Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] achieved [be] " in BNC.

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1 But their view on how this should be achieved was quite different : correction was to be an applied science whose goal , where feasible , was to be the rehabilitation of individual offenders ( where it was not feasible , segregation or elimination , for the protection of society , was to suffice ) .
2 However hard he strove , his destiny was fixed at birth by his parents ' position , and such limited social mobility as might be achieved was rationalized ( and thus concealed ) in the language of kinship .
3 Until recently , the only means by which this could be achieved was by manual entry , involving many hours of repetitious labour .
4 His attempts failed , and he came to the conclusion that the best that could be achieved was to specify , so far as one could , which observation statements were implied by which non-observation statements ( see the preface to Carnap , 1967 , and Quine , 1969 , p. 77 ) .
5 ‘ I first investigated the possibility of studying for an occupational health certificate in 1975 , but at that time the only way that this could be achieved was by full-time studying and I could n't do that because of family commitments .
6 The socialists maintained , with some justification , that the only way in which real grandeur could be achieved was through long-term economic modernization .
7 However , their views on the way in which this could be achieved were quite different .
8 One vivid account of the means by which this may be achieved is set out in Ancrene Wisse , an early Middle English text written originally for particular sisters in the late twelfth century who wanted to live as recluses dedicated to God but later adopted more widely in other such communities .
9 Some of the ways in which this may be achieved are shown in table 7.1 .
10 Some of the ways in which this can be achieved are described in the discussion which follows of preventing accidents in the home ; at work ; at play ; and while travelling .
11 Better support for carers is an essential ingredient of good community care and we want to ensure that practical examples of how this can be achieved are well publicised so that others can emulate them .
12 Unless the both the page printer and the page makeup software support a page description language such as PostScript or DDL the results that can be achieved are limited .
13 Under Venezuela 's five year plan for 1984–1989 the profile of debt payments allows for annual growth of 2.5 — 5.5% but whether this can be achieved is highly dependent on oil prices and quotas since oil accounts for over 90% of exports .
14 The extent to which subject coverage on the shelves can be achieved is a matter of library policy , funding , the amount of shelf space available , and the efficiency of interlending systems to which the authority has recourse .
15 Whether this can be achieved is debatable because management schemes implemented to date have not been uniformly successful due to the tremendous variation in ecology and terrain .
16 Returning to the problem of Table 10.1 , we have seen that the best value that can be achieved is 1 .
17 ( The reader keen to see how this can be achieved is referred , for instance , to [ 48 ] , [ 50 ] . )
18 The best that can be achieved is 95 — 98 per cent packing if keys are small and no overflow is expected .
19 A good example of what can be achieved is Susanna Wade-Martin 's research on the Holkham estate in Norfolk .
20 One way in which these objectives can be achieved is by improving communication between members of staff .
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