Sentence examples for be overshot from inspiring English sources

But with the 1.5C target current on course to be overshot at some point between 2030 and 2052, the urgency is likely to grow.

Overall, it's becoming clearer that the weakness of the economy is having a material impact on the public finances and it certainly looks as if the OBR's forecasts for this year for borrowing will be overshot.

While this sounds promising, if the rest of the world matched the so-called ambition of China and the US, the supposed 2C "guardrail" to avoid dangerous global warming would be overshot (some countries, particularly low-lying ones, say a 1.5C target should be adopted).

The government expects the deficit this year to come to 6.3% of GDP, although many analysts expect this target to be overshot.

Samples were overshot along the ballistic track from the Beryl rifle.

In a debate in Parliament, Finance Minister George Alogoskoufis said the initial budget of $5.5 billion had been overshot by about $1.7 billion.

At a time when the monetary targets were being overshot by a considerable margin, this was an important signal of an irrevocable break with the past.

Interest rate swaps actually eased on profit taking and on talk that they had been overshot after last week's surge of 16 to 45 basis points.

(Certainly the '60s, for all their revolutionary wonder, were overshot with one dark story after another, something the era's children were perfectly cognizant of).

The increase in VAT could push inflation above 3%, requiring Mervyn King, the governor of the Bank of England, to explain why the 2% target has been overshot to such an extent.

What happens if markets try to push currencies beyond the bands (or if American consumers want to buy so many goods from China that the current account target is overshot?).