Example sentences of "set [art] target [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first things Dipesh Shah did when he became managing director of BP Solar in March 1991 were to set a target for the next two years and to articulate it to everyone in the company . |
| 2 | We will set a target as a total of private- and public-sector savings , and adjust fiscal policy to achieve the target over the medium term . |
| 3 | SIX YEARS AGO , at a conference in Argentina the United Nations set a target for the 1980s : clean water and sanitation for all . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | In bright afternoon sunshine , Chip Beck , the American Ryder Cup player , forged firmly to the front , overtaking Brad Bryant , who had earlier set the target with a 69 and a total of 136 . |
| 6 | They have set a target of one viable , gospel preaching church for every thousand of the population . |
| 7 | They had set a target of £5,000 , the same amount that was raised in Manchester and Salford in 1981 , and were delighted when a record of £6,141 was collected . |
| 8 | In 1991 they raised more than £3,000 for the national BBC appeal and , after taking a well-earned year off , organisers have set a target of £10,000 . |
| 9 | The 1987 joint programme of the ruling Social Democrats ( SPÖ ) and Austrian People 's Party ( ÖVP ) [ see p. 35088 ] had set a target of keeping the 1991 deficit below 3 per cent . |
| 10 | The United States is also deeply involved in the promotion of ethanol production and has set a target of approximately 3477 million litres a year of alcohol for fuel use by 1982 . |
| 11 | The Dutch government has set a target of producing 1,000 megawatts of electricity by the year 2000 thorough wind power generation . |
| 12 | But the government has set a target of recycling twenty-five percent of household waste by the end of the century . |
| 13 | Conservatives have set a target of £20,000 to raise for the General Election campaign . |
| 14 | ‘ We had set a target of £600,000 to cover buying the equipment and running it for the first couple of years , ’ she said . |
| 15 | We had set a target of 50 tonnes per month maximum of caustic lost to drain and quickly met and indeed exceeded that . |
| 16 | For those who still feel that we are lagging , let me say that Britain is one of only a handful of countries to have set a target for reductions in carbon dioxide . |
| 17 | It sets the target of reducing atmospheric pollution by 40 per cent over the next decade , and of stabilizing carbon dioxide emissions at their present level by the year 2000 ( fast becoming the widely accepted consensus target — see EDs 39 and 40 ) . |
| 18 | It sets a target of 80 per cent of plastics and paper , and 90 per cent of glass , tin and aluminium , to be recycled by 1 July 1995 . |
| 19 | Therefore part of the appraisal is setting the target to be competent in the job . |
| 20 | During the negotiations , was the Minister a party to setting the target of acceptability for the west coast main line at 90 per cent ? |
| 21 | Instead of one side doing all their batting in one go and setting a target for the other side to beat , baseball 's innings are broken up into bits , with each side batting in turn until nine innings have been completed . |
| 22 | The principal points include : , setting a target for a 30 per cent reduction in global carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2005 ; , a total ban on the use of chlorofluorocarbons by 1994 ; , introducing an " energy tax " to encourage conservation of energy ; , adopting a system of marketable " permits to pollute " , which could be traded between companies ; , introducing road pricing and peak hour bans on cars in congested city centres ; , phasing out tax perks for company cars and replacing the Vehicle Excise Duty with a local authority tax on car use . |
| 23 | Injuries to two MCC bowlers helped Richards and Gomes both make centuries , and Lloyd declared at 248 for 3 , setting a target of 303 . |
| 24 | Now organiser Belfast City Council is setting a target of 110,000 participants for the challenge against Rostock . |
| 25 | I am setting a target of £9M for CAW 1988 . |
| 26 | Mike Mahoney , Newcastle 's director of rugby , set the target of promotion to Division One in three years when he moved into the Kingston Park hot seat . |
| 27 | Another measure , of ‘ narrow ’ money , was Mo , which covered cash , the banks ' till money , and the Bank of England 's operational cash , and the Chancellor set a target for this as well . |
| 28 | With Mike Roseberry ( 57 ) in support , Middlesex set a target of 237 which Essex never threatened — they were skittled for 142 . |
| 29 | THE Thor World Group of St Clare 's Church , Fulwood , Preston , set a target of £1,000 during Advent . |
| 30 | The second day , a Monday , saw the English team set a target of 185 to win , which was quite beyond the Frenchmen , who crashed to 26 all out . |