Sentence examples for about attained from inspiring English sources

The Kosovo intervention just about attained its objectives, though this new nation-state is nowhere near being able to stand on its own two feet.

(da Fonseca-Wollheim) ★ Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (Saturday) The dynamic violinist Anne Akiko Meyers is the soloist with this conductorless ensemble in Barber's Violin Concerto, a vividly Neo-Romantic and exciting work that has just about attained the status of a repertory staple.

She cares about food, not about attaining the status of the post-Bourdain era's chef-as-caddish-rock-star.

For those thus rendered visible against their will, the dream of invisibility is not about attaining power but escaping it.

"I think it's going to be tough to keep it," Shiffrin said, about attaining the slalom points lead.

Despite the substantial advances documented in the UN enrollment report, the findings were pessimistic about attaining universal education by 2015.

For China's so-called netizens, the poaching of a prominent Western talent is as much about attaining global visibility and respect as it is about acquiring resources.

"With all the people I've worked with, it's about attaining a perfection," she said from the vantage point of 40 years in the theater.

In its own way, "The Pilgrim's Progress" is about attaining a similar state of religious bliss, but one motivated by simple faith and virtue.

"I mention the Cup when I first talk to the players because that is our quest, and our process is all about attaining that goal.

By now the Los Angeles Philharmonic's audiences are conditioned to the dynamism of this orchestra, which cares more about being connected to today than about attaining the highest standards in the playing of the core repertory.