Example sentences of "[v-ing] achieved [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The " feeling of knowing " offered either when drunk , drugged , drowsy or asleep is no reliable indication of having achieved a real solution to a problem ; there are unfortunately no short cuts in that direction ! |
| 2 | Some of Mrs Thatcher 's ‘ cheerleaders ’ in the party and popular press see her as having achieved a virtual revolution in British politics , restoring the authority of government , putting the trade unions in their place , taming a greedy and parasitic public sector , and regaining a greater freedom of choice for people in many areas . |
| 3 | Having achieved a necessary detachment from the tumultuous present , de Gaulle used a strategy of calculated flexibility to move towards his objective . |
| 4 | What Council was trying to recognise in shifting resources from information to training was that , having achieved a good product , additional fine tuning of the information system no longer need be a priority . |
| 5 | In 1625 the old king died , having achieved no effective drainage operations . |
| 6 | It would be true to describe the discipline as having achieved an astounding success if such success is measured in terms of the establishment of English literature as the central arts subject at A level , and thus at the basis of the constant demand for undergraduate places . |
| 7 | It added in June that the ruling coalition , having achieved the gradual removal of the Communists from power , was now " window-dressing " and that proper parliamentary elections were required . |
| 8 | The cultural revival has been planned for years by members of the good old Council , members that prefer to stay in the background , having achieved the astounding feat of legislating and pedestrianising their way through the licensing laws , to an atmosphere of continental cultural Bonhomie from Blairdardie to Baillieston . |
| 9 | One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims . |
| 10 | Bingley 's Richard Nerurkar , who finished second , should join him in the team , having achieved the qualifying time in the World Championships last year , but third-placed Paul Evans must decide whether to chase it in Europe before the team is finalised on June 28 . |