Sentence examples for aimed to sweep from inspiring English sources
Speaking about clashes between disenfranchised youths and police, Graham Beech, the strategic development director for the crime reduction charity Nacro, said in a recent interview they could be rooted in "a culture of enforcement," which aimed to "sweep these young people away as a problem".
Provoked by the murder in February of Rafik Hariri, a popular former prime minister, the peaceful uprising aimed to sweep a host of ills, from Syrian tutelage to the corruption of Lebanon's own politicians, into the dustbin of history.The revolution has succeeded up to a point.
The new payment, due to be fully delivered by 2017 and initially set to cost £2bn more in benefits annually, aims to sweep together the main means-tested benefits and tax credits into one "universal" benefit.
Boeing said yesterday that it already had about 95% of the market and is aiming to sweep the board with the 737, the workhorse of the low-cost carriers.
Until Friday morning, the heavy favorite, I'll Have Another — the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness Stakes — was aiming to sweep the first Triple Crown since Affirmed thirty-four yeago ago.
And what better place to start than with the government's draconian trade union bill, which aims to sweep away union opposition to a further round of extreme cuts to public services and in-work benefits by threatening the fundamental right to strike.
Between the dirt-cheap Lumia 710 (which can be found for free, if you're diligent enough) and now the more-than-reasonably priced Lumia 900, Nokia is clearly aiming to sweep new and potential smartphone users off of their feet.
A master of experimentation, Kurokawa has cleverly constructed Node 5 5 aiming to sweep his audiences into another realm.
Hungry to try a hand at her very own, rough and tumbled Dekotora, Solberg hatched her "plan of attack," aiming to sweep in with enthusiasm and armful of gold enamel paint and get Phase 1 completed in record time.
When Congress first passed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) on July 26 , 1990 its goals were lofty: it aimed "to invoke the sweep of congressional authority…in order to address the major areas of discrimination faced day-to-day by people with disabilities" (42 U.S.C. § 12101(b)(4)).
It's as if she's coaching her vocalist back into the ring: in a period dominated by 50 Cent's blustering bravado and the insurgency of Southern crunk, the mid-tempo saunter of violins and horn sweeps aimed to challenge comparable peers with its veneer alone.
