Example sentences of "have [verb] the target " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You mean you have to throw it , and it has to hit the target ? ’ |
| 2 | This places an unmanageable burden on syntactic and semantic filtering which has to select the target word-string from all its competitors . |
| 3 | Johnston has only started four games this season — although he has hit the target twice . |
| 4 | Since the Prime Minister has announced the target rate for income tax , surely he can announce the target rate for VAT . |
| 5 | ‘ If Johnson had deliberately intended an attack on the referee , ’ the committee reported , ‘ his right foot would not have missed the target . ’ |
| 6 | Your first criterion is relevance to your students : are these the kinds of situations they will have to use the target language in ? |
| 7 | Duncan Knight , having set the target speed at 110 m.p.h. , was closely followed by Tony Marti at 105 m.p.h. , but Marcus Robinson also clocked up 105 m.p.h. so a ‘ play-off ’ was arranged . |
| 8 | The attacking force was 129 Hampdens , Wellingtons and Whitleys , all but 17 claiming to have bombed the target . |
| 9 | Are we then , in fairness to smokers who seem to have become the target of the ‘ let's hang 'em brigade ’ , going to see treatment refused for all ailments which , could be said to have been self-inflicted ? |
| 10 | Once you 've devastated the target ( or missed it completely ) it 's back to the airfield . |
| 11 | He had seen the target leave the hotel … |
| 12 | Erm on the basis that er we were , when we were setting the , the targets , the time was set by the work study personnel erm and then the operator was able to obtain a trial run on the time given er and if at the end of the work , he was satisfied that he had made the target bonus , or near enough , or if he was satisfied that , given a little extra opportunity to go back onto that job should it come back again in the near future , then he would , he would see clearly that he could make at least fifty percent er which was the target bonus , and probably more . |
| 13 | A couple say they may move out of their house just two weeks after moving in because they 've become the target of thieves . |
| 14 | With some miniatures worth as much as five thousand pounds , they 've become the target of thieves who steal them to order for people who want exotic pets . |
| 15 | When he had inspected the target , when he had seen the envy of the officers who were gathered behind him , when he had received the instructor 's grudging approval , then he walked to his guard 's car . |
| 16 | We 've set the target of the year 2000 to make all rights of way accessible and the action pack should help to achieve that . |
| 17 | Indeed , they generally assured the speaker that they had found the target item . |
| 18 | Moon had set the target early in the day . |
| 19 | Burun had set the target back in its original position , an easy shot . |
| 20 | When she was just about within striking distance , she flung the soaking bundle with all her might in his direction , shouted , ‘ Take that ! ’ and then ran , not waiting to see if she had hit the target or not . |
| 21 | At the end of the run from Rotterdam , and within three or five seconds , four flares and four Very lights were visible in a radius of approximately three miles and one flare had pinpointed the target — a large , distinctly-shaped wood concealing troops and armour . |
| 22 | Those who have missed the target altogether just hope they can find their arrows . |
| 23 | Cambodia 's remaining forests have become the target of intense logging operations , now that relative peace has come to the country after 20 years of war . |
| 24 | These examples illustrate the central problem of characterising chromosomal deletions — how do you know when you have identified the target gene ? |