The phrase "a target has been" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing an objective or goal that has been identified or established in a particular context.
Example: "In the recent meeting, it was confirmed that a target has been set for the upcoming quarter to increase sales by 20%."
Alternatives: "a goal has been" or "an objective has been".
A target has been set for 5,000 homes to be built there.
A target has been set of raising £150m by election day.
The Liberal Democrats have previously strongly supported a renewable energy target, and their current stance against such a target has been criticised by green campaigners.
A stream of additional "signal" intelligence, sent to Langley by the National Security Agency,* provides electronic means of corroborating that a target has been correctly identified.
It is used to determine whether a target has been destroyed or should be hit again, and to assess the reliability and effectiveness of various missiles and bombs.
Getting everything in place for a hacking attack takes time; even once a target has been identified and chosen, it is like an assault on a castle, where a frontal assault is unlikely to yield any benefit.
The second element is Greece's budget deficit, for which a target had been set at no more than 8 percent of G.D.P. for 2011.
Terms from his novels — "honey trap," for instance, to denote using sex to compromise a target — have been adopted by the pros.
A target had been released from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft, the radar detected the target and transferred its tracks, but the interceptor was not launched.
These few successes occurred in a single session in which the lowest edge of a target had been placed at the edge of the Blocked MVC.
A particular target has been Golos, an election monitoring group that is mainly financed by Washington and publishes accusations of electoral violations.
