Sentence examples for setting long from inspiring English sources

Swedish retail giant H&M and food group Nestle also have committed to setting long term, science-based targets.

Following complaints last summer from Beijing that the legislation had not been enacted, the Hong Kong administration drafted laws setting long jail terms for sedition, secession or treason.

Faria said setting long term goals – and soon – is especially important for energy-intensive companies, which will likely need to invest in a lot of new, high tech equipment to reduce emissions.

The hall had been rented for the previous 24 nights, and as he spoke his employees were setting long rows of tables for another reception, that night for 350 guests -- for Armend and Feime, it turned out.

As if to underscore the exhilarating potential of its backdrop, Some Great Thing begins in January; Michael Byers launches his debut novel at the start of a fresh year, too, setting Long for This World in Seattle just as the dotcom bubble is rounding.

For years, one of the most divisive topics in New York State has been how to soften the Rockefeller-era drug laws, which sought to counter the drug scourge of the 1970's by setting long sentences even for relatively minor drug crimes.

So as well as being agile, responsive and knowledgeable, the chair must also be effective in setting long-term strategy, horizon scanning and assessing risk.

Leading companies are pushing ahead with green investments and ambitious emissions cuts, and are setting long-term targets because they recognise that it makes business sense.

Mr. Bush, by all accounts, is relieved that he has finally engaged his opponent, and is happily making day-to-day campaign decisions as well as setting long-term strategy about defining Mr. Kerry.

Bowen declined to state a position on whether tariffs should be abolished, saying his focus was on securing a support package for workers rather than setting long-term policy.

(My riposte: how to organise a really big physics system) Updated at 2.59pm BST 12.54pm BST Moonshots, and how to do them Astro Teller talks about what governments could do: what about setting long-term capital gains tax... forcing people to put it in holding for five years... revenue... corporations... ah, he's trying to find a way to get tax into it.