the Roman law of succession , and many of them were aimed at determining the meaning of dispositions in which the testator had left an important point undetermined . |
| 4 | He said that the government 's actions were aimed at bringing the two states closer and promoting integration . |
| 5 | Many of the proposals for re-establishing full employment in the aftermath of the 1979–81 recession were aimed at increasing the level of demand in the economy . |
| 6 | New fisheries legislation which changed the basis for regulation of Greenland 's shrimp fisheries and attached quasi-property rights to licences to fish were introduced in 1990/91 , and were aimed at tackling the industry 's problems . |
| 7 | Primary or public health standards were aimed at protecting the most susceptible part of the population from adverse effects , with an adequate margin of safety being included , while the more stringent secondary standards were aimed at protecting public welfare , such as damage to vegetation , wildlife , materials , and so on . |
| 8 | The Praesidium , headed by President Gorbachev , said many of these laws were aimed at strengthening the ‘ economic and political independence and ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens ’ . |
| 9 | The Praesidium , headed by President Gorbachev , said many of these laws were aimed at strengthening the ‘ economic and political independence and ensuring the rights and freedoms of citizens ’ . |
| 10 | Specific recommendations were aimed at strengthening the police , in manpower , efficiency and pay , and speeding up the process of amalgamating local forces . |