Example sentences of "[noun pl] aim at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a steady K is maintained animals aim at optimizing their success with more limited numbers of carefully reared young . |
| 2 | The titles of Marjorie Rosen 's Popcorn Venus ( 1973 ) and Molly Haskell 's from Reverence to Rape ( 1974 ) indicate this concern with images ; both books aim at giving a survey of representations of women in Hollywood film . |
| 3 | Despite the continued indifference of the Labour Party the Communists had made many concessions aimed at attracting support from Labour members . |
| 4 | In a speech delivered to the seventh plenum of the sixth CPV central committee , which convened in Hanoi on Aug. 15-24 , 1989 , CPV secretary-general Nguyen Van Linh announced that the party had found a " very high level of unanimity " in rejecting " bourgeois liberalization , political pluralism and multi-opposition parties aimed at denying Marxism-Leninism , socialism and the party 's leadership " . |
| 5 | The Scots aimed at a federal system which would allow them some autonomy . |
| 6 | The progressive dismantling of regional development policy since 1979 has moved more swiftly than steps aimed at deregulating the housing sector . |
| 7 | The European Commission has proposed fresh steps aimed at regulating the trade , which Greenpeace has said should be banned . |
| 8 | There will be a vociferous , partisan crowd in Dublin but the Republic of Ireland supporters get uneasy and impatient when their team is not on top — and Bingham is a master at tactics aimed at producing that effect . |
| 9 | Ms Richardson said that the plants at Ayr and Galway made computers aimed at different sections of the market . |
| 10 | The plan is to combine elements of their current Unix offerings — ICL 's DRS/NX Server , Fujitsu 's UPX implementations and Amdahl 's UTS mainframe Unix — and cross-license key value-added products , in a bid to win customers for a new breed of mid-range and high-end Sparc servers aimed at scientific and commercial Unix customers . |
| 11 | The plan is to combine elements of their current Unix offerings — ICL 's DRS/NX Server , Fujitsu 's UPX implementations and Amdahl 's UTS mainframe Unix — and cross-license key value-added products , in a bid to win customers for a new breed of mid-range and high-end Sparc servers aimed at scientific and commercial Unix customers . |
| 12 | It is surprising how often courses and exhortations aimed at teachers ignore the affective and practical domains . |
| 13 | In words aimed at the US president , Bill Clinton , he said : ‘ The Balkanisation of the region is coming if there is to be no peaceful settlement . |
| 14 | The decline in residential capacity has been accompanied by a growth in community based alternatives such as specialist foster care , independent living under supervision and day-centres aimed at supporting , rather than supplanting , families . |
| 15 | Recent advances in methods aimed at mapping chromosomal regions and isolating novel genes , have made it possible to develop comprehensive strategies for the positional cloning of human disease genes . |
| 16 | This exploration of methods aimed at reducing expenditure , while at the same time improving our service , must be continued . |
| 17 | If your child finds reading difficult , do n't provide books aimed at younger children because he may be bored by them even though he can understand them . |
| 18 | Two books aimed at developing language skills through presentation and discussion of thought-provoking topics . |
| 19 | In addition to the above general warranties , there are likely to be several warranties aimed at UK taxation . |
| 20 | In addition there will be specific warranties aimed at specific provisions of the Taxes Acts related to matters such as : |
| 21 | THE first of 30 homes aimed at providing affordable housing for islanders in Arran 's dear market was opened yesterday in The Park , Lamlash , by Kirk Care Housing Association , with help of a £1.1 million grant from Scottish Homes . |
| 22 | It would use a mixture of field checks , aerial photography and remote sensing to calculate the extent of logging , as part of stepped up efforts to ensure that timber firms comply with government guidelines aimed at conserving the forest reserves . |
| 23 | In the past , most plans were sold strictly door-to-door by companies such as Prudential and Pearl , but now companies aiming at a more affluent middle-class market have started to move in . |
| 24 | So far as the latter are concerned it is evident that the movements aiming at national unification or national independence in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have arisen in circumstances very different from those which prevailed when the first nation states were created . |
| 25 | Such a system could incorporate images to be construed ; hold relevant information to be drawn upon as required ; include a capacity to enlarge or select from the image under consideration ; provide cues aimed at stimulating a search for undiscovered features or ideas and be partially interactive in a non-verbal mode by means of direct pointing with a light pen . |
| 26 | Five other diplomas and certificates aimed at primary teachers had compulsory work on language of 30+ hours , but the only general MA(Ed) course with language work ( excluding courses for specialist language teachers ) had a compulsory course of less than 10 hours . |
| 27 | Following detailed interviews with business and technical managers from the public and private sectors , the proposals suggest : the introduction of an accreditation scheme for IT security ( including an independent audit of an organisation 's security ) ; production of generic guidelines and checklists aimed at helping organisations improve their own security procedures and training ; research to improve computer access control mechanisms , especially for personal computer and network users ; and , finally , awareness campaigns . |
| 28 | Guitar magazines devote much of their space to equipment reviews that are , nine times out of ten , merely a plug for the manufacturer , when the magazine could be putting subscribers ' money to good use by running more informative and educational articles aimed at the musician eager for knowledge and not glossy adverts ! |
| 29 | The consequence is that merger bids aimed at improving performance will tend to fail . |
| 30 | If , as they themselves admitted , the Communists aimed at the supersession of the ILP , it was obviously dangerous and foolish to help them in their work . |