The phrase "an aim to" is correct and usable in written English.
It is used to introduce an intention or goal. For example, "I have an aim to achieve financial independence by the age of 40."
This is certainly an aim to be welcomed, but it rests on two flawed assumptions.
For example, "lack of sufficient water" would then become an aim to "improve water supply".
"It has always produced products with an aim to getting a return on investment".
So perhaps go and see your boss with an aim to getting him on side first.
It's always an aim to go there, we just don't know when".
The framework came into effect one year ago with an aim to "secure a swift return to economic growth".
Ignatieff concluded: A moral order is too large and impalpable an aim to be achieved by any commission.
"If there is an aim to take the country to elections through blood politics, that would be extremely costly".
This year, Warner Brothers Entertainment reorganized DC Comics with an aim to make its characters available everywhere consumers are.
Although the previous Labour administration had set out an aim to encourage the use of open source software and methods in government projects, it gained little traction.
No one is going to argue with an aim to reduce unacceptably high rates of reoffending, but will a move to privatise more prisons achieve this?
