Collocations withtarget
These are words often used in combination withtarget.
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ambitious target
But the author has a more ambitious target of attack, the economists and historians whom he groups as "radical left scholars".
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attractive target
The authors note that this scenario presents an especially attractive target for class action lawyers (many similarly-situated plaintiffs and large dollar losses).
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binding target
The third-mentioned binding target unfortunately threatens to accelerate climate change.
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civilian target
There have been reports of attacks on civilian targets in both countries.
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clay target
Naturally, the simplest method of throwing a clay target is by hand, either into the air or along the ground.
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conservation target
This is considerably below the national conservation target of 26%, and makes it critically endangered.
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designated target
The tax is calibrated to achieve the designated target.
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desired target
With the scheme of approach control step by step, the mated robot can finally achieve the desired target frame with ultra-precision kinematic accuracy.
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downstream target
We used multiple regressions where the downstream target is a predicted value and upstream splicing factors are predictor variables.
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favourite target
Windows, in general, were a favourite target of crowd action.
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fixed target
The fixed target is released by naturally cooling the temperature.
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frequent target
Mannheim's seemingly facile recovery of objectivity became a frequent target for many of his critics.
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inflation target
The initial inflation target was 3% until the end of 1992 and then it was reduced to 2% in 1993 until the end of 1995.
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intended target
Moreover, the argument itself is, in fact, harmless against its intended target.
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intermediate target
Instead of using the previous intermediate target as the base state for the next intermediate target, we use the state decided by brute force.
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legitimate target
It follows that any approach that strays into moderate contextualism becomes a legitimate target for their minimalist objections.
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likely target
Mutual suppression offers among the simplest mechanisms for visual selective attention; the most effective stimulus represents the most likely target for a saccade.
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main target
The main target is an extension of the following result.
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measurable target
A medium-term commitment to a measurable target helps to manage fiscal policy in the short run.
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military target
It was never a really serious military target.
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novel target
In addition, protein microarrays will find their way into molecular pathology laboratories for profiling diseased versus non-neoplastic tissues in order to identify novel target molecules.
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numerical target
This number allows the crystallographer to monitor the effects of making manual modifications to the structure as well as providing a numerical target for minimization by automated refinement packages.
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obvious target
For the remaining error, no obvious target could be traced from the immediate context.
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potential target
The two models then capture how the potential target interprets this uncertainty and increased choice set.
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precise target
This may reflect our difficulty in locating the precise target of each penetration.
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primary target
Outer and inner membrane integrity was identified as the primary target for desiccation and ageing stress.
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principal target
A principal target of human immunity to malaria identified by molecular population genetic and immunological analysis.
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selected target
In consequence, documents can have different shapes according to the selected target format.
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specific target
Each picture or scene was designed to elicit a specific target predicate.
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specified target
Some authors6'10"12 have also explored the additional use of off axis measurements as a means of assessing dosimetric accuracy across a specified target.
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stationary target
Their moving observers had to hit a stationary target on the ground by dropping an object.
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strategic target
I can appreciate that to do so would endanger the tactical approach and strategic target he set himself from the outset, namely political self-aggrandisement.
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stringent target
Failure to keep abreast could lead to errors of judgement, and the loss of both empathy with the multiple clients and of ability to meet her own stringent targets.
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target date
Price stability had already been achieved in 1994, ahead of the 1995 target date, and was not threatened in subsequent years.
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target domain
There were six different stories, two for each target domain.
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target gene
It was hypothesized that the short distances spanned by linkage disequilibrium enable markers that are very tightly linked to a target gene to be identified.
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target molecule
As aqueous levels are reduced by microbial action, the cells 'squeeze' additional substrate from the organic sponge, until the target molecule has been completely degraded.
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target of criticism
It is no wonder, then, that managed care is more often the target of criticism than positive assessment.
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target organ
Tests of autonomic reflexes require that the functional state of the target organ is assessed initially, and as far as possible independently of its innervation.
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target pest
Clearly, knowledge of the origin of a target pest is often exceedingly useful in identifying promising collection sites for natural enemies with which it has co-evolved.
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target population
This alleged information, however, seems to be largely unobtainable by those who need it, namely, the target population.
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target species
Their target species include anchovies sardinellas, mackerels, scads, and some tuna-like fish, landed fresh.
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target zone
He states that the target zone of prefrontal leukotomy is the white matter of a ventral mesial quadrant of the frontal lobe.
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tempting target
Organized labor provided a tempting target for this new strategy.
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therapeutic target
This pathway may represent a potential therapeutic target to restrict lesion formation.
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vulnerable target
Many advertisements attempt to manipulate vulnerable target audiences, such as children and severely indebted persons.
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