Sentence examples for target chasing from inspiring English sources

This is in all senses a valuable tradition; how terrible that it should be jeopardised by a particularly bone-headed bit of target chasing.

Youth clubs have told the compilers of the report that "there are several barriers to working in partnership with local authorities generally, including a lack of faith in the third sector to deliver services, excessive bureaucracy and local authority target chasing".

As well as "pointless quangos, poorly negotiated PFI deals and target chasing", the chancellor had a pop at "contemplation suites", a reference to the relaxation area that was part of a refit at the Department for Children, Schools and Families under Ed Balls.

Ian Pointon, chairman of the Kent Police Federation, said: "Work is already under way to change the performance culture within the force, to focus more keenly on the quality of service delivery as opposed to target chasing".

All the boys would point out a target, chase them down and jump him.

He could have set Marcus Trescothick's men 300 in 85 overs – the kind of target worth chasing even when 61-3.

For his role in selecting a gay man as a robbery target and chasing him to his death in traffic, a Brooklyn man was convicted yesterday of manslaughter and attempted robbery as hate crimes, but acquitted of murder.

In a case that has drawn intense scrutiny to the legal meaning of hatred, the last of four young men charged with selecting a gay man as a robbery target and chasing him to his death in traffic pleaded guilty yesterday to manslaughter and attempted robbery as hate crimes.

When the retrovirus mutates, which it often does, its spawn becomes difficult for the body or a vaccine to target and chase out.

At one point in the South African innings South Africa looked as though a good couple of overs might get them to 170 and give England a stiff target to chase.

If it's a Test, the target being chased is a small one, under 200, or if it is the first innings, the opposition are 200 for 2. Coasting.