Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] the target " in BNC.
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| 1 | An alternative notation which may sometimes be more convenient is ( 5 ) , with square brackets marking the fact that this word-meaning is taken to match an entity : If , however , the mind does not feel that BOTTLES is sufficiently specific to identify the target of its attention , then the identification may be extended as in ( 6 ) , where we adopt a plain arrowhead as our representation of qualification : We assume that a qualified entity remains an entity ( see Appendix B ) , and this can more conveniently be represented by our alternative notation as in : It is quite important to stress the retention of the same subscript i in ( 7 ) . |
| 2 | These had risen by 70,000 in the month from mid-August , and Mr Murdoch said the group was likely to reach the target of one million homes by 1 February 1990 . |
| 3 | Perhaps the equipment is inadequate to reach the target : for example salesmen may need sales training for the new product line . |
| 4 | They had been unable to find the target , but had dropped and had become widely scattered . |
| 5 | Other factors influencing the developmental space between items are the sensitivity and knowledge of those completing the checklist , and the conditions under which they are able to observe the target child . |
| 6 | The Federal Environmental Office and the car manufacturer Daimler-Benz have warned separately that the car industry may not be able to meet the target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by a quarter by 2005 . |
| 7 | In the standard referential communication task the speaker describes one of a restricted set of items so that the listener is able to identify the target . |
| 8 | If the offer is likely to be contested then the offeror will not be able to use the target 's board as a barometer to help it set the price . |
| 9 | Conversely , a credible purchaser following the proactive approach may be able to persuade the target 's shareholders of the merits of its offer ( for example , a strong strategic fit and synergistic benefits reflected in its offer price ) and so discourage the shareholders from approaching other possible purchasers and risk damaging the business through a loss of confidence . |
| 10 | He could be the ultimate fabliau trickster , able to convert the target figure into the victor with his triumphant indifference to the facts of his wife 's dealings with the monk . |
| 11 | In mid-1989 expulsions and arrests increased , and church and relief workers in general became the target of intensified military repression later in the year . |
| 12 | However , a knowledge of pair-wise transitional probability is often insufficient to select the target word string . |
| 13 | Keynesians argue that it is best to focus on controlling interest rates , and to adjust money supply to whatever level is necessary to meet the target interest rate . |
| 14 | When presented with adequate messages , even though they may contain only the minimal information necessary to locate the target , young children are capable of the necessary perceptual discrimination and message decoding to perform effectively as listeners . |
| 15 | In essence it consists of inserting foreign DNA — which contains the genetic information necessary to confer the target characteristic — into a vector . |