Example sentences of "[prep] a [adj] [noun sg] aimed at " in BNC.
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| 1 | On July 4 , 400 people were reported killed or wounded after a massive explosion aimed at police headquarters in the northern oil city of Kirkuk . |
| 2 | May 8-9 Bessmertnykh visits Syria for talks with Assad at the start of a regional tour aimed at promoting Middle East peace efforts . |
| 3 | At the same time the government announced a package of new measures under which ( i ) the minimum wage was increased by 18 per cent from Nov. 18 ; ( ii ) a 40 per cent cut in income tax for those earning up to four times the minimum wage was to take effect in 1991 ; ( iii ) petrol prices were increased by 20 per cent and diesel oil , liquid gas and electricity prices by 30 per cent ; ( iv ) the peso 's rate of progressive devaluation against the US dollar was halved from 80 centavos to an " average " of 40 centavos a day , a depreciation rate of 5 per cent per year , as part of a anti-inflationary move aimed at fixing a future parity for the two currencies and stemming the flight of capital abroad . |
| 4 | A company is stepping up trials of a new drug aimed at stopping the spread of AIDS . |
| 5 | BAIE 's Midlands region has been renamed Central region as part of a new programme aimed at generating more interest among members . |
| 6 | The redundancies are part of a nationwide package aimed at saving the van and truck company which went into receivership last week . |
| 7 | The Department of Health intends to screen the ads on RTE as part of a national campaign aimed at preventing the spread of AIDS . |
| 8 | The move is part of a national policy aimed at helping the mentally handicapped live as normal lives as possible rather than being locked away in institutions . |
| 9 | Draft proposals for a European directive aimed at reducing packaging waste , cutting landfill and increasing reuse and recycling are being considered . |
| 10 | The 1990 edition of the World Bank 's World Development Report , published on July 16 , called for a new initiative aimed at " lifting 400 million people out of poverty by the year 2000 " . |
| 11 | During a meeting on Nov. 9 , 1989 , to prepare for a high-level summit aimed at reducing confrontation , the North 's proposal for tripartite talks ( to include the USA ) was rejected . |
| 12 | Two years ago the group won the go-ahead for a different scheme aimed at the banking and financial sectors , but the crash and oversupply in the City market forced a rethink . |
| 13 | Even where he does show an interest in ‘ education ’ it is , as we have seen , only as a preventive device aimed at the public at large . |
| 14 | , Inhabitants of the Dutch town of Hoofddorp are being issued with new dustbins implanted with a measuring device aimed at encouraging them to throw away less rubbish . |
| 15 | Stoddard Templeton are increasing their marketing activities with a new initiative aimed at attracting customers into retailers throughout the country . |
| 16 | Yoghurt Muesli is a unique product with a crisp bite aimed at the many consumers who eat yoghurt with muesli . |
| 17 | Money from the CTC programme , estimated at £50m , would go into a new scheme aimed at providing 23,000 extra nursery places in the first year of a Labour Government . |
| 18 | ‘ However , with the help of considerable capital funding from the ITI , and through a joint venture approach with Sutton Borough Council , who provided capital , land and an annual subsidy , the original concept has been developed into a working model aimed at serving as an example for other local authorities to consider . ’ |
| 19 | The Polish government has proposed transforming 10 per cent of its debts to western governments ( which total around US$32 billion ) into a domestic fund aimed at cleaning up the country 's environment . |
| 20 | The ruling , which was not subject to appeal , was made by the Bryan Commission , set up by Chile and the United States on Oct. 3 , 1991 , under a 1916 treaty aimed at resolving disputes between the two countries . |
| 21 | The first , the Partnership Award for innovation in teaching and learning in higher education , reflected the interest in a successful programme aimed at social and economic regeneration in the community . |
| 22 | It will after all be a waste of time to send details of a luxury fur to a down-market magazine aimed at working mums and equally useless to send details of a white flour and additive-based convenience product to a health food magazine . |
| 23 | But whereas Futurism had been to a large extent aimed at and against Paris and Parisian painting , the Germans were content to remain on the receiving end of things and their work , in the pre-war years at least , had little or no influence back on French art . |
| 24 | Advocaat has shaped his team around a five-man attack aimed at overwhelming San Marino 's part-timers . |