Sentence examples for a goal of devoting from inspiring English sources
The Obama administration has set a goal of devoting more than 3percentt of gross domestic product to research.
In a news release, the Education Department said it had a "goal of devoting" that sum each year toward STEM and computer science education.
"China's next 5-year plan sets a goal of devoting 2% of GDP to research.
Of all 27 member nations, only Finland and Sweden have so far met the goal of devoting 3percentt of gross domestic product to research and development for the 21st century.
In designing the Mini, Sir Alec Issigonis achieved his goal of devoting 80percentt of the car's space to passengers and just 20percenttoto mechanical components.
A clash over development was defused Tuesday when the United States withdrew an earlier demand to eliminate all mention of the so-called millennium development goals and compromised on language covering the Kyoto Protocols on climate change and the goal of devoting 0.7percentt of gross national product to development aid.
He also dreamed of living in his own apartment, a goal he seemed especially devoted to when, say, his mother asked him to walk the dog.
Indeed, many of today's philanthropists including Bill Gates, who has so far donated over $20 billion to his foundation are, like Lord Sainsbury, intent on being far more active than previous generations of philanthropists in setting clear goals and devoting a lot of their own time and energy to seeing that their money is well spent, during their own lifetimes.
Last year, Verizon went further by establishing a new supply chain goal to devote 40% of supplier spending by 2015 to firms that measure and set targets to reduce carbon emissions.
Formulating an effective grand strategy is a matter of balancing means and ends, setting realistic goals, and then devoting all the necessary resources to achieving those goals.
