Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun] [adv] achieve " in BNC.
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| 1 | A national telephone directory gained extremely good coverage on local radio by training two of their telephone sales girls to talk about their work , and some government departments also achieve a high degree of positive coverage by training staff to take part in advice and phone-in programmes . |
| 2 | Pressure from the public for longer opening hours and at more convenient times makes a comfortable balance between a small and large bureau team hard to achieve . |
| 3 | This complex mixture , dominated by a powerful medical profession firmly established during the nineteenth century , posed problems for subsequent attempts to rationalize the health services , and therefore influenced the shape the national health service eventually achieved . |
| 4 | It should be noted , however , that the sharp rise of the " J " shaped curve at the older childbearing ages is probably due also to the fact that socio-economic considerations and the large family size already achieved by the mid-thirties may influence women in the older reproductive ages to resort to induced abortions . |
| 5 | The Labour Solidarity Campaign also achieved success by discreet lobbying among leading trade unionists ; among constituency parties there was little to show for its efforts . |
| 6 | FEW American labour leaders ever achieved the prominence of Cesar Chavez ; fewer still deserved it . |
| 7 | But in the history of warfare new weapon systems rarely achieve immediate dominance : only the passage of time and operational experience decides whether the older , well-tried systems should be superseded or not . |
| 8 | Ted joined the Palace from Hull City in December 1911 and immediately scored a hat-trick on his debut ( one of only four Palace men ever to achieve this feat ) at West Ham on 30 December ( 6–1 ) , and then repeated the feat a week later when Bristol Rovers came to The Palace ( 4–1 ) . |