Example sentences of "set [pn reflx] [art] target " in BNC.

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1 So one of the ways to overcome that is to set yourself a target to do more
2 I wonder if we could set ourselves a target , that we actually include something like this in next year 's business plan .
3 If you are capable of directing the ball over the net ten times , then , realistically , you should set yourselves a target of twenty .
4 Set yourself a target of identifying three good prospects for improving profit levels .
5 Curran reveals : ‘ We 've set ourselves a target of four clean sheets for the last four matches — if we can achieve that we 're certain of at least four points . ’
6 The 40 staff execute 3,500 trades a day on average , and Vine-Lott has set himself a target of more than doubling that in five years ' time , including a considerable proportion on behalf of other institutions , such as the Halifax Building Society , for whom it is already doing work , as well as other brokers and banks .
7 India , for example , has set itself a target of providing 80 per cent sanitation in towns , 25 per cent in rural areas , and water for all .
8 An application has been made to the Charity Commissioners for the Bradford Atea Project to be given registered charity status and the association has set itself a target of raising £20,000 during the next 12 months .
9 ICI , which had set itself a target of recovering 10 per cent of the CFCs it manufactured for use in cooling systems , has blamed lack of co-operation from local councils , industry and commerce for its failure to recover more than 1 per cent .
10 The Marton Road secondary has set itself a target of £1,200 .
11 For example , the West Midlands Regional Health Service has set itself the target of achieving a minimum of 33% of women non-executive directors who will advise on and develop the Regional Health Authority 's policy .
12 Sweden has set itself the target of freezing carbon dioxide emissions at 1986 levels by the year 2010 .
13 Britain has just 8 megawatts of wind power capacity installed to date , compared with 35 MW in India , 250 MW in Denmark and 1,400 MW in California — which has set itself the target of meeting 10 per cent of energy needs through wind power by the year 2000 .
14 Barring coups , the four Southern Cone presidents will all still be in office in 1994 , and have set themselves a target that is also a spur .
15 Bournemouth pest controllers have set themselves a target of only hiring out D6 EFK 's in groups of eight .
16 MIDDLESBROUGH have set themselves a target of remaining unbeaten to the end of the season to clinch a place in the Premier League .
17 I will try to enjoy the whole weekend and with everyone 's help I have set myself a target to raise 1,000 for CLIC .
18 ‘ I have set myself a target of winning every domestic honour .
19 The Pharmacopoeia is now aiming , quite literally , to redouble its efforts by setting itself a target of 1500 monographs , covering the main existing pharmaceutical substances .
20 It had seventeen degree courses in operation , and was setting itself a target of 6–8000 full-time student equivalents by the early 1980s .
21 The formal date for compliance was July 1985 but , as Nigel Haigh notes in EEC Environmental Policy and Britain , in 1983 the UK government set itself a target of complying with the lead limit only by December 1989 .
22 So put on suitable clothing and a pair of comfortable sturdy shoes and set yourself a target of a 20 minute brisk invigorating walk .
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