1.   Enemy radar must have detected our approach, for Hurricane fighters came out to intercept before we reached the target.

2.   Executives are given head-count-reduction targets by their boards, and sometimes financial incentives are tied to reaching the targets.

3.   Housing activists argue the agency could sell more houses if it were more adept at reaching its target Market.

4.   If any sweat was lost in reaching this target it was not noticeable, and a six-wicket win was duly recorded.

5.   Within a week of launching the Oxfam Cold Front Appeal we reached our target of half a million coats and jumpers.

6.   The economy failed the March test under the IMF agreement by failing to reach the target for foreign reserves.

7.   BT promises to produce a second report in May, which will cover progress on reaching these targets.