Example sentences of "have succeeded [prep] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henry James was followed by the Benson brothers , E. F. Benson the novelist and A. C , for years Master of Oxford 's Magdalen College — I wonder if anyone has succeeded in editing the twenty-six volumes of autobiography he left . |
| 2 | In the event , minor engineering work to the existing twin-catalyst 6.7-litre pushrod V8 has succeeded in achieving the desired results . |
| 3 | Since it began using the gas phase process in 1979 , ICI has been at the forefront of process control and development and has succeeded in covering the whole product range with this new technology . |
| 4 | Can Sandra Bernhard ( FACE 48 ) seriously believe that , because it is she who is stripping for Playboy and not some ‘ subservient bimbo ’ , she has succeeded in subverting the soft-porn medium ? |
| 5 | Although so far no one has succeeded in interpreting the Etruscan language we can fully appreciate their sculpture , painting and craftsmanship . |
| 6 | Frank Gray flopped all too quickly when his predecessor might have succeeded in taking the same squad to safety . |
| 7 | The Mons road offered the shortest route to Brussels , and if Brussels fell the Emperor would have succeeded in driving the British back to the North Sea and the Prussians back across the Rhine . |
| 8 | Although this adaptation may have succeeded in improving the general light level , you can do more by adding to the illumination of individual areas , so take a look at what other light sources are available . |
| 9 | By 1971 , when the official counter-subversion program COINTELPRO was ‘ ended ’ , the wide range of tactics used , including assassination , heavily armed raids , falsification and fabrication of documents , misinformation as news , and tying up activists in endless trials , had succeeded in destroying the Black Panthers and other militant Black groups . |
| 10 | By 1971 , when the official counter-subversion program COINTELPRO was ‘ ended ’ , the wide range of tactics used , including assassination , heavily armed raids , falsification and fabrication of documents , misinformation as news , and tying up activists in endless trials , had succeeded in destroying the Black Panthers and other militant Black groups . |
| 11 | Until then I had succeeded in holding the impinging world at bay as well as in the desperate attempt to establish my own identity , but it was only at a bitter cost to myself . |
| 12 | We left our particular section of this story back in 1910 , when the male trade-union movement had succeeded in stopping the future recruitment of women . |
| 13 | The plan had succeeded in reducing the annual rate of inflation from 70 to 10 per cent , and had reduced the ratio of public debt to GDP from 206 to 132 per cent . |
| 14 | A second round was held on June 17 in 81 constituencies , where no candidate had succeeded in obtaining the necessary first round overall majority ; the turnout in this second round was 84.14 per cent of those eligible . |
| 15 | There is no doubt that swordfish have succeeded in piercing the bottom planking of boats , but if any were ever sunk in this way is unknown . |
| 16 | This is where the real debate is and where the Government have succeeded in taking the high ground . |
| 17 | However , it would be simplistic to conclude that the two Mcs ( McLuhan and McDonald 's ) have succeeded in shaping the global village in the form of a fast food outlet or that the ‘ real ’ world is in the process of being reconstructed as a universal theme park along the lines of Disneyland . |
| 18 | I think that covers most of the items in the agreement , erm , with some identification of new work that needs to be done during the year , but recognizing that during the course of the year , we have succeeded in following the main points from the agreement that was , was put forward er , I think , it was December this time last year . |
| 19 | UK scientists led by Mr John Wallwork and Dr David White in Cambridge have succeeded in incorporating the human gene for DAF into pig DNA . |
| 20 | A series of five different Employment Acts since 1979 have succeeded in changing the whole way in which Trade Unions operate . |
| 21 | We have succeeded in isolating the homologous tRNA gene from Candida albicans by amplifying the genomic DNA by the polymerase chain reaction and sequenced . |
| 22 | Ann and Vernon have decorated and furnished Blacklands in a comfortable and homely style , and have succeeded in retaining the original ambience of the house . |