Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] a [adj] success " in BNC.
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| 1 | In spite of cross-party criticism that the long-awaited white paper on the prospects for coal failed to deliver a long-term , coherent Government energy policy , Mr Heseltine achieved a political success by rallying the Tory Party . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With 12,000 visitors , and one-third of the 1,000 drawings on view sold , the third annual Salon du Dessin de Collection proved a greater success than most of the twenty-five dealers attending had expected . |
| 4 | Under BBC-trained Producer Dennis Vance , Armchair Theatre achieved a modest success . |
| 5 | Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway represents a real success story as far as the British preservation movement is concerned . |
| 6 | Because of the schools emphasis on vocational courses such as computing and engineering , school leavers have a good success rate in getting jobs . |
| 7 | One must wait to see if satellite selling proves a commercial success but it is reassuring to find are auctioneers prepared to consider new ways of offering a comprehensive sales service to their farmer clients . |
| 8 | In November 1991 , the Jet project scored a major success in its search for a waste free nuclear power . |