Example sentences of "[noun pl] succeed [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No other parties succeeded in reaching the 5 per cent threshold required to win representation . |
| 2 | Without adding much to the defensive capabilities of the palace , these outworks succeeded in masking the original work of Shah Jehan ‘ like a veil over a beautiful bride , ’ as Dr Jaffery put it . |
| 3 | In Liverpool purity became a hot political issue , when purists succeeded in overturning the lax Tory council sympathetic to publicans and brewers . |
| 4 | They might thus be characterised as the two Ugly Sisters who through their actions succeeded in making the British economy the Cinderella of the industrialised world — and the USA could be cast as the Bad Fairy who ensured that the Ugly Sisters always got their way . |
| 5 | When each pupil 's deviant career embraces many hours of chastising , cajoling and counselling , how do unit teachers succeed in teaching the unteachable ? |
| 6 | They are there because their ancestors succeeded in doing the same . |
| 7 | ‘ Such clauses succeed in frustrating the free flow of information so essential for accurate valuation at review . ’ |