Example sentences of "[vb past] at [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His letters evince the excitement he felt at undertaking this journey , one which few Europeans had as yet made , and his anticipation of getting plenty of big game hunting on the way . |
| 2 | Chief Superintendent John Goodenough has been Commander of B Division covering all of Oxfordshire for the last six years ; it 's been suggested his move signals the start of a major reorganization within the force , aimed at streamlining managerial duties . |
| 3 | Indonesian cross-border raids into Papua New Guinea in mid-1990 aimed at capturing OPM members caused friction between the two countries . |
| 4 | Cornwall on the other hand , has been a , has got the appropriate objective status aimed at developing rural areas , that demonstrates the difference between the two . |
| 5 | Under pressure from diminishing resources and central government exhortations , much greater emphasis is being placed on the careful targeting of policy measures to the places where people suffer from the most severe problems , as evidenced by the successive reviews of regional policy and by the initiatives of the 1970s and 1980s aimed at rejuvenating inner city areas . |
| 6 | Today , Graham Sale was a speaker at a top level conference in Oxfordshire aimed at encouraging more firms in the region to step up their export effort . |
| 7 | They can also be seen in the popularity in France of the idea of attacks on British commerce as a means of forcing the traditional enemy to her knees , the belief that a guerre de course of this kind , avoiding large-scale engagements and making extensive use of privateers , would be more effective than a strategy which aimed at securing effective control of the seas . |
| 8 | First , a new initiative aimed at giving practical support to East European young business people and politicians is being launched today under the patronage of Oxford University 's Chancellor and other prominent political leaders . |
| 9 | From the outset a policy was adopted which aimed at eliminating unnecessary jargon and the mystique normally associated with computers . |
| 10 | Two leading State Department officials took part in a radio broadcast on Korea aimed at engendering public debate before a large appropriation for Korea was included in the War Department 's next vote . |
| 11 | Enmity between the ( Hindu ) Nepalese community and the ruling ( Buddhist ) Drukpa tribe was deep-rooted and had increased since King Jigme Singye Wangchuk imposed a " code of conduct " in mid-1988 aimed at suppressing Nepalese language and customs . |
| 12 | It aimed at understanding contemporary Buddhism , and deprecated any intention of an attack on Buddhism , appealing to Buddhist readers to correct any inaccurate or biased statements . |