Example sentences of "set [art] [adj] target " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rushmere spent 71 balls over his 29 , and at times it seemed as if Wessels and Kirsten were more interested in spending much-needed time in the middle than trying to set a challenging target . |
| 2 | Well we used to play that in the street you see , have the lampposts , the top of the yard and there , there and have to set a good target rounders . |
| 3 | LANCASHIRE looked to Neil Fairbrother for inspiration as they struggled to set a winning target in today 's Benson and Hedges Cup semi-final against Leicestershire at Grace Road . |
| 4 | However , although an EFL appeared to set a clear target for a nationalised industry , it was not unambiguous . |
| 5 | The 13 member countries also set a new target date of October 1991 for the implementation of a common external tariff ( CET ) on imports . |
| 6 | HARTLEPOOL United have set a two-year target for promotion to the new First Division . |
| 7 | Each employee paid £3 to participate and was set a personal target of raising at least £10 in sponsorship , but most exceeded the target and many also paid for more than one go . |
| 8 | Each department was set a minimum target of 52 per cent women and 10 per cent ethnic minorities . |
| 9 | The UN has set a tough target for developing countries to reach . |
| 10 | Under the scheme , known as the Regional Clean Air Incentives Market ( Reclaim ) , the AQMD sets an annual target for reducing emissions of hydrocarbons , nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide . |
| 11 | At the insistence of the USA , the Convention stopped short of setting a binding target date for emission reductions , but recommended that industrialized states should aim to stabilize CO 2 emissions at 1990 levels by the year 2000 ( a target already agreed by the European Community " see p. 37784 " and Japan ) . |
| 12 | At the insistence of the USA , the Convention stopped short of setting a binding target date for emission reductions . |
| 13 | The conference agreed to adopt a set of compromise proposals which would involve a commitment by each donor country to increase its ODA to LDCs , but it refrained from setting an overall target in excess of the 0.15 per cent agreed upon in 1981 . |
| 14 | Although this amounted to little more than a restatement of previously-agreed policies , including the Clean Air Act of 1990 [ see ED no 41/42 ] and the planned phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons , it did for the first time set a tentative target , suggesting that emissions of greenhouse gases in the year 2000 would be " equal to 1987 levels " . |
| 15 | Weald set a formidable target of 239 for 2 in a match restricted to 40 overs . |
| 16 | I mean no-one was very bullish right from the outset because of problems of previous years , so everyone set a sensible target for ninety one , and erm I think most of them are fairly confident , as I said earlier , that the market may be five per cent down but not much more than that . |
| 17 | Although speakers mentioned the ‘ enormous potential ’ to boost the economy , only British Telecom set an operational target : investment of up to £20billion over 10 years . |