The phrase "aimed at restraining the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts or measures intended to limit or control something.
Example: "The new policy is aimed at restraining the excessive use of plastic in our community."
Alternatives: "intended to limit the" or "designed to control the".
Do us a favour.PHILIP INMANHuntingdon, CambridgeshirePrice and controlSIR Your assertion that price controls in Mauritius (September 19th) were aimed at restraining the economic power of white industrialists and courting the support of the Hindu majority is not accurate.
Moreover, most of the miRs targeting the NF- κB pathway and its modulators affect NF- κB signaling dynamics primarily through a negative feedback loop aimed at restraining the excessive proinflammatory response induced by signaling activation [ 116].
It has been described a p53-induced negative regulation of both Nanog expression (Lin et al, 2005; Kawamura et al, 2009) and NSC self-renewal (Meletis et al, 2006), aimed at restraining the overproliferation of NSCs by limiting the frequency of self-renewing divisions.
The law, aimed at restraining Internet piracy, made it illegal to break the digital locks protecting copyrighted material.
Prosecutors in New York have charged a Chinese businessman and his company with a conspiracy relating to the sale of sensitive materials to Iran, covert transactions that prosecutors say violated United Nations bans aimed at restraining Tehran's rocket and nuclear ambitions.
Part of the increased funding announced this week will be used to pay for 150 local plans aimed at restraining car traffic by making bus travel more attractive, and improving facilities for cyclists.
Eight competitive objective functions were selected aimed at increasing the seam weld quality, the die lifetime, the production rate and at restraining the die yielding and the peak process load with respect to an initial already optimized solution.
Wards are excluded if the unit is dedicated to residents with Korsakoff's, if far-reaching reorganizations and/or constructional renovations will be implemented, and if participating in other studies and/or projects aimed at the reduction of restrain use.
A year ago, a surprising and unusual alliance of university trustees and professors was formed, a partnership aimed at finding ways to restrain the growth and excesses of big-time college sports.
Growth of the forestry industry has been restrained, however, by legislation aimed at preserving the country's extensive forest cover.
The Europeans have staked everything on firming up sanctions in a policy aimed as much at restraining Israel as it was at curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions.
