Example sentences of "[conj] succeed [prep] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With increasing age , strength , and experience , most of them probably inherit a vacated range , take one over , or succeed in establishing a new community where younger females are setting up new ranges . |
| 2 | He walked towards her then , nonchalantly , but with a determined gleam in his eyes that succeeded in halting the flow of complaint from Robyn 's lips . |
| 3 | His emissary , Menshikov , spent two and a half months at the Turkish capital and succeeded in reversing the Turks ' decision on the Holy Places . |
| 4 | The signs are that some people there were more sophisticated and succeeded in bilking the revenue . |
| 5 | A group of aid agencies and churches have banded together and succeeded in getting the cooperation of the rebels and the government in the long running civil war . |
| 6 | Ernest Marples became Minister of Transport and succeeded in establishing a new level of priority for road and transport matters . |
| 7 | The Byzantines struggled to reassert their authority and succeeded in subduing the eastern half of Simeon 's former realm , but the western half passed to the control of a Macedonian empire under Samuilo ( Samuel ) ( 976–1014 ) . |
| 8 | However , the tobacco industry mounted a protest against this move and succeeded in bringing the increase in taxation down to only 100% . |
| 9 | They then returned to Cherbourg and succeeded in entering the Harbour and dropping the torpedo , but the aircraft was hit and crashed at Bourbourg at 23.30 hrs . |
| 10 | Not only did he own Werner Lines , a worldwide shipping empire with more than vessels in commission , but he had also branched out into the freight industry over the past four years and succeeded in cornering an important section of its competitive market by buying out a succession of small , struggling companies and amalgamating them under an experienced board of directors answerable only to him . |
| 11 | One other man , a Henry W. Harris , a railway official , went to his rescue , and succeeded in reaching the drowning swimmer , but got into difficulties himself and could not bring the other to the shore . |
| 12 | The Tramroad Company was acquired by Blackpool under the terms of the Blackpool Improvement Act of 1919 , which was opposed by the then — Fleetwood U.D.C. Fleetwood resented Blackpool 's ownership of the track within its area , and succeeded in winning the right to purchase the tramway after twenty-one years . |
| 13 | Thousands of Latin American Indians and their supporters staged demonstrations on Oct. 12 across a range of Latin American countries from Mexico to Chile , and succeeded in turning the 500th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas from a celebration to a reflection of the current plight of the 40,000,000-strong indigenous population . |
| 14 | Lately Ohly excavated further and also removed Thorwaldsen 's restorations ; and succeeded in arranging the surviving remains in what must be very close indeed to the original scheme : a revelation . |
| 15 | The Social Secretary was encouraged by fellow members of the preservation group to obtain sponsorship for the group 's funds and succeeded in raising an amount which , when all payments are collected , should exceed £40 . |
| 16 | They worked harmoniously together , and succeeded in preserving the company 's independence during the remainder of the ‘ merger boom ’ years . |
| 17 | Eventually she came to Byblos and succeeded in having the palace column removed and thus was able to retrieve the casket and take it back to Egypt , where she hid it in the marshes of the Delta . |
| 18 | Mellanby arrived in time to be heard , and succeeded in changing the decision so that Florey was appointed . |
| 19 | But if the monster parents do not act monstrously and succeed in containing the passion , the children are reassured . |
| 20 | The ideal environment has come to be seen as one which offers continual opportunities to maximise learning , and succeeds in engaging the attention and motivation of the individual for as near to 100 per cent of his/her time as possible . |
| 21 | The foreign wife , known for her outrageous kaftans and kimonos , tries to conform and succeeds in embarrassing the General 's lady . |
| 22 | He opened a bottle inexpertly , spilt a quantity , but succeeded in filling a couple of glasses . |
| 23 | Another salesman may communicate imperfectly but succeed in making a sale because one of the triggers used was sufficient to motivate the purchase . |