Example sentences of "achieved by " in BNC.

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1 I think there should be a more stringent system of entry into the drama schools so that there is a higher standard of work achieved by the time they come to join the profession .
2 But Northern reliance on force , necessary if the character of the state was to be absolutely preserved , was the weakest point and the eventual undoing of the apparent stability achieved by the partition settlement .
3 Stouts today are not exceptionally strong — usually in the low 1040s OG — and are distinguished by a high hop rate and by their jet black or dark brown colour achieved by the use of roasted malts and unmalted roasted barley .
4 Giving the Town hall back to the people of Ealing was achieved by re-locating administrative staff in an adjacent building , and using the space thus created for lettable function rooms .
5 The ubiquitous shellsuit will , however , retain its popularity as a leisure garment , although buyers will be opting for designs in fabrics with a softer handle , such as that achieved by special finishes such as acid , stone or garment washing , which can be applied to both woven and knitted cloths .
6 If the posts are only intended to curve the back , this can be better achieved by planing a curve on to the struts before they are glued to the back .
7 If the ribs ( sides ) are thinner , as suggested ( about 1.5mm ) hot bending will not be necessary and a better shape can be achieved by the use of a simple jig to hold the ribs while the glue dries .
8 Coiling the strip was achieved by heating a 3/4in diameter aluminium tube with a blowtorch , and dry heat bending the strip around the tube .
9 The foliage was achieved by allowing the cutter to run up and down in the timber .
10 A more emphatic outline can be achieved by making a second cut round the outside of the first outline .
11 Though it does not , in general , exemplify , the uniqueness of marquetry ( achieved by using the wood grain as the source of the visual effects ) it can be intriguing in spite of what I implied earlier about the limitations of the silhouette as a design form .
12 Extra twist can be achieved by the wearing of an old rubber glove on the required thumb .
13 Thus , Sprinter units working out of Derby depot , covering as they did stopping services on routes spread out as far as Leeds , Manchester , Cambridge , Aberystwyth , Pwllheli , Holyhead , Scarborough , Skegness and Cleethorpes , actually achieved annual mileages in excess of 100,000 miles per year , practically double that achieved by the older DMUs .
14 The bag should be emptied before it gets about half full and this is achieved by turning the bag anti-clockwise so that the spout can be pulled out of the dust port .
15 Economy in bits can be achieved by using more efficient ways to represent data .
16 Yet for Labour to win on its own at the next general election would be a victory on a scale comparable with that achieved by Attlee in 1945 .
17 The Jonathan Wren survey is more modestly based on 453 City placements over the past six months ; but these , too , show much bigger increases achieved by mobile fund managers ( over 26 per cent , with an average salary of over £50,000 ) than messengers ( less than 10 ½ per cent , with an average salary of under £7,000 ) .
18 The report will be seized upon by ministers who argue that a further expansion in student numbers can be achieved by higher education becoming more efficient .
19 That this win was achieved by an All Black team featuring only six first-choice Test players — Gallagher , Kirwan , Stanley , Deans , McDowell and Gary Whetton — is conclusive evidence of the great strength-in-depth of this touring party .
20 This , he contends , was achieved by the targeting of M3 , the money supply measure , which was the backbone of the counter inflationary policy of Mrs Thatcher 's first administration …
21 Last Sunday , in the Bristol Open , in Solihull , which Fisher went on to win , she scored 116 — the highest break achieved by a female player .
22 Something approaching international humour has been achieved by Asterix , whose popularity in France is surpassed by sales figures in Finland .
23 However , the more popular recipe is empathy , achieved by having the patience to allow the complainant sufficient time to air the problem ( reinforcing the importance of allowing neighbourhood police autonomy to manage their own time ) , coupled with displays of sympathy , understanding , and even agreement .
24 Political balance can not be achieved by criticizing one party during the mid-term of a parliament and another at election time .
25 Though the news was at least relatively balanced and impartial , the balance was achieved by giving time and attention to a variety of alternative viewpoints , not by suppressing diversity .
26 Its solidarity was achieved by its sense of being a small-scale unit isolated from the rest of society , and frequently preying on it in 1922 .
27 Military victory in the Civil War had been achieved by a heavy emphasis on combined political and military control from the centre , and this successful method was broadly reapplied in NEP to social life , despite the relaxation on the economic front .
28 But these successes were achieved by military and legal means which did Britain 's international reputation much harm , including the use of the ‘ Diplock courts ’ , stern methods of interrogation and arbitrary imprisonment , and severe conditions of detention or confinement amongst political prisoners in the H block and elsewhere .
29 In the post-war period the only previous cuts in public spending as a proportion of GDP were achieved by Labour in 1975 — 6 and 1977 — 8 .
30 What has been achieved by 3i over the years is a very clear demonstration that the banking system has done a lot to help the growth of small and medium-sized businesses .
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