The phrase "advertisements seek to" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the intentions or goals of advertisements in various contexts, such as marketing or media analysis.
Example: "Advertisements seek to capture the attention of potential customers and persuade them to make a purchase."
Alternatives: "ads aim to" or "commercials strive to".
In district after district, House Democrats are running advertisements seeking to link Republicans with President Bush and his economic record.
Since the Nobel laureates were announced in October, Dr. Damadian has waged a quixotic write-in campaign, through full-page newspaper advertisements, seeking to share the prize.
Its full-page newspaper advertisements sought to reassure voters that "voting for a candidate who can't win is the smartest thing you'll ever do".
When a tame cat is found, the network arranges for its board and then places advertisements seeking to reunite it with its owner or to find a new home.
The forerunner of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, a newspaper called The Daily Picayune, also ran advertisements seeking to sell slaves or to find runaways, a fact the paper noted in a long article in 1993, said Jim Amoss, the newspaper's editor.
In more overt ways than ever, Republican candidates vying for support from Iowa caucusgoers are turning to religious language and imagery in their advertisements, seeking to appeal to the Christian conservative base that will play a pivotal role in determining the victor here.
While I think it a moral imperative that foreign individuals be allowed to say what they think about American politics, I think congress should be able to regulate whether, say, the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company could pour unlimited amounts of money into a non-profit called, say, Seattleites Against Pork that runs television advertisements seeking to unseat congressman Norm Dicks.
Public housing is not the intention there because the area is mostly owner-occupied (75%) and I doubt we could get affordable units". The protests from residents began after the county sent letters to some area homeowners and placed newspaper advertisements seeking to purchase homes with a minimum of three bedrooms.
An advertisement seeking to discourage people from flying because of its environmental impacts is likely to be judged political, and therefore unacceptable.
