Sentence examples for aiming at weakening from inspiring English sources

Transformation was achieved by electroporation and the efficiency could progressively be improved by implementation of an additional cell pretreatment step, aiming at weakening the rigid natural cell wall.

"Al Qaeda's strategy is aimed at weakening US hegemony on the Muslim nation," he said approvingly.

Public policies aimed at weakening the patent and standards systems risk stalling the pace of technological advancement.

There may be other actions aimed at weakening the Taliban's grip or dislodging it from power.

In other instances, a deliberate destruction of natural resources and water is aimed at weakening the so-called enemy.

The timber company is involved in a lawsuit aimed at weakening the Sierra Nevada Framework, which protects the region's forests.

Mr. Chávez has used such lulls in the past to announce measures aimed at weakening his opponents.

Mr. Gross had been sent to Cuba as part of a semicovert U.S.A.I.D. program aimed at weakening the government.

Russia had long opposed American missile-defense plans, arguing that they were aimed at weakening its defenses.

Indonesia's anticorruption commission has been fending off attacks from Parliament and the police aimed at weakening its powers.

The bad news is all the House Republicans will agree to launch a series of investigations aimed at weakening the Obama administration over the next two years.