Example sentences of "[prep] set target for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that nothing is more insulting to women — whether it is said by women or men — than talk of setting targets for the number of women to be in top posts ? |
| 2 | DHAs can then concentrate on ensuring that the health needs of the population for which they are responsible are met ; that there are effective services for the prevention and control of disease and the promotion of health ; that their population has access to a comprehensive range of high quality , value for money services ; and on setting targets for and monitoring the performance of those management units for which they continue to have responsibility . |
| 3 | Borrowing an idea from the editors of the Annals of Internal Medicine , we have , in addition to setting targets for decision making and publication , developed what we call the ‘ vital signs ’ of the BMJ . |
| 4 | This discipline is missing from the Williamson scheme ; inflation has to be controlled by setting targets for money-GDP instead . |
| 5 | The Plan worked by setting targets for certain key sectors of the economy ( such as steel , electricity and cement ) rather than by close state direction , it tended to foster the return to industrial predominance of capitalist businessmen , and it relied on loans from abroad , particularly from America . |