stringent target

collocation in English

meaningsofstringentandtarget

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stringent
adjective
uk
/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/us
/ˈstrɪn.dʒənt/
having a very severe effect, or being ...
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target
noun
uk
/ˈtɑː.ɡɪt/us
/ˈtɑːr.ɡɪt/
an object shot at during shooting practice, often a circle with a pattern of rings, or any object or place at which bullets, bombs, etc. ...
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(Definition ofstringentandtargetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I would like a far morestringenttargetto be set to help homeless people.
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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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That will encourage them to go further and to set even more stringent targets.
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He anticipated that additional, new, more stringent targets would be introduced.
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We have announced new and more stringent targets for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Labour has consistently called for the adoption of more stringent targets than those included in the convention to deal with the problem of climate change.
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Very stringent targets were set in deciding how the money should be held and distributed.
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We have set stringent targets that childhood immunisation should achieve a 95 per cent coverage by 1995.
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This directive includes stringent targets to cut the amount of biodegradable municipal waste that is sent to landfill.
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A total of £120 million has been withheld from the guidelines, so that individual authorities have been set very stringent targets.
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Incineration is undoubtedly unpopular with local people, but is not the reality that it offers the only way for local authorities to meet their stringent targets on time?
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