Which preposition to use with goals

of Occurrences 217%

It is the work of educated men and women to add their insight, their zeal for truth, their scholarship, their training and ideals to the Christian community: to sweep thought and practice out of ancient ruts, to clarify the spiritual vision of the world, and to present new aspects of truth and new goals of human endeavor!

for Occurrences 23%

Heard thee ever, friend, of a strange ship in the James or the Potomac?" "There be many strange ships," said the Receiver, "for this dominion is the goal for all the wandering merchantmen of the earth.

in Occurrences 22%

In short, the mystery of personality, the most marvelous, complex, and variable process in the universe, would be attacked and at length penetrated systematically and persistently, with the ideal of absolute control of its composition as the goal in view.

at Occurrences 11%

It is much more important to weigh their practical importance, and the goal at which they aimed: Whether they were intended to preserve the world's peace under conditions honourable for all parties, or calculated to obtain for the Entente a one-sided diplomatic victory which would have established its future predominance.

by Occurrences 9%

In this way you conceal your game until you have obtained all the admissions that are necessary, and so reach your goal by making a circuit.

on Occurrences 7%

We calculated that we should reach our goal on December 14th.

with Occurrences 6%

" And Dr. Rohrbach formulates the political goal with startling precision.

from Occurrences 6%

Then they made another touchdown, and just before the whistle blew for the end of the first half one of their players kicked a goal from the field.

before Occurrences 6%

At the beginning of his ministry he had set this goal before him, that every soul under his care might see as he saw, and see with him more clearly year by year, the church's great work; its true and total business.

towards Occurrences 5%

In a thoughtful essay, entitled The Disenchantment of France, Mr. F.W. Myers points out the goal towards which "progress" is leading us, through the destruction of those four "illusions" which formerly gave life all its value and dignity,namely, belief in religion; devotion to the Statewhether to the prince or to the people; belief in the eternity and spirituality of human love; belief in man's freedom and imperishable personal unity.

toward Occurrences 5%

" This goal toward which Carlyle struggled to drive humanity was the goal of moral achievement.

as Occurrences 4%

An officer and a gentleman, a youth of friendly ways and kindly living, if one may judge by the face of the dead; and he comes by the same end to the same goal as Handy Solomon.

to Occurrences 3%

The captain played a magnificent game, and covered himself with glory; but in spite of all that he and his men could do, after a gallant fight the visitors claimed the victory with a score of four goals to two.

than Occurrences 3%

All Frenchmen must be united not merely by the feeling of duty, but also in hatred for an enemy who seeks no other goal than our annihilationthe destruction of a nation which has always been a pioneer of justice and liberty in the world.

without Occurrences 2%

"Surely once we succeed in gaining a footing we can discover a means for getting to our goal without much loss of time.

through Occurrences 2%

Chance takes the predestined by the hand, and leads them straight to their goal through the thick darkness.

after Occurrences 2%

In their general disorder of plan, they could do nothing to prevent the Palatines from making goal after goal till, when the referee's whistle announced that the first twenty-minute half was over, the score stood 12 to 6 against Kingston.

beyond Occurrences 1%

For this one thing I hold as certain, and I dare not doubt itthat there is a Truth behind all confusions and errors; a goal beyond all pilgrimages.

under Occurrences 1%

The life of historic nations has been a pursuit toward a goal under the impulse of ideas often obscurely comprehended,world-ideas as we call them,which they have embodied in accomplished facts and in the institutions and beliefs of mankind, lasting through ages; and as each nation has slowly grown aware of the idea which animated it, it has become self-conscious and conscious of greatness.

unto Occurrences 1%

But ebooks *shouldn't* be just about marketing: ebooks are a goal unto themselves.

behind Occurrences 1%

Then Harwell lined up along the fifty-five-yard line, with the ball in their possession, and the south goal behind them.

over Occurrences 1%

Hitherto quite sure of herself, schooled in self-possession, it was a new and disturbing experience to come in contact with that subtle, analysis-defying quality which carries the possessor thereof straight to his or her goal over all opposition, which indeed many times stifles all opposition.

Which preposition to use with  goals