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

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1 Before such an objective could be achieved much work was required .
2 If the sales mix and the profit margins of the two products are different this causes problems because while overall sales volumes targets may be achieved total contribution will vary depending upon whether the higher or lower margin product dominates the sales mix .
3 He knows that individual managerial excellence can be achieved one day and lost the next .
4 WW has had a difficult time , suffering heavy losses on its glass side , but profits could be achieved this year .
5 Now , given that so much of that pruning has already been done and given that even given that situation we have never yet reached four percent contingent er turnover savings , I think it highly unlikely and so do the officers , that they will be achieved this year .
6 If , as frequently happened , two of us would fall out and come to blows , then passers-by would stop , form a circle and watch without intervening , confirming their view that justice would be achieved this way .
7 Spontaneity is by no means sacrificed by ‘ inhibition ’ — the cat , spontaneous and graceful in action and yet perfectly in control of its responses , is a wonderful example of what can be achieved this way .
8 But , he added , it was his view that while a great deal had been achieved more work needs to be done to complete the necessary cultural changes within AEA .
9 Stephen Dent 's family have applied for an extension to Roman Rudyayev 's visa because he 's achieved remarkable results with their son .
10 So long as the intended effect was achieved all means were justified : architecture , ornament , sculpture , painting , all the arts were to serve the optical illusion .
11 ‘ Equal pay for equal work ’ was a justifiable battle-cry of the feminist movement and that ambition was achieved some years ago .
12 Pinto had been Professor of English at Nottingham since 1938 and oversaw the university 's transition to the autonomous degree-giving status which was achieved ten years later .
13 The previous hat-trick was achieved 60 years ago by the 1st Btn .
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