Example sentences of "set [adj] target [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Budgets should be sufficiently detailed to set clear targets for the managers responsible for carrying them out , but should not be so complex that they defeat their purpose of providing planning and control aids at the operating levels of the enterprise ; |
2 | The central problem for the government is to determine the value of the subsidy to the ‘ social ’ railway , that is the services that would not exist or would be extremely highly priced without state support , and to set appropriate targets for the ‘ commercial ’ railway . |
3 | Representatives of 30 European countries , meeting in Geneva , have given near-unanimous support to proposals to set stiffer targets for reductions in emissions of sulphur dioxide . |
4 | They will also be asked to set future targets for health and fitness . |
5 | Agreement had been delayed by a reluctance on the part of major oil-producing states , led by Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union and the United States to agree to set firm targets for limiting greenhouse gas emissions . |
6 | Introduced simultaneously in 65 countries in advance of next year 's UNCED summit in Rio , the Caring for the Earth calls on governments and individuals to set key targets for achieving genuine sustainable development across a range of issues . |
7 | The next stage is to set small targets like going past or in the local sweet shop , without buying sweets , before the major trial of waiting in a supermarket queue beside the sweet shelves . |
8 | Many environmental campaigners stressed its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
9 | Opinion was divided as to the extent to which the conference could be termed a success : many environmental campaigners expressed varying degrees of disappointment and anger at what they saw as its failure to set binding targets for resolving environmental problems , and to address adequately the links between third world poverty and environmental degradation . |
10 | In designing Enfield , management wanted ‘ a quantum leap in productivity ’ , and set specific targets in relation to costs , quality , time to market and asset management . |
11 | We will set specific targets for out-patient waiting times . |
12 | However , the enthusiastic way in which the present Health Secretary , Virginia Bottomley , has implemented Opportunity 2000 in the NHS ( the government 's equal opportunity initiative for women ) and set clear targets for health authorities to achieve , should ensure that momentum is not entirely lost . |
13 | I believe there is always room to improve the return on such expenditure and we have set clear targets for management , taking into account whether expenditure is for maintenance or for expansion . |
14 | Under the scheme , each branch has been set two targets in the current quarter . |
15 | The development of national goals and targets for health , for example , covers social and environmental conditions and sets differential targets for specific social groups with very poor health status . |
16 | The Passenger 's Charter , launched today in London , sets stringent targets for the whole of BR . |
17 | A realistic plan sets achievable targets against which progress can be monitored . |
18 | Government sets financial targets for the nationalized industries . |
19 | So when the USA moved the goalposts by setting still-lower targets for particulates and NOx , new avenues had to be explored . |
20 | This is done in two ways : by setting specific targets for disadvantaged population groups and by spelling out the need to change key determinants of health beyond the health care sector . |
21 | Thus , setting annual targets for M3 would lead directly to bringing inflation under control . |
22 | The National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has recommended a new scheme to the government for setting future targets for a cleaner water environment . |
23 | The US administration once again showed itself reluctant to consider proposals for setting firm targets for emission reductions or Third-World aid . |
24 | While ACORN 's most obvious application is in market analysis , advertising and direct marketing , CACI argues that it is equally relevant to the sales manager for setting equitable targets for different sales territories . |
25 | The UK and other European countries came out in favour of setting strict targets on emissions of carbon dioxide , methane and nitrous oxides . |
26 | She was a kind of Stakhanovite worker in the field of female suffering , setting new targets for pain , finding each week some new emotional cross to bear . |