Example sentences of "targets [prep] [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | This heterogeneity suggests two alternative and potentially complementary targets for coronary thrombolysis : the erythrocyte-rich whole blood clot and the platelet-rich thrombus . |
| 4 | Certainly , England 's errors and omissions have provided ample scope and targets for throat- slitting . |
| 5 | As a good honours graduate , you will provide research assistance in the purification and characterisation of proteins as targets for chemotherapeutic agents , and assess interactions between such proteins and inhibitors . |
| 6 | Once combined with the relevant ACORN types , the distributor may be in a position : * to set sales targets for regional and local sales management ; * to identify towns in which to establish local retail branches or service depots ; * to identify appropriate regional and local media for targeting promotional messages ; * to select the postal sectors in which to aim a leaflet drop using the U.K. Post Office Household Delivery Service . |
| 7 | Because there will be clearer programmes of work and attainment targets for 11 year olds , as well as records of their assessments , progression and continuity at the transition point are likely to be greatly enhanced . |
| 8 | of seven-year-olds did reach the targets for that age in English , mathematics and science . |
| 9 | In essence CW 's matrix table identifies a source of information , means by which that information can be communicated , and the targets for that information . |
| 10 | Potential targets for arachidonic acid include not only the presynaptic terminal , where it may act to increase L-glutamate release , but also glial cells where it depresses L-glutamate uptake and the postsynaptic cell , where , for example , it can potentiate NMDA receptor-mediated currents . |
| 11 | The Secretary of State has asked the Employment Service to develop in 1993–94 , for possible use in 1994–5 , a target or targets for relevant elements of the Jobseeker 's charter that are not presently covered by existing Annual Performance Agreement targets . |
| 12 | Targets for 2000 ( 1990 figures in parentheses ) |
| 13 | Dug-outs at some grounds have become chambers of horror , with visiting soccer bosses the sitting duck targets for verbal and , sometimes , physical abuse . |
| 14 | Thus we have already achieved the target figure for his district for this financial year and are behind our targets for other health districts . |
| 15 | Of course , there are national targets for all categories of claim . |
| 16 | Or determining standards and then setting targets for all of your staff . |
| 17 | Already many schools are working on various ways of recording attainment targets for individual children . |
| 18 | One aspect of the contract which has provoked much discussion is the identification of specific activities which family doctors must undertake and the setting of targets for specific activities such as cervical smear testing . |
| 19 | The development of national goals and targets for health , for example , covers social and environmental conditions and sets differential targets for specific social groups with very poor health status . |
| 20 | This is an enormous challenge for family health services authorities , which should , together with the regional health authority , develop a local strategy for research and development activity in primary care and establish targets for appropriate spending . |
| 21 | Although nearly all the industrialised nations have set themselves targets for stabilising or reducing carbon dioxide emissions , the US , by far the biggest emitter , has consistently refused . |
| 22 | Remuneration packages with payments linked to the achievement of agreed service delivery targets for deprived or underserved populations ; for services which fulfil the objectives of The Health of the Nation or Caring for People ; or for ‘ shared care ’ and other arrangements which reduce dependence on hospital services |
| 23 | The Plan worked by setting targets for certain key sectors of the economy ( such as steel , electricity and cement ) rather than by close state direction , it tended to foster the return to industrial predominance of capitalist businessmen , and it relied on loans from abroad , particularly from America . |
| 24 | Box A lists the sectors covered under the heading of ‘ healthy environments ’ and gives an illustration of goals and targets for certain Aboriginal communities and for low income private tenants . |
| 25 | The essence of a ‘ contrat de programme ’ or ‘ contrat d'entreprise ’ is that a state enterprise agrees to achieve targets for economic performance , physical output , productivity , quality of service , and so on in return for a commitment from the government to provide necessary finance , and to provide compensation for obliging the enterprise to undertake non-commercial activities in the public interest ( Durupty 1986b : 357–96 ) . |
| 26 | 1 Decide whether samples are really necessary and make a list of possible recipients , indicating prime targets for expensive items and tactical targets for inexpensive products . |
| 27 | Now , by analysing a sample of customer addresses by ACORN he or she can set sales targets for each ACORN type ; and by allowing for the population in each type in each sales territory , he or she can set quotas which relate directly to the potential for business in each area . |
| 28 | Taking into account the various stages of the product life-cycle and the period of time concerned , it is possible to plan the product mix , plan the development and introduction of new products , plan the withdrawal of obsolete or unprofitable products , and set the revenue targets for each product within the total range . |
| 29 | A second response has been the setting of separate targets for each field , over and above those for home students . |
| 30 | It empowered the Secretary of State to prescribe a common curriculum ( to be called the national curriculum ) for pupils of compulsory school age in maintained schools ( for details , see Chapter 10 ) , to set attainment targets for each of its constituent subjects at the ages of 7 , 11 , 14 and 16 , and to make arrangements for assessing how well these are met ; established a National Curriculum Council ( for England ) and a Curriculum Council for Wales to oversee the implementation and assessment of the national curriculum ; required LEAs , school governors and head teachers to ensure that the national curriculum is taught in all maintained schools . |