Example sentences of "targets set [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman at IBM Corp 's East European headquarters in Vienna claimed that the company exceeded the internal sales targets set for the first quarter of 1993 , and succeeded in increasing its turnover in the region by around 30% when compared with the same period last year . |
| 2 | Targets set for the compiler — including provision of a single parallel programming model for developing applications that can run on a variety of computers — were formulated by a coalition of industrial groups known as the High Performance Fortran Forum ( HPFF ) . |
| 3 | The taxpayer : The financial targets set for each agency are designed to be demanding , ‘ so that the taxpayer can be certain that the money that is provided for these services is used in the most efficient way ’ . |
| 4 | In the DTI , for example , resource inputs into financial assistance schemes were measured against outputs ( such as jobs created/safeguarded ) enabling the cost-effectiveness of the programme to be assessed , and targets set for future schemes ( Progress in Financial Management in Government Departments , 1984 , p. 103 ) . |
| 5 | This squares with the contention earlier in this chapter that the ROI targets set for embryo ‘ star ’ SBUs should be different from those for ‘ cash cows ’ , and so on . |
| 6 | Targets set for budget deficits were intended , as part of a three-year economic convergence plan , to allow Italy to be part of the full currency union in 1997 . |
| 7 | Managerial autonomy has been fostered by the growth of public sector commercialism based on the principle of allowing managements to operate freely within the framework of targets set for them by the state , and on the promotion of an ‘ entrepreneurial ’ approach to the management of the railways . |
| 8 | Answer guide : This is an ideal situation to focus on how students will react to setting their own targets and having targets set for them and then relating this to a business situation . |
| 9 | Negotiations between the government and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) continued during late 1989 and early 1990 over the terms of future structural adjustment and standby facilities , but progress towards an agreement was impeded by the breaching of targets set under the IMF 's monitoring programme . |
| 10 | The European Association for the Conservation of Energy says member states will not now be able to meet the targets set at the UNCED Rio summit [ see ED 59/60 ] . |
| 11 | It was , but he had the sheet in front of him , which had my targets set on it . |
| 12 | Larger employers will have a cycle of recruitment with targets set in advance , so they should find it comparatively easy to allocate a specific number of jobs to Compact . |
| 13 | Marketing objectives are specific targets set in terms of sales , profit , share , distribution , consumer penetration , re-purchase , etc . |
| 14 | First , it legitimized retrospectively the grant penalties associated with targets set in 1981/2 and 1982/3 and set out the context in which expenditure guidance or targets could be issued in future years . |
| 15 | While we have more or less maintained our overall membership figure , and that in a deep recession , we have fallen far short of the targets set in March 1992 , which were felt at that time to be reasonable and achievable . |
| 16 | While we have more or less maintained our overall membership figure , and that in a deep recession , we have fallen far short of the targets set in March 1992 , which were felt at that time to be reasonable and achievable . |
| 17 | It is a rolling assessment , which is recosted every year in the late summer so that the effects of financial targets set by the Treasury for the coming year can be fully assessed before the Cabinet starts its Public Expenditure Review in the autumn . |
| 18 | At the beginning of the annual costing exercises there is usually a significant gap between the targets set by the Treasury and the genuine requirements of the Services , which no amount of discounting can bridge . |
| 19 | The high targets set by the government have meant that colonies have often been badly located , and inadequately supported . |
| 20 | Additional targets set by Minister for Social Security Peter Lilley include : the identification of at least 40,000 extra self-employed people who should be registered ; a £12m increase in returns from identified Class 1 NI underpayments ; a £13.3m increase in payments of arrears ; and efficiency savings of £2.6m. 95% of customers can also expect a response to their enquiries within 10 working days . |
| 21 | The women claimed they were unable to reach output targets set by management and , at the price offered , they were unable to make their ‘ wages ’ . |
| 22 | Furthermore , these figures have been used in penalizing Local Authorities for exceeding expenditure targets set by central Government and for rate-capping . |
| 23 | Situations occur where trade union negotiators set targets for achievement of these goals which appear to be at odds with the targets set by management for the organisation ( and its employees ) . |
| 24 | Another example of a conflict between official and unofficial group norms can be drawn from a situation where a group itself decides to operate a certain level of output over a given time , regardless of targets set by the management in their search for increased efficiency and productivity . |
| 25 | Franco was expected to seek congressional approval for a two-step reform to simplify the tax system and to counter tax evasion , in order to meet performance targets set by the IMF in the January 1992 agreement [ see pp. 38719-20 ] for the disbursement of credits . |
| 26 | The targets set by the School Management Task Force are realistic as part of large-scale management , and the detailed approach of the SDPP is likely to be more immediately valuable to schools . |
| 27 | This works like an individual Filofax where copies of appraisals and checklists of personal targets set by the employee are included . |
| 28 | The government 's stated aim that 25 per cent of domestic waste should be recycled by the year 2000 was unambitious when compared with targets set by Germany , Denmark and the Netherlands . |
| 29 | And the Westminster North constituency of Stormont Law and Order Minister Sir John Wheeler is among those which turned a deaf ear to the fund-raising targets set by party chiefs . |
| 30 | John Sale , external relations director responsible for environmental issues , said that the targets set by Germany needed a rethink . |