Sentence examples for being a target rather from inspiring English sources

The sense of being a "target" rather than a person is a growing experience, as our sensibilities are increasingly offended.

He is also a monarch who has maintained a secret police and limits on freedom of expression and democracy in Jordan, who was a target rather than an ally of the Arab Spring.

This caused her to appear to be a target rather than a leader.

Given a random distribution of sporadic mutations in the genome, it may be more likely that one of a number of different transcription factor genes would be a target, rather than the BRCA1 gene itself.

These data confirm that the regulation of alternative promoters is a targeted rather than passive feature.

And it would prohibit, when terrorism is not suspected, systematic searches of the contents of Americans' international e-mails and text messages that are "about" a target rather than to or from that person.

Analysts say that rather than being a target of government animus, Cathay may have simply been an unintended victim — collateral damage — of the Chinese government's drive to bolster state partners like Hilead.

Updated to clarify that the $170 million is a target amount, rather than a specific fund, and also to add in more detail about what kinds of areas might get startup investment.

Greece had previously said it was seeking 90 percent participation, or €135 billion, but the figure had been set as a target rather than a condition.

The shifting fiscal year also accounts for why Afghan and European officials are measuring revenue against a target rather than comparing the numbers with the same quarter from previous years.

This is far from the first protest to focus on the impact of the tech boom on San Francisco, but the ones I've heard about until now have focused on companies and the industry as a whole (the Google Bus program is a popular target), rather than targeting individuals at home.