Example sentences of "targets for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The danger for such grand schemes is that the developed countries will think up targets for the rest of the world to meet , without fully considering the implications for their own domestic policies . |
| 2 | As well as setting targets for the growth of money supply , it also gave targets for the PSBR as a percentage of GDP . |
| 3 | In the 1980 Budget , the Chancellor announced target ranges for the growth of M3 ( then called sterling M3 ) and targets for the PSBR as a percentage of GDP at market prices . |
| 4 | Alta manufactures high purity titanium principally for use in the production of sputtering targets for the electronics industry . |
| 5 | However , the BR safety study is likely to be conducted outside the scope of the Government 's financial targets for the railways which will be unveiled next week , at least two months before the safety report is published . |
| 6 | The hawks could all-too-easily become tempting targets for the soldiery . |
| 7 | 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 ; |
| 8 | He felt that if they could make travelling at night dangerous , the enemy would be forced to move in daylight , thus becoming targets for the RAF . |
| 9 | Two miles to the north-west of this village near Redruth in the desolate former tin-mining region of Cornwall is Gwennap Pit which , although not exactly an industrial monument , has great significance in the social history of the local tinners , who were often ruthlessly exploited by their employers and were obvious targets for the message of Nonconformism . |
| 10 | The Passenger 's Charter , launched today in London , sets stringent targets for the whole of BR . |
| 11 | Target Greens are designed to produce more realistic targets for the golfers . |
| 12 | Set targets for the reduction of inequalities in health . |
| 13 | A report by the Commission of the European Communities ( EC ) , details of which were published by the Economy Ministry on Nov. 4 , called for at least another year of economic stringency , noting that by the end of 1991 ( the first year of the three-year stabilization plan which the EC had required when making its February 1991 loan — see pp. 37968 ; 38478 ) the government would have failed to meet its targets for the reduction of inflation and of the public-sector deficit . |
| 14 | An international consensus on the need for governments to impose tough targets for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions seems to be developing as Japan presents a new and demanding strategy to the Geneva World Climate Conference . |
| 15 | Specific enforceable targets for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions have been removed from the latest draft of the Convention on Climate Change being prepared for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil , in June . |
| 16 | Discharges from refining and use of oil fell from 300,000 tonnes in 1980 to 60,000 tonnes in 1992 , exceeding targets for the reduction of emissions by 2000 . |
| 17 | We propose the following single attainment targets for the speaking and listening profile component : |
| 18 | Mr Vernon pointed out that in the next five years this programme will have cost some £20m , and that figure would need to be borne in mind when setting fund raising targets for the future . |
| 19 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
| 20 | A report from the all-party Energy Select Committee of the House of Commons urges the government to set " challenging " targets for the amount of energy to be generated by renewable sources by the year 2000 . |
| 21 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
| 22 | The Government can not pretend to be concerned with security at army barracks and then , without regard for the soldiers , put them on the streets of London as easy targets for the terrorists . ’ |
| 23 | Civilian employees of the Army are prime targets for the IRA . |
| 24 | As usual , the Minister makes a lot of statements but gives no real facts , It would be useful if he followed the Prime Minister 's example and supported the concept of targets for the number of women that he expects to see in grades 1 to 5 of the civil service in one , two and five years ' time . |
| 25 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that nothing is more insulting to women — whether it is said by women or men — than talk of setting targets for the number of women to be in top posts ? |
| 26 | This explains why heads of governments , the police and the Establishment in general are such popular targets for the protesters ' attacks . |
| 27 | The dangers of routine and passivity to the often joyful and serene spirit which infused abolitionists grew greater as direct British targets for the cause largely disappeared from the late 1830s onwards . |
| 28 | Some of the subjects like science and history have attempted to be positive in the curriculum content so that the children attain the targets for the subjects , but also become better educated in terms of quality issues . |
| 29 | to agree the number of offers conditional upon A level performance that should be made to meet the admission targets for the fields and the Modular Course ; |
| 30 | The URNG , although refusing to offer a total ceasefire , promised to halt attacks on communication links and economic targets for the period of the campaign for the presidential elections due to be held in November . |