Targets often cause departments to focus on certain objectives, meaning others are ignored.
No doubt BT must meet certain objectives to satisfy the funder.
You reach certain objectives and people get extra payments, reaching some targets or numbers.
Hamas has used armed struggle to achieve certain objectives, albeit at significant cost.
Certain objectives defined by Mr. Bush and the United Nations - Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait, for example - are clearly beyond compromise.
I have to make sure they achieve certain objectives throughout the year, including achieving proficiency on the ACT.
He added, "Policies should be altered if certain objectives are satisfied, purported benefits disappoint or potential risks threaten to materialize".
As part of the five-year deal, he was promised bonuses worth up to $22 million based on his performance in meeting certain objectives.
"He's a guy who has certain objectives and goals and who doesn't let anything distract him," his coach, Marty Schottenheimer, said last week.
The reformers may proclaim certain objectives merely to appease the peasants, to undermine opposition, to win international backing, or to safeguard their own positions.
"When you win [a trophy], you can get an extra bonus like people do in other walks of life, like in some companies when you reach certain objectives.
