Example sentences of "set [art] target for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 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 | SIX YEARS AGO , at a conference in Argentina the United Nations set a target for the 1980s : clean water and sanitation for all . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |