Example sentences of "a target [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The passages were constructed so that they contained a target clause which in one version of a passage formed a sentence on its own and in another version was part of a longer sentence . |
| 2 | Sachs tested this prediction by presenting subjects with passages containing a target sentence in various positions . |
| 3 | In one — the direct antecedent condition — a target sentence had a direct relation to a context sentence presented immediately before it . |
| 4 | It would be a serious game rifle with considerably more punch than a target toy , a guaranteed killer of the same gauge as the 7.62mm NATO standard issue Service weapons with which Forester was already familiar . |
| 5 | If a closed.loop stepping motor control is to minimise the time Spent in moving a load to a target position a velocity profile of the form shown in Fig. 8.11(a) must be used . |
| 6 | Usually , as has already been pointed out , a mixture of peak and other time will be bought against a target level of TVRs . |
| 7 | RHT is a theory which explains risk compensation as a result of individuals adopting a target level of risk . |
| 8 | The rise in oil prices towards $19 a barrel yesterday indicated that some traders are taking seriously the latest efforts by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries to trim output in an attempt to achieve a target level of at least $21 a barrel . |
| 9 | For its part , Scottish Nuclear has also embarked on a programme to reduce the cost of electricity it produces for the Scottish power companies from 3.2p per unit last year to a target level of 2.5p to ensure the operation remains financially strong and profitable for whatever the future might hold . |
| 10 | It is n't a target level . |
| 11 | Companies House , for example , which was established as an agency in October 1988 , had by April 1991 reduced from 25 days to 12 days the time it takes to process documents , against a target reduction to 18 days . |
| 12 | On the basis of the 1981–85 baseline there is a target reduction of around 1,435 casualties from a figure of 4,302 to one of 2,867 for the year 2000 . |
| 13 | This led to a target reduction of around 800 casualties from local initiatives . |
| 14 | But if each buys , say , three per cent in a target company , then the five per cent declaration rule applies . |
| 15 | That allows a target company to demand the identity of the owner of shares registered in a nominee name . |
| 16 | This presents a major obstacle , in so far as the would-be acquirer needs to be able to calculate the attitude of a target company 's owners to an offer , given that the management will often be uncooperative . |
| 17 | However , the rules which regulate take-over bids are so riddled with occasions when the managers of a target company can affect the outcome of the bid that the take-over bid ceases to act as the potent threat to self-serving or inefficient corporate managers which it is supposed to be . |
| 18 | Trading in the shares of a target company on the basis of inside information is perhaps the best known form of insider dealing . |
| 19 | It is thought that the defence is most relevant in the context of take-overs where a merchant bank may build up a stake in a target company for a prospective bidder . |
| 20 | This service is also offered independently of a search when a target company has already been identified . |
| 21 | When the decision is made to approach a target company the best way of doing this should be considered . |
| 22 | You should also be aware that , whilst it is accepted practice for the approach letter to be written on the anonymous basis proposed above , you are likely to receive a more positive response from a target company should the circumstances of a particular approach allow you to relax your requirement for anonymity . |
| 23 | There must also be the prospect of a profitable exit for the investors , and a target company that is able to generate enough cash to service its debt . |
| 24 | The giving of warranties by the vendor is not confined to a share sale , though where a target company , rather than assets , is being acquired Newco needs a great deal more warranty protection , as Target 's liabilities may not be easily determinable and , unlike an assets sale , Newco will " acquire " all Target 's liabilities ( ie , the net asset value of Target , on which the purchase price payable by Newco is likely to be based , could be reduced because of undisclosed and unforeseen liabilities which crystallise after completion ) . |
| 25 | New rules in s88 and Sch 8 Finance Act 1993 now restrict the usefulness of capital losses carried forward in a target company which is acquired by a capital gains tax group . |
| 26 | A fund manager is connected with an offeror or a target company if he is controlled by , controls or is under the same control as the offeror or the target , or any bank , stockbroker , financial or other professional advisers to the offeror or target , or is an investor in the consortium making the bid . |
| 27 | A market-maker is connected with an offeror or a target company in the same way as a connected fund manager . |
| 28 | It may be used to acquire control of a target company as an alternative to a takeover offer . |
| 29 | The build-up of a significant stake in a target company within a matter of hours , giving the board of the target company little time to react or advise its shareholders . |
| 30 | The primary purpose of the SARs is to restrict the swift build-up of substantial stakes in a target company by dawn raids . |