Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] success " in BNC.
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| 1 | England have recently won a second-rate success called the Grand Slam . |
| 2 | The classic Heineken campaign ( ’ Refreshes the parts other beers can not reach ’ ) scored an initial thumbs-down before becoming a popular success . |
| 3 | It is plain from even a cursory glance at these figures that , after a slow start , CD-ROM is becoming a remarkable success . |
| 4 | On the American side the multilateralists believed that protectionism in the United States might be weakened if they could win a demonstrable success against Imperial Preference . |
| 5 | 1.55:NICKY Henderson 's Bally Clover was backed off the boards before landing a comfortable success at Cheltenham , and is likely to be well supported again this afternoon . |
| 6 | Indeed , modesty forbade him to contemplate too long what he could count a personal success . |
| 7 | No other hiccups were reported , however , and the promotion was voted a huge success . |
| 8 | And , ’ he went on , leaning back and watching her with a hooded gaze , ‘ considering the effort you put into Rob 's party — which , incidentally , was voted a huge success — it was the very least I could do . |
| 9 | Full credit goes to secretary for organising the event which was deemed a great success . |
| 10 | The evening was deemed a great success — in more ways than one — as , in addition to the excellent dinner and the dancing , it also happened to be Red Nose Day and by fair means and foul the 155 people who attended , plus contributions from the social club , and the company , a total of £270 was raised for Comic Relief . |
| 11 | Treatment has a low success rate . |
| 12 | A team has a high success rate , ie more often than not it achieves what it sets out to do . |
| 13 | This well established course has a high success rate . |
| 14 | In Northampton , a centre for partially-excluded pupils has a high success rate . |
| 15 | We agree with Yan Pascal Tortelier that this is a wonderful programme for the closing concert of the Festival , and we 're sure that conductor , soloist and orchestra will ensure a thumping success ! |
| 16 | The left-wing New Democratic Party ( NDP ) , Canada 's second-largest opposition grouping , scored a spectacular success on Feb. 12 by winning its first federal parliamentary seat in the province of Quebec . |
| 17 | In November 1991 , the Jet project scored a major success in its search for a waste free nuclear power . |
| 18 | Dior scored a recent success with the launch of Dune , which industry sources say was among the most popular lines at Christmas . |
| 19 | At the Haymarket he directed Alec Guinness as John Mortimer 's blind father in A Voyage Round My Father ; at the Royal Court his version of Charles Wood 's Veterans starred John Gielgud and John Mills as two film actors on location ( the play was said to be based on the filming of Tony Richardson 's Charge of the Light Brigade ) ; and at the New Theatre , Donald Sinden scored a brilliant success as an urban fop pursuing a country heiress in Eyre 's revival of Dion Boucicault 's London Assurance . |
| 20 | He scored a further success with Colonel Nathaniel Montgomery Moore who , on the visit which he , his wife and Miss D'Arcy had just taken to Dumfries , had encountered none other than Major General Gerard Lake , ‘ who told me about your great gallantry at Guelder — Gueld — ‘ |
| 21 | The authorities scored a significant success in the ongoing struggle against the underground movement within the armed forces — which had been responsible for numerous coup attempts against the government of President Corazon Aquino — with the arrest in Manila on Feb. 6 of Lt.-Col. Victor Batac and Maj. Abraham Purugganan . |
| 22 | It is good therefore to be able to record that at least one such effort scored a stunning success . |
| 23 | It scored a quick success in April that year , when Liberty ( the National Council for Civil Liberties ) voted at its AGM in favour of a CPC-sponsored motion which calls for new anti-porn legislation . |
| 24 | Unkind historians today doubt if they really scored a notable success . |
| 25 | French ‘ state capitalism ’ scored a notable success with the space programme ; via ‘ une politique volontariste ’ , the state engaged aggressively in entrepreneurial activities in piloting high-technology companies . |
| 26 | Repealers scored a notable success when Simon , in his annual report of 1868 , came out against any extension of the acts . |
| 27 | Alliance scored a notable success in Ards , gaining two of the extra three seats in the area , to bring their representation up to six . |
| 28 | Dunkirk spirit helps make Jubilee Show a big success |
| 29 | During the sixth century , craftsmen were increasingly operating from workshops , employed by those who had made a greater success in the agricultural way of life and were able to support a greater number of specialists and farmworkers . |
| 30 | Pendle Consultants Ltd , the Yorkshire-based training and recruitment specialists , have made a great success of recruiting inexperienced staff after putting them through an unorthodox interview procedure , designed to reveal personal strengths and weaknesses of potential sales personnel , rather than stressing their previous experience . |