Example sentences of "[adv] aimed at " in BNC.
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| 1 | If two or more higher-level indexes exist , each of them may be handled using a different one of the techniques described below aimed at reducing index search time , depending on their size . |
| 2 | It will release a dozen or so films this year with an average cost of $5m , all aimed at audiences too small for the big studios to chase . |
| 3 | Within the next two or three years , seven major studies , all aimed at reducing coronary risks on a massive scale , will have reported their findings . |
| 4 | Underworld has a wide range of tank decor , all aimed at helping the creation of a natural-looking tank . |
| 5 | These include Here We Come , Come and See Us and Double Trouble all aimed at children between the ages of ten and fifteen . |
| 6 | Further publications followed , all aimed at a parliamentary audience : A Breviat of Some Proposals for the promoting of Industry ( 1679 ) , including wool as well as linen manufacture in the workhouse scheme ; A Method of Government for Such Publick Working Alms-Houses ( 1679 ) , proposing the union of small parishes for workhouse purposes and the election of ‘ delegates or overseers ’ by contributing parishes to oversee the new institutions ; and finally England 's Weal and Prosperity Proposed ( 1681 ) , a summary statement . |
| 7 | Acting as Port Agent for P&O Cruises for the first time , Ellerman & Bucknall were responsible for a range of activities all aimed at ensuring a trouble free visit for Canberra in both Durban and Cape Town . |
| 8 | There were statements of intent , exhortations , graphs and charts all aimed at producing improvements in what was to me at that time the nebulous concept of ‘ Quality ’ . |
| 9 | Zvornik was the latest town to fall in a Serb offensive apparently aimed at securing an ethnic state incorporating more than 60 per cent of Bosnia 's territory . |
| 10 | In retaliation for the Rishon Le Zion killings , guerrillas of the Palestine Liberation Front ( PLF ) launched an unsuccessful seaborne attack apparently aimed at civilians sunbathing on May 30 , a public holiday ( Shavuot ) when the beaches were particularly full . |
| 11 | In the immediate aftermath of Saw Maung 's resignation , the SLORC launched a series of political initiatives apparently aimed at improving its poor international image . |
| 12 | On the other hand , the United States carried out a series of crisis measures apparently aimed at shoring up the dollar . |
| 13 | It is regrettable that , in legislation basically aimed at facilitating the dissolution of marriages which have failed , the notion of adultery was retained . |
| 14 | Foucault , and those influenced by him , have displayed a great scepticism about the possibilities of a conventional history : Foucault stresses that his work is basically aimed at constructing a ‘ genealogy ’ , the locating of the ‘ traces ’ of the present rather than reconstructing the past . |
| 15 | ‘ Medicus ’ was a bit behind the times for Cooks , who , building on the work of their founder , had seized on the cycling craze of the 1890s and advertised cycling tours on the Continent which were especially aimed at single women . |
| 16 | The proposed Directive is only aimed at establishing essential standards and principles and member states will remain free to extend its ambit to unlisted or private companies . |
| 17 | Re-released by Old Gold in 1988 , the record sold well but was only aimed at a collectors and oldie jukebox market . |
| 18 | ‘ For instance , as far as nature and wildlife is concerned , there are parks , nature reserves , wildlife centres , aquariums , beaches and waterfalls that are not only aimed at the tourist but at local people too , ’ he added . |
| 19 | I think a lot of the modern maths that we 've , we 've heard about is still very much aimed at the brighter children who were going to do O-level and , and beyond even in mathematics . |
| 20 | Containing one side of street soul and one side of swingbeat , the debut LP from this Manchester trio is obviously aimed at both US and UK markets . |
| 21 | Jim Hind 's advice on planning calving dates raised points I 'd never considered and although obviously aimed at cattle , has made me rethink my goat mating . |
| 22 | The French approach to takeovers has tended to aim at strengthening their central manufacturing core and to ensure that the French company remains dominant and in control , whereas the British takeover is generally aimed at diversification . |
| 23 | But until very recently systems were generally aimed at the top end of the market , and the cost was high enough to make acquisition a major undertaking . |
| 24 | Refresher courses are generally aimed at updating nurses in particular specialties or all nurses on one particular topic , such as wound care , nursing research or pharmacology . |
| 25 | A number of interesting new titles are promised by the Antique Collector 's Club based in Suffolk whose books are generally aimed at the collector/dealer market . |
| 26 | Although it is generally aimed at specific styles of mineralisation a wide range of elements are determined and a variety of techniques used . |
| 27 | Edwardian solidity had been achieved even if not exactly aimed at . |
| 28 | The Plan will complement programmes of community regeneration already aimed at these areas . |
| 29 | Social events for example were organised for the deaf rather than by deaf people themselves , mainly by hearing missioners ; deaf magazines like the Deaf Quarterly News and the British Deaf Times were largely aimed at a readership far too sophisticated for the average ordinary deaf person , written and edited by missioners ; the Guild of St. John of Beverley , an organisation of mainly clerical missioners interested in doing things for the deaf , flourished . |
| 30 | A recent survey revealed over 200 courses with environmental content ; of these nearly 60 were classed as ‘ high ’ , ( largely aimed at environmental professionals ) , and 50 ‘ medium ’ and 90 ‘ low ’ , that is , courses not explicitly environmental in content , but relevant to the topic . |