Sentence examples for aim rather than from inspiring English sources

He said: "We were very careful; remember I got involved in that negotiation and 17-18 is an aim rather than a target.

He was not the only one to miss the need for this kind of change, a change in the war aim rather than simply its practices.

The gull appears to have been guilty of bad aim rather than evil intent, going for the snack but getting James instead.

That being said, I think it's a good idea to let people know where we should aim, rather than just let us drift along.

Pursuing that aim, rather than judging progress by the numbers of freshly-hatched schools, is the vital next step towards better education.

Several development economists, from Amartya Sen to Manfred Max Neef, have looked at the role of wellbeing and poverty, and considered wellbeing to be the ultimate aim, rather than macro-level economic growth, jobs, or even income.

Moreover, such an ad-hoc approach only adds to criticism that NATO is serving imperialistic aims, rather than acting as a protector of legitimate revolution.

More recently in Afghanistan, priority was given to long-term aims rather than to short-term needs and to those things likely to be resisted by social conservatism.

His "comprehensive socialisation of investment" was not the same thing as public ownership; he meant rather the growth of institutions that pursued public-interest aims rather than short-term profit, such as universities and even newspapers.

Many people feel that our soldiers in both Afghanistan and Iraq have died for U.S. political aims rather than for any narrow British national interest.

The latter group is known for habits like compromising in order to achieve acceptable political aims rather than resorting to brinksmanship.