Example sentences of "[verb] target [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the wake of the F-111s that had flown out from their British bases to bomb targets in Tripoli and Benghazi , Mutual Radio 's correspondent arrived on the scene on 17 April with a laissez passer from the Libyan Consulate in Zurich . |
| 2 | Meeting minimum resistance , the allied air forces continued to bomb targets in Iraq , but also concentrated increasingly on the Iraqi forces in Kuwait and their supply routes . |
| 3 | What do we need targets for ? |
| 4 | The Dalradian ( MEG 253 ) project used a helicopter EM survey to delineate targets in several areas of the Middle Dalradian . |
| 5 | To achieve these money supply targets the MTFS also included targets for cutting the public sector borrowing requirement . |
| 6 | He felt that if they could make travelling at night dangerous , the enemy would be forced to move in daylight , thus becoming targets for the RAF . |
| 7 | They , like the enclave-protectors , would run the risk of becoming targets for Serb sanctions-busters , especially if they were allowed to fight in order to do their job properly . |
| 8 | It has declared in the past that since British powers stations are able to meet targets for reducing the emissions that cause acid rain , research on the problem may no longer be a top priority . |
| 9 | Headquarters motivates managers to meet targets in time-honoured style : carrot and stick . |
| 10 | They agreed to tighten targets under the 1987 Montreal Protocol [ see p. 35678 ] by bringing forward the phasing-out of chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) by four years to 1996 . |
| 11 | provide targets for a wide population of students ; |
| 12 | Purchasing Target for a nominal sum |
| 13 | Your manager may ask your views when preparing the detailed operation plan for meeting targets in the year ahead . |
| 14 | Mrs Thatcher recognised the gravity of the situation and helped focus world attention on the subject , but , with US and Japan , undermined moves to set targets for reduction of carbon dioxide emissions , and failed to adopt energy efficiency policies . |
| 15 | Within six months , every local education authority will have to set targets for steadily increasing nursery and childcare services . |
| 16 | From then on the figures used in the White Paper to set targets for future spending were set in ‘ cash terms ’ . |
| 17 | He further argues that with multiple measures there is a danger of losing focus , and that it is difficult to set targets for some indicators because there are no historical data on them . |
| 18 | using this understanding to critically examine current activities and go on to set targets for the future . |
| 19 | The first would be used to set targets for improved river quality based on six " use " classes ; fisheries ecosystem , abstraction for drinking supply , abstracting for agricultural and industrial use , water sports , commercial farming of fish and shellfish , and special ecosystem ( i.e. specific areas for the purposes of nature conservation ) . |
| 20 | Although discussions about translating targets into action plans are at a preliminary stage , the succession of target setting exercises has been based on a broad concept of the influences on health . |
| 21 | Since confidence ratings were obtained in addition to Yes/No responses it is possible to plot ROC curves for either subjects or stimuli and hence calculate separate measures of recognition sensitivity ( i.e. the ability of subjects to discriminate targets from distractors ) and response criterion bias ( i.e. the tendency to give particular types of response independently of any knowledge a subject has as to whether a film was a target or distractor ) . |
| 22 | Removing these areas of high sensitivity will make targets for reduction of sulphur dioxide emissions easier to reach . |
| 23 | The following day Israeli jets attacked targets at Deir Kanoun and Ain Abu Souar . |
| 24 | Later the same day Israeli helicopters attacked targets around Jibshit , Qabrikha , Majd al-Silm abd Tulin . |
| 25 | Again , John could not be precise but he had the impression that three separate Kamalian squads were being briefed to hit targets in the UK . |
| 26 | 81 Hampdens , Whitleys and Wellingtons from 3 , 4 and 5 Groups were given targets in Berlin . |
| 27 | The three levels within each module set increasingly demanding targets for students . |
| 28 | Organizations with a political outlook , such as the Workers ' Unity Bloc , the Progressive Workers ' Bloc and the Workers ' Youth Movement all became targets for harassment . |
| 29 | These youth centres increasingly became targets of Israeli harassment and closure . |
| 30 | Dredging data for ‘ significant ’ p values fits targets to holes . |