Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] at [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Lancashire County Council has launched a new partnership initiative with ethnic minority communities aimed at providing Halal meals to Muslim elders in SSD establishments , hospitals , nursing homes , and so on . |
| 4 | However , as timeshare was getting a bad name , the holiday cottages grew into sixty corporate lodges aimed at attracting Japanese purchasers . |
| 5 | An Italian parliamentary report on Jan. 29 claimed that a secret anti-communist force , codenamed " Gladio " , allegedly backed by NATO [ see p. 37875 ] , was an illegal " armed band " which had overstepped its brief by engaging in a " strategy of tension " involving terrorist attacks aimed at justifying repressive state laws . |
| 6 | In later sections , the major theoretical contributions aimed at understanding vertical linkages will be outlined , and subsequently policy implications will be drawn from them . |
| 7 | The chemical company , Du Pont , has already developed technology which recycles the gas into nitric acid , in response to tough US regulations aimed at controlling respiratory disease . |
| 8 | On Oct. 8 the Federal Assembly passed two constitutional amendments aimed at transferring federal powers to the Czech and Slovak republics , and reducing the number of federal ministries from 15 to five . |
| 9 | She was speaking at the Howdon Tennis Centre in Eden ridge , Kent , at the 20th stop of the adidas Challenge , a series of winter tournaments aimed at bringing countrywide competition in the winter months to British youngsters . |
| 10 | The new machines , which will be fitted in the bigger branches , will have a number of features aimed at cutting queuing times and making them easier to use . |
| 11 | Molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics are also covered in this chapter but with no mention of the important new perturbation techniques aimed at estimating free energy differences . |
| 12 | As a co-opted member of Catholic Education Commission working parties , I was involved in the production of discussion papers and other materials aimed at promoting Catholic Education . |
| 13 | Considerable attention has been given in recent years to policies directed at training young people ( YTS , apprenticeship reform ) and the need to invest more as a nation in training in the interests of increased productivity . |
| 14 | Another aspect of his important role in the American Establishment involves participation in societies aimed at shaping global policies , such as the Japan Society , the Center for Strategic and International Studies and the Business Council . |
| 15 | The conference also adopted a number of measures aimed at promoting international co-operation on safety and improving monitoring of the fulfilment of the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and other agreements . |
| 16 | On Aug. 18 Finance Minister Tsutomu Hata had attempted to restore confidence by announcing a series of measures aimed at discouraging financial institutions from selling shares until the end of September , and allowing them to postpone the reporting of unrealised losses on share holdings until the end of the financial year , in March 1993 . |
| 17 | The meeting failed to adopt measures aimed at providing financial assistance to the newly-independent republics of the former Soviet Union , including the creation of a " stabilization fund " to underpin the Russian rouble . |
| 18 | Measures aimed at increasing non-oil revenue were to include " selective " tax increases . |
| 19 | The Finance and Planning Minister , Saifur Rahman , said on Aug. 1 that the government intended to strengthen measures aimed at boosting private enterprise [ see p. 38289 ] . |
| 20 | On June 13 the government announced measures aimed at boosting foreign investment , including the right of foreign investors to purchase shares and easier repatriation of foreign profits . |
| 21 | Nor need the doctor adopt palliative measures , if ‘ palliation ’ is taken to mean the use of measures aimed at modifying pathological processes or their consequences so as to delay or prevent the otherwise inevitable effects of such processes or their consequences . |
| 22 | Moscow has taken various measures aimed at overcoming Latin American mistrust of the Soviet Union , including academic and cultural exchanges , which are facilitated by the Soviet friendship societies now existing in most Latin American countries . |
| 23 | The reforms are mostly technical adjustments aimed at penalising slow delivery of the ball into open play and reducing the number of place-kicks . |
| 24 | And when standard statistical tests aimed at revealing small , regular changes in the pattern of variability were turned on the data from the meridian circle they showed an unambiguously clear trace of a periodic variation with a repeating rhythm of 76 years . |
| 25 | LEA advisers develop meetings and courses aimed at simulating new thought and experiment in their subject areas and the investigation of common problems and current thinking . |
| 26 | courses aimed at improving oral fluency ; |
| 27 | By June the government 's initially fragile hold seemed stronger after popular endorsement of its bold constitutional initiatives aimed at restoring parliamentary democracy [ see pp. 38394 ; 38439 ] . |
| 28 | Sealink can therefore now offer freight customers a choice of three similarly sized multi-purpose ferries , each with powerful engines aimed at combating adverse weather conditions . |
| 29 | Criminal laws aimed at regulating corporate activities tend to refer to a specific rather than a general class of behaviour . |
| 30 | A package of tax and duty incentives aimed at attracting foreign institutions was launched on July 25 , 1989 . |