aim something at someone

Examples of aimed

aimed

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

Moreover, common expressions are open to multiple philosophical interpretations precisely because common expressions lack the precision aimed for (though not always achieved) by philosophical discourse.
They aimed to fragment the township communities and divorce them from the tacksmen, thus removing the basis of the clan military, social and economic structure.
It will also ensure patients are considered for current lymphoma studies, which are aimed to improve the management of these patients.
Such results may help pave the way for future molecular studies aimed to elucidate the genetic basis of snail-schistosome compatibility.
This research reported here aimed to explore this issue among the next generation of clinical psychologists : those currently training.
Prevention is made up of actions aimed at averting the establishment or development of a health problem.
Late prehistoric ostentation, by contrast, was aimed at a larger audience and there is no sign of an exclusive elite culture.
Section 3 reviews what we know and need to know about these different types of pension fund actions aimed at improving corporate governance.
Designing randomised controlled trials aimed at preventing or delaying functional decline and disability in frail, older persons: a consensus report.
We aimed to investigate how limiting the option of advance booking affected patients' scope to choose whom they see.
This suggests scope for beneficial market intervention aimed at providing good pensions at low costs.
Undoubtedly they have been aimed at a relatively wide, popular market.
Second, political theory and governance are aimed at recognizing and nurturing families as entities that are responsible for the welfare of their members.
The use of genetic engineering to produce pest resistant transgenic plants represents one of many current approaches aimed at increasing agricultural productivity.
In the preface the author states that the book is aimed at scholars and students from both geological and archaeological backgrounds.
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