Example sentences of "achieved only a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Labour — while winning a net 39 seats — achieved only a 2.1 per cent swing , well short of the eight per cent needed to achieve outright victory . |
| 2 | The season 's highlight was a new opera by the inexperienced Mattia Vento , who later achieved only a modest reputation for a pleasant melodic gift . |
| 3 | Indeed , had they been defending British farmers , particularly , those producing lamb , they would have achieved only a load of jelly — and red at that . |
| 4 | Although the new tax became operational from Jan. 1 , 1991 , most commentators agreed that the federal government had achieved only a pyhrric victory . |
| 5 | Despite the overall improvement in both groups , one patient on elemental diet and two on prednisolone achieved only a partial remission at four weeks . |