The phrase "achieve only the" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing limitations or specific outcomes that are being targeted or reached.
Example: "If we continue on this path, we will achieve only the bare minimum required for the project."
Alternatives: "attain just the" or "reach merely the".
Stojko, himself a defending world champ going into the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, could achieve only the silver medal.
But if her fund-raising efforts fall short of her goal, she could achieve only the capability to digitally transmit the PBS national signal.
In practice, the whole emphasis of the levels, components and modules provided by the grammar is designed to achieve only the first of the two objectives.
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Swift (1667-1745) distinguishimselfself as novelist, essayist, poet, satirist, epistolarian and political pamphleteer, failing to achieve only the two things he most desired: permanent residence in England versus hated Ireland, and a bishopric.
During the first cycle, 35.1% of patients achieved both goals (dual-goal achievers), whereas 21.6% achieved only the LDL-C goal (LDL-C achievers), 24.6% achieved only the HbA1c goal (HbA1c achievers), and 18.6% did not achieve either goal (no-goal achievers) (Table 1).
Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
1973 A Russian mission to fly by and land on Mars achieves only the former as the probe flies straight past the planet.
(That said, there are plenty of people in Brussels who think Mr Santer personally has achieved only the first of his slogan's stated aims).
President Raúl Castro dismissed President Obama's changes in policy toward Cuba as "achieving only the minimum," and said Wednesday that it was up to the United States — not Cuba — to do more to improve relations.
