Example sentences of "[be] aim at " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 've gone after the areas where we have out performed Intel and we 're aiming at high-volume products such as laptops and palmtops , ’ Dave Brand , AMD 's British managing director , said .
2 thing that they 're aiming at so
3 ‘ Because what we 're aiming at , ’ he philosophizes to his young graduates , when he invites them round to dinner , in twos and threes , together with the Chases or the Waylands , and sometimes Freddie and Caroline , ‘ is something deeper than a little physical hardship .
4 Anyway , that 's the sort of market we 're aiming at .
5 Whether you choose antique , modern , reproduction or a mixture of all three is purely a question of personal taste , combined with the sort of style you 're aiming at .
6 That 's what we 're aiming at and that 's what hopefully she will come up with .
7 But really at short-term I still believe that we are doing this and this is what we 're , we 're , we 're aiming at this .
8 Oh , oh sorry , it 's it 's the next one we 're aiming at , the one we 're aiming at is n't it yes .
9 Oh , oh sorry , it 's it 's the next one we 're aiming at , the one we 're aiming at is n't it yes .
10 It would n't be fair to pick a ‘ best ’ from this group as they 're aimed at different users .
11 After all , that was what I had been aiming at .
12 The Americans had originally been aiming at a tenfold multiplication .
13 As I understand the Leeds position , they want what they call a lev a level playing field , or to be aiming at the same goalposts that they 've been aiming at for the last number of years .
14 ‘ Whoever did it must have been aiming at her head but thankfully they missed .
15 Some makers are aiming at specialist niches .
16 Likewise structure , which is what we are aiming at here , does not spring up ready-made , but is developed from interior and exterior motifs into its parts and thence into a whole …
17 We are aiming at a publication date of mid-November this year for the IBM version .
18 They can show you what you are aiming at by breaking down the manoeuvre and showing the role of each movement , but putting it all together with correct co-ordination and timing is up to you to teach yourself .
19 You will thus benefit from being clear in what you are aiming at and successfully achieving it more often than not
20 And of course , three balanced meals a day are what most of us are aiming at .
21 Then the leader needs to make time for members of the group to say what they are aiming at in their walk with God and to give time for mutual ministry and prayer .
22 Better give exotic Eastern eating a miss , if you are aiming at shedding weight fast .
23 The bridge pickup is mounted on a sort of Tele-style plate , which when combined with the overall shape of the guitar gives the memory a bit of a jog and you find yourself starting to think Thinline or HM Telecaster , which may not be a good thing if Starfield are aiming at total individuality .
24 It should need no stressing that even today , when more and more actors ( those in work ) are aiming at the regular working-day/mortgage belt , affairs , amours and just plain sex inside a company is not unknown .
25 The four basic types of activity offered in Conversation are : controlled activities to give students confidence and support ; awareness activities to increase students ' sensitivity to what they are aiming at ; fluency activities to give students the practice they need to use English for communication ; and feedback tasks to allow students to reflect on their own performance so that they become aware of areas in which they have to improve .
26 Perhaps this attitude of ‘ cooling it ’ , ‘ turning off ’ , ‘ keeping his head down ’ , ‘ disengaging ’ on the part of the failing student is a special case of what Roy Cox ( 1967 ) had in mind when he said : ‘ It is clear that where students are assessed in a way which is not seen to be relevant to what they are aiming at they will tend to distort and degrade the assessment so that it does not become a source of esteem . ’
27 This is much like what Lord Owen and General Morillon are aiming at .
28 Airlife have produced a revised edition of the Microlight Flying Manual , that seminal tome by Ron Campbell and John Jones which looks at the aeronautical world strictly from the perspective of pilots who are aiming at a Group D licence .
29 We are aiming at good levels of fertility , ( the ability to conceive ) , fecundity , ( the ability to conceive multiple offspring ) and productivity ( the ability to raise the offspring born ) .
30 Be sure , every one of us is involved with this issue , whether we like it or not , and WWF , are aiming at control and responsible administration of the world 's timber supplies by 1995 .
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