Example sentences of "[was/were] aimed [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insofar as this affected the ECSC negotiations , it gave West Germany a far stronger hand and enabled its negotiators to resist some of the French demands , especially those which were aimed at a deconcentration and decartelisation of West Germany 's heavy industries , and to pursue more urgently its own point of view on the future of the Saar . |
| 2 | Despite a heavyweight ( and possibly counterproductive ) lobbying effort by the tobacco companies , its March 14th vote was aimed at a complete ban on all tobacco advertising — a business worth £46m in Britain in 1988 . |
| 3 | The Spurs Club was aimed at a deaf membership that did not use sign language . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It is thought the bomb was aimed at a member of the security forces . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | All this bristling weaponry was aimed at a line of about forty men standing against the wall . |