The phrase "achieved against an" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing accomplishments or results that have been attained in relation to a specific standard, goal, or benchmark.
Example: "The project was deemed successful as it achieved against an ambitious timeline set by the stakeholders."
Alternatives: "attained in relation to" or "realized in comparison to".
Preconditioning describes the tolerance achieved against an intensively toxic insult by subjecting cells or tissue to a sublethal stress (Stetler et al., 2014).
However this strategy comes with its own challenges: it is not certain what degree of vaccine efficacy that can be achieved against an unknown future influenza strain, it may be difficult to achieve high levels of vaccination coverage, the pre-pandemic would need to be periodically renewed and re-administered.
Even more creditably this has been achieved against a backdrop of Scunthorpe playing good passing football.
This success was achieved against a backdrop of escalating management concerns and legal problems.
All this was achieved against a background of a global economic crisis, confrontation with Stalin's Russia and a renewed outbreak of war in Korea.
This increase has been achieved against a background of declining resources which have required a thoroughgoing restructuring of the armed forces and recall of peacekeeping troops in Kosovo and Lebanon.
He also paid little notice to the fact the win was achieved against a de-mob happy outfit in a dead match.
Not the least remarkable aspect of Italy's success is that it was achieved against a background of spectacular footballing strife back home.
That figure was short of the target of US$160bn, but it was achieved against a backdrop of several difficulties for exporters.
Global said it has now managed four consecutive years of profit growth "achieved against a background of continuing uncertainty in the major economies around the world as to when a sustained recovery will take place".
Mayfield, whose most recently disclosed salary was £825,000, said: "These results have been achieved against a market that remains subdued, but we believe the market is stabilising and there are some opportunities out there".
