Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] achieving " in BNC.
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| 1 | Langbaurgh council decided to take no action in view of a likely cost of £7,000-plus possible difficulty in achieving a compulsory purchase order . |
| 2 | The fundamental administrative problem has been the perennial difficulty in achieving a co-ordinated response to the problems facing the inner-urban cores . |
| 3 | That is why , wrote Harsnet , I have been preparing myself for that moment for a long time , that is why I have cleared the decks and prepared the ground , because unless the decks are cleared and the g round prepared there is little hope of succeeding in what one has planned to do , little hope of achieving anything of lasting value , though lasting is a relative term and so is value and whatever it is one has planned to do is certain to be altered in the process , which does not of course mean , he wrote , that one can start anywhere at any time . |
| 4 | He saw little hope of achieving this by gradual measures or appeals to newly established unity . |
| 5 | task management : almost total concentration on achieving results . |
| 6 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 7 | ‘ Line functions are those which have direct responsibility for achieving the objectives of the company . |
| 8 | Some negotiating with achieving some compromise at the end of the day . |
| 9 | He , then the most powerful and feared man in western Europe , was being pressured by someone who was the less-than-firmly-established leader of one of the poorest , weakest states in Europe ; who considered Nationalist Spain had done the Axis a great favour in beating communism in the Civil War ; who appeared to have forgotten the extent of German aid in achieving that victory ; who offered to contribute next to nothing to the German war effort ; and who , to crown everything , expected to receive military supplies and territory in return , at best , for vague promises . |
| 10 | It is doubtful , however , whether the changes implemented to date constitute an adequate boost towards achieving a continuous increase in marketed surpluses . |
| 11 | It left the Labour hierarchy acknowledging frankly that the long-running dispute had ended in stalemate , and with no clear plan for achieving a generally acceptable constitutional formula . |
| 12 | I think we also need to recognise that there has also been a er , high level of er , commitment from er , officers employed by this council to achieving the changes that we have asked in terms of financial management , now I 'm not going to pretend for a moment that er , we 've gone all the way there yet . |
| 13 | Boro were seen more as an attacking force in this half without achieving a breakthrough . |
| 14 | The project team will not publish forecasts ( although the model could be used to do so ) ; this will allow a clear focus on achieving the best academic standards . |
| 15 | Another device for achieving the result contended for by Lord Finlay might be agency : that is that the allies ( agents ) were acting on behalf of Poland ( principal ) which would subsequently be entitled to claim the benefits of the treaty . |
| 16 | Syrian television reported that Assad , in his reply , said that he considered Bush 's proposals as " positive and balanced " and as " constituting an acceptable basis for achieving a comprehensive solution and a peace process in the region " . |
| 17 | Using the two together is an effective and calm method of achieving behaviour control . |
| 18 | The Council continues to give a high priority to achieving equity in Scottish rate burdens . |
| 19 | The military involvement of England in continental war meant an unusually high concern for achieving and maintaining some measure of control of the sea . |
| 20 | But this account of achieving grace by the easy means of a self-chosen deprivation did nothing to mitigate the deeper shame ; some original wrong had been done and at home this was known . |
| 21 | A Swedish study went some way towards achieving this aim by using soldier ‘ volunteers ’ and keeping them awake for about 72 hours in a constant environment . |
| 22 | McClellan goes some way towards achieving this with his ‘ mean issue per book ratio ’ . |
| 23 | Improvements in the overall forestry infrastructure , involving inventory acquisition through to logging , would at least go some way towards achieving better resource use . |
| 24 | Through a series of reforms , most notably the retiring on full pay of some 8,000 officers , Azaña went some way towards achieving the first of these goals . |
| 25 | For example , the Patents Act 1977 went some way towards achieving compatibility , and the consolidation of moral rights in copyright law , which is a traditional European concept , reinforces the move towards European trading unity . |
| 26 | Blunt ( 1989 ) has argued that all organizations have to find some way of achieving solutions to perennial problems . |
| 27 | Another way of achieving this situation is by use of the ‘ idle up ’ switch on your transmitter . |
| 28 | Another way of achieving this would fall short of a recognised qualification or certificate but could amount to the giving of credits for completion of parts of a training course . |
| 29 | There is another way of achieving the same ends but with your favourite programs as opposed to those from a single publisher , and that involves the use of a ‘ manager ’ such as Caxton 's Memory Shift which lets , say , Wordstar , dBase and Multiplan , all co-exist in RAM . |
| 30 | Additionally , as the border can edge a plain and inexpensive material , it can be an economical way of achieving a rich and interesting look . |