Example sentences of "targets [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The allies calculate that they have already dropped on Iraqi targets about one-quarter of the total tonnage of bombs dropped on Germany in the whole of the second world war , and destroyed one-third of Iraq 's tanks and artillery in Kuwait . |
| 2 | 1.2 Our terms of reference define attainment targets as : ‘ clear objectives for the knowledge , skills , understanding and aptitudes which pupils of different abilities and maturity should be expected to have acquired at or near certain ages ’ and programmes of study as : ‘ describing the essential content which needs to be covered to enable pupils to reach or surpass the attainment targets ’ . |
| 3 | Luminescence chambers are designed to cope with this and are tested up to specified voltages with metal targets as samples . |
| 4 | This factor , and Iraqi suggestions that the captured air crews would be positioned near possible allied bombing targets as a " human shield " , were condemned in the West as clear breaches of the Geneva Conventions . |
| 5 | This must include product policy , marketing policy and sales targets as a minimum . |
| 6 | The various groups who were to carry out raids along the North African coast gathered at Siwa at the beginning of June , aiming to leave for their targets between the 6th and the 8th of the month escorted by LRDG patrols . |
| 7 | How the negotiation over housing targets between the Welsh Office and county planning departments is conducted . |
| 8 | The University seeks to include in its courses activities which promote enterprising qualities in its students by encouraging them to take more responsibility for their own learning , setting their own goals and targets through personal assessment and career planning . |
| 9 | Despite being faced with a highly competitive marketplace during the post merger period , the feed business achieved both its volume and profit targets during the second half of 1992 . |
| 10 | Given their prime location in the centre of towns and on major thoroughfares , Georgian coaching inns are frequently prime targets for refurbishment . |
| 11 | National Targets for Health |
| 12 | Ministers say Mr Clarke 's decision not to drop the concessions on targets for performance-related pay , given in talks with the BMA , and return to the tougher limits for higher pay underlines his determination to seek peace . |
| 13 | Mr Howe says the targets for legislation should be hacking for personal gain , the gain of someone else , or to cause damage . |
| 14 | Though it failed to define the new Socialist Party 's financial needs , the party 's holiday homes , hotels and hunting lodges were obvious targets for re-nationalisation . |
| 15 | Wessex and Yorkshire are thought possible targets for Compagnie Generale des Eaux and Southern could eventually fall prey to Saur , which owns most of the private water companies in its area . |
| 16 | The management 's dilemma with respect to neighbourhood policing in Northern Ireland is that , while communal divisions make it a particularly important style of policing , the people who carry it out on the streets are more identifiable and softer targets for terrorists . |
| 17 | He dedicated this formidable intellect to eradicating nonsense from the world , especially nonsense in divinity , which was a world where in those days he could find plenty of targets for his scorn . |
| 18 | Controlling and adhering to announced targets for money supply became a test of the government 's will . |
| 19 | The reduction in numbers was still startlingly small — for example , even after the convertibility crisis of 1947 had led to a further downward revision of the targets for 31 March 1948 , there were still 937,000 in uniform , supported by 350,000 in supplying industries . |
| 20 | He believes that each company needs to set its own targets for being a good corporate citizen , which can range from how much money should be donated to charities to making senior executives available for secondment to advise small businesses . |
| 21 | We direct aircraft or gunfire on to their targets for maximum accuracy . |
| 22 | European Community countries were the targets for 40% of the world 's travel activity . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | There are other complex tasks required of software which the suppliers admit they have not yet cracked , such as reaching targets for immunising all two-year-olds in the practice . |
| 26 | Mrs Thatcher recognised the gravity of the situation and helped focus world attention on the subject , but , with US and Japan , undermined moves to set targets for reduction of carbon dioxide emissions , and failed to adopt energy efficiency policies . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The report demands that the Government adopt value for money as its criteria , set targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions , and assess environmental taxation schemes . |
| 29 | East Germany also fell far short of targets for residential construction despite stepped-up efforts to rectify a longtime housing shortage . |
| 30 | Staff Targets for new weapon systems are most often written for the replacement of existing equipments that are likely to become obsolescent in a specific time-frame . |