Example sentences of "has achieved a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It has achieved a good deal of success in this , enabling some compensation to be made for the diminishing pool of potential recruits on the farms .
2 On this test , Thatcherism has achieved a partial success .
3 A student of history and politics at Edinburgh University , he was only 17 when he first played for Gala 's senior side and , since then , has achieved a meteoric advance through Scotland 's enviable structure .
4 Ripe time Assuming Mr Lawson has achieved a respectable fall in inflation , the time then really would be ‘ ripe ’ for full membership of the European Monetary System , since this would tend to drive interest rates down while holding up the pound .
5 At last it has achieved a respectable measure of unity at most levels of the party .
6 As with the other areas discussed above , style has achieved a certain autonomy in contemporary industrial society , going beyond its capacity for ordering to become itself the focus of concern .
7 The Serious Fraud Office has been in operation for three years and has achieved a striking rate of success in serious and complex frauds .
8 People always knock someone who has achieved a great deal in a short time .
9 But , given the low base from which the Liberal Democrat party began its struggle for recognition , he has achieved a great deal .
10 The Food Magazine has achieved a great deal in a very short time , and the national press regards it as a reliable source of information .
11 She has achieved a great deal , and made a valuable contribution to our company 's efficiency over these last seven years .
12 It has achieved a great deal of support from anecdotal evidence ( see Johnston , 1980 , for example ) , which clearly suggests that Senators and Representatives have been able to channel very substantial volumes of Federal money towards their home States , thereby promoting their political reputations , assisting them in the search for campaign funds , and enhancing their re-election prospects .
13 At present , radio is the only communication medium in the country which has achieved a mass audience .
14 At present , radio is the only communication medium in the country which has achieved a mass audience .
15 Unlike most of its competitors , the firm has tended to inspire loyalty on the part of its consultants — who , since Stuart sold out in the 1970s , may enjoy a share in the equity — and has achieved a remarkable stability of gradually improved performance , still at a rate of 35% per year .
16 The Soviet Union has made great strides since the advent of socialism in 1917 and China has achieved a remarkable increase in prosperity in the years since the communists took over .
17 From it I learn that a seven year old has achieved a satisfactory standard if he can tell the time accurately in units of five minutes ! ) .
18 In Germany a child proceeds to the next year only when he has achieved a satisfactory standard in every subject of the curriculum .
19 Will my right hon. Friend consider early-day motion 209 , which relates to a British company that has achieved a wonderful contract in Kenya ?
20 Van Soest has achieved a considerable feat in guiding the reader through the complexities of ruminant nutrition with great clarity and at times a fine sense of humour .
21 Therefore after six months the dieter is behaving according to all twenty-six goals and she has achieved a considerable reduction in sugar intake .
22 Margaret Nabbach at M & M Hair Academy has achieved a beautiful sheen to this tousled bob
23 The paradox is , of course , that this little book has achieved a fortuitous permanence because of Eliot 's fame .
24 The Irish economy has achieved an impressive hat-trick in recent years : strong growth ( real GDP grew by an average of 5% in 1989 and 1990 ) ; low inflation ( now less than 3% ) ; and a current-account surplus .
25 For once , you do n't want Eliza to settle down with Higgins — she has achieved an emotional maturity he will never be able to match .
26 The British motor industry has achieved an astonishing revisal .
27 Forty years on , the Theatre Collection is a leading research centre for the study of drama and theatre history and has achieved an international reputation as one of the foremost collections of its kind in Great Britain .
28 At the foot of the West Bow , this intimate little theatre has achieved an international reputation for its advanced and often controversial productions .
29 Edinburgh 's unique intimate theatre which has achieved an international reputation for its experimental and controversial productions .
30 Yet the team of four businessmen which owns and operated Balbirnie House has achieved an average occupancy rate of 50%–60% ever since opening .
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