Sentence examples for aiming for about from inspiring English sources

The European Union is targeting reductions of at least 20% by 2020 from 1990 levels, while the United States is aiming for about a 4% cut.

Wetherspoon has opened six new pubs in Scotland in the last four months and Martin said he was aiming for about 100, employing 5,000 to 6,000 people, in five years' time, with turnover climbing to £150m from £100m.

And it is an exchange, allowing individuals, institutions and even national mints to sell gold and silver to their peers.With about 12,000 customers on the books already (about 4,000 of them in Japan) from his existing retail bullion business, Mr Foo is aiming for about $100m in turnover in the first year of business.

The company is aiming for about 50 million transactions in 1999, and a billion by 2007.

At this point in the process, you should be aiming for about a dozen potential schools.

"I'm aiming for about five minutes of everyone's day right now, and my goal is to double that in the next five years," he says.

You should aim for about ½ to 1 teaspoon of salt per pound.

It needs to be al dente, so aim for about a minute or so less than packet instructions.

Keaveny said: "Bob Shennan [controller of Radio 2 and 6 Music] said recently we should aim for about 2.5 million listeners and I don't see any reason why not.

"There seems to be a general expectation that we will aim for about 10,000 jobs and that we will end up with a good sensible mix," Mr Glossop said yesterday.

Lay the slices of potato over the top, a layer at a time, seasoning each layer with a little salt and pepper, a little blob of butter here and there and a light drizzle of olive oil – I aim for about three layers, so that the potatoes take on the flavour of the stew and can become crisp and golden.