Sentence examples for striking goal from inspiring English sources

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He said that as governor, he would increase state aid to schools -- now more than $14 billion a year -- to more than $22 billion within four years, a striking goal for a state that is already among the biggest spenders on education.

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But Spain scored two striking goals in the first half and held on for a 2-1 victhat that gave it first place in the group.

When that did not happen, Wenger summoned all three, and Karim-Richards shocked everyone by striking his goal within moments of the trio taking the field.

In the previous two games, back-to-back losses in Boston, Luongo allowed a striking seven goals on the final 23 shots he faced, as Boston scored 12 times combined in handing Vancouver a pair of lopsided defeats.

Perhaps the most striking example is goal three: the health goal.

The Asian champions have the technical ability to out-pass all of their Group C opponents but their Achilles heel remains a lack of striking options, meaning goals usually come from midfield.

West Ham took advantage of the gaps in the champions' reshuffled approach, with Kevin Nolan striking but having a goal ruled offside, Yossi Benayoun hitting the bar and Mohamed Diame and Carroll going close.

If Scottish nationalism is now within striking distance of its goal, it is because it is more of a one-nation cause than ever before.Mapping the performance of the SNPThe Scottish National Party is the leading party in the Scottish Parliament.

In one year, Uganda's "Saving Mothers, Giving Life" project has made striking progress in its goal to cut maternal deaths by half.

In her first combat operation of the Korean War, Iowa fired her main guns near Wonsan-Sŏngjin on 8 April 1952, with the goal of striking North Korean supply lines.

The contrast between the Pentagon's position and Obama's stated goals was "striking," Benjamin Wittes, a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution, said in a blog post.

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