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‘A goal can be lofty.’

[⟨det goal.n⟩ lofty.a]

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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Our goal was lofty enough: to enable widespread home ownership.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Last year the charity raised $ 108.1 – million dollars, and a $ 2 – million increase in that goal may be lofty as the economic forecast turns stormy.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

My goal is $ 500 and it seemed like a pretty lofty goal, cause I’m nowhere NEAR close enough to it as I’d like to be!
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In Wikipedia:

They portrayed cleanup as a lofty but impractical goal.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I will assume you followed the instructions of PART ONE thoroughly and your goal is fairly lofty.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

In my opinion, it is a lofty, yet admirable goal.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

At the onset of this particular weekend, I set a lofty goal for myself.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The scientists and researchers – many of them sincere, even idealistic – who are participating in efforts to hide the science on thimerosal claim that they are trying to advance the lofty goal of protecting children in developing nations from disease pandemics.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Yet if you become trustworthy enough for even one person to consider you as such, you will be blessed, and even if you don’t, aspiring to this lofty goal will mean you’ll almost probably reach your aim of # 3.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Granted, it was a lofty goal to achieve, but the reward is something that I really will strive for Professional goals should be co – written between you and your manager.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The goal is lofty, to mold agents of change, a few dozen at a time, who want to create a more just and peaceful world.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The organization, which is responsible for the abortion deaths of tens of millions of people, was founded in 1916 by admitted white – supremacist Margret Sanger, with the lofty goal of, as Sanger put it, eliminating the ever increasing, unceasingly spawning class of human beings who never should have been born at all.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

The Liberty Hill Panthers came into the season with a lofty goal that is best reflected in the team motto :
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

Slowing the 15 minutes slid by and each gulp brought her closer not only to her lofty goal but her inevitable date with the toilet.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It’s a lofty goal, but not beyond possibility.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

It’s a lofty goal indeed, but probably not exactly what Ned Colletti had in mind when he agreed to pay Andruw over $ 14 million dollars to play center field in Dodger Blue this season.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

I might not make 20 – maybe that goal was too lofty.
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In Wikipedia:

Other common categories given to magic include High and Low Magic (the appeal to divine powers or spirits respectively, with goals lofty or personal, according to the type of magic).
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:

How will I accomplish this lofty goal of changing my life, well sort of like how Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, I will probably blow up a few things but I will persevere and not give up.
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Queried on 2013-05-21.