Example sentences of "[adv] aiming for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was only aiming for the British record , ’ Wooderson declared in a state of shock which caused him sleepless nights for a week . |
| 2 | Calera are obviously aiming for the mass market . |
| 3 | More than ever before , the process industries are having to demonstrate , often publicly , improved safety and environmental performance , greater technical sophistication , and better quality and resource management , whilst always aiming for higher profits . |
| 4 | This apparent contradiction is explained by the fact that , overall , almost one in five IT specialists were continuing their studies , usually aiming for PhD qualifications . |
| 5 | Floribundas Pruning for Floribundas follows the same general principles as for H.T.s , except that it should & not so hard — the first year cut-back should be T-2 inches ( 2.5–5cm ) longer , leaving some 4–6 inches ( 10–15cm ) of stem from the base and still aiming for outward-pointing buds to develop the open cup shape . |
| 6 | On listening to the forthcoming album you could be persuaded that Temper Temper are purposely aiming for our American cousins and their huge R&B markets . |
| 7 | Another thing : not enough men would be in the middle waiting for crosses when they came and like I said before the crosses were mostly aiming for heads — or for Deano 's head . |
| 8 | In addition to supporting CCITT standards , the companies say that they are also aiming for compatibility with the US Advanced Intelligent Network specifications . |
| 9 | It is also aiming for BS5750 creditation on service . |
| 10 | Denmark , the Netherland and Belgium are also aiming for a cut in emissions . |
| 11 | The fascination of this book is in its clear-sighted debunking of the myths which many have fondly mistaken for historical truth : that Columbus was really aiming for Asia , that he and his sailors thought the world was flat , that Queen Isabella pawned her jewels to finance his trips and came down with her husband to wave him off from the docks , or even ( a fondly-cherished delusion ) that these were journeys of discovery rather than intentional acquisition and expansion of the Spanish empire . |
| 12 | Netball star Liz Millican from Hartlepool has played for England and is now aiming for a trip to the World Junior Games in Australia . |
| 13 | They 're hard , aggressive and uncompromising , all the things , in fact , that EMF themselves are reputedly aiming for . |
| 14 | A growing number of nurses are making a personal contribution to clinical research : some are even aiming for a higher degree . |
| 15 | In field bear uphill aiming for double electricity posts . |
| 16 | We were virtually aiming for the impossible : to launch the revamped Friends of John McCarthy complete with campaign logo , notepaper and T-shirts , by our target date of 17 February , in four weeks ' time . |
| 17 | Well one one of our key key er marketing er tools is the markets we 're actually aiming for and I er agree with you we are going to diversify and it is an on ongoing campaign but er our s the er targeting 's based on the socioeconomic group er of the population and the differential er of purchasers is going to be fairly minimal because those will be very similar people throughout the entire country . |