Example sentences of "targets for the [noun sg] " 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 | The hawks could all-too-easily become tempting targets for the soldiery . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The Passenger 's Charter , launched today in London , sets stringent targets for the whole of BR . |
| 8 | Set targets for the reduction of inequalities in health . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | We propose the following single attainment targets for the speaking and listening profile component : |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | here are my targets for the period , right ? |
| 22 | There are also targets for the growth of the money supply ( M1 , defined as cash in circulation and deposits in cheque accounts ) , but these are invariably adjusted upwards during the year , and then exceeded . |
| 23 | To achieve this they pursued tight monetary policies which in many cases involved setting targets for the growth in money supply . |
| 24 | As well as setting targets for the growth of money supply , it also gave targets for the PSBR as a percentage of GDP . |
| 25 | This involves setting targets for the growth of the money supply : the approach adopted in the Thatcher government 's medium-term financial strategy of the early 1980s that we looked at in Chapter 17 . |
| 26 | We will set performance targets for the Post Office and ensure they are published in all offices , together with results achieved . |
| 27 | If you mount up your Warlord or Shamans on big monsters you will substantially increase their fighting potential but they become easy targets for the enemy . |
| 28 | Indeed , while the government 's White Paper The Health of the Nation is full of targets for the screening of breast and cervical cancer , of which it spends about £54 million each year , it contains no such targets for reducing cancer of the prostate gland . |
| 29 | The report , Targets for Coastal Habitat Re-creation , analyses the rate of future loss by type of habitat and by county , and sets out targets for the creation of new habitats to meet English Nature 's objective of maintaining coastal habitats and features , at least at the 1992 level . |
| 30 | He singled out for special criticism two specific objectives which had figured so prominently in the application of Keynesian ideas : ( a ) the notion that the proper focus of attention for monetary policy was the attainment of targets for the rate of interest as opposed to targets for the supply of money ; ( b ) that demand management policies could be adjusted in such a way as to achieve a target combination of inflation and unemployment which was sustainable indefinitely . |