Sentence examples for aimed at exerting from inspiring English sources

The pact says Russia and China "uphold the strict observance of generally recognized principles and norms of international law against any actions aimed at exerting pressure or interfering, under any pretext, with the internal affairs of the sovereign states".

In another official Iranian measure apparently aimed at exerting more control over the capital, the government said it would shut down schools and universities this Saturday and Sunday, which would extend a long weekend off in Tehran that begins Thursday.

[XI] The agreeing sides uphold the strict observance of generally recognized principles and norms of international law against any actions aimed at exerting pressure or interfering, under any pretext, with the internal affairs of the sovereign states and will make active efforts in order to strengthen world peace, stability, development and cooperation.

The request was blocked, however, amid concerns that Mr. Orban, who won election in 2010 with a sweeping majority, was seeking to cement power for his center-right Fidesz party with a new constitution, which took effect in January, and new laws aimed at exerting more control over institutions like the central bank, the judiciary and even the media.

We aimed at exploring whether RTX exerts its beneficial effects on fibrosis through attenuation of platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) pathway activation.

She was a star basketball player in high school, though she began in the era of the dreaded halfcourt game aimed at not forcing girls to exert themselves.

This paper presents the results of experimental investigations aimed at the determination of the loads exerted on support structures buried in gravity reclaim stockpiles.

The method is developed as a part of a systematic investigation aimed at producing nanocomposite coatings able to exert a marked biological activity over a long period of time thanks to their peculiar structure.

Albeit, sport hunting per se is certainly not aimed at preventing disease spread, it usually exerts effects similar to those of culling in terms of population density reduction.

Gene duplications have been the subject of many functional and molecular studies in plants [ 24, 25], but here we aimed at analysing specifically the selective constraints exerted on duplicated genes through analysis of their rates of substitution.

While the threats of violence have been exceptionally crude, the tactics have been relatively sophisticated, with co-ordinated online attacks aimed at amplifying the impact and noise, and exerting commercial pressure on digital advertisers.