Example sentences of "objective [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Both these objectives suffer from the same constraints — the uncompetitive nature of railfreight charges compared with road haulage , other than trainload freight , and the lack of private sidings in Britain on anything like the scale in France or Germany thus requiring intermodal handling and its resultant costs .
2 However , at the classroom level there may be specific objectives set for a particular session or activity .
3 The clinical teacher must be adaptable , as the objectives set for the student may need to be revised because of altered patient care .
4 They should also have details of the objectives set for them plus a specification of what the company sees as an ideal candidate .
5 The Project Team requires a comprehensive editorial text processing system which will provide the facilities necessary to meet the objectives set for it by OUP .
6 Control is exercised by financial techniques and revision of the objectives set for each unit .
7 Basically speaking , the objectives set for the system have been achieved , but like all other systems the achievement of those objectives brought with it other problems .
8 It is suggested that the extremes of page lengths indicate confusion over the objectives set for the journal , between the publication of shorter papers and monographic articles .
9 It is suggested that the extremes of page lengths indicate confusion over the objectives set for the journal , between the publication of short communications and monographic articles .
10 In all the exchanges of information during the design stage , frequent reference should be made to the objectives set for the project and the standards of the various components .
11 Second , partly for this reason , but for others as well , the relationship between the state and public enterprises is dogged by difficult questions of enforcement : how can the political authorities ensure that the objectives set for state enterprises are effectively pursued ?
12 Although these objectives refer to ‘ efficiency ’ and ‘ effectiveness ’ , in practice the scrutiny programme has been mainly concerned with the third ‘ E ’ , ‘ economy ’ ( for definitions see Chapter l ) , focusing mainly on cost reduction through streamlining administrative procedures .
13 This is because the government 's objectives relate to the welfare of New Zealanders rather than making a profit .
14 This does not mean that the objectives have to be liked .
15 As I hope I have made clear already , the objectives have to be things which can actually be achieved by advertising — ‘ to increase sales ’ is not an advertising objective , though it is something to which advertising can and should contribute .
16 These objectives have to be worked for ; success is neither universal nor taken for granted .
17 For example , once strategic management has assimilated new objectives on the basis of a changed perception of costs and benefits , these objectives have to be promulgated within the organization .
18 Movements such as the development of Oracy testing in GCSE , the concerns of the Kingman Inquiry into the teaching of English language , the need for sophisticated Graded Objectives work in modern languages , and the pressures for multilingual education , all point in this direction .
19 Clearly , different objectives lead to different prices .
20 If purposeful , goal-directed activity is to take place , clear objectives need to be set for all the organisation 's activities .
21 While aims are fairly broad , objectives need to be quite specific .
22 Objectives need to be much more directly expressed .
23 To be already known and understood gives an obvious head-start but since this is a particular sort of meeting , disciplined boundaries and clear objectives need to be set by both parties .
24 Finally , objectives need to be reasonable .
25 Aims and objectives need to be shared with pupils , and on that basis the methods of teaching and learning are to be negotiated between teacher and pupil .
26 Once again , tax planning objectives need to be recognised and worked on during the negotiation to come up with a mutually acceptable deal .
27 The latter was a prestige objective save in so far as it was a stepping stone to Indonesia .
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