Example sentences of "target 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 . |