The phrase "achieved next to" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something was accomplished in close proximity to another achievement or event.
Example: "The team achieved next to the highest score in the competition, just behind the reigning champions."
Alternatives: "accomplished alongside" or "attained next to".
But with sensitivity to those who traveled a far more arduous journey, Williams had perspective on what she had achieved next to Gibson.
Every employee's performance is published on league tables outside the staff canteen – showing what percentage of their target they have achieved next to their name.
They still carried on regardless, however, and in the past nine months Stockport's Town Team Committee have achieved next to nothing.
Others who will probably disappear are the anonymous Welsh secretary, Cheryl Gillan, the leader of the house, Sir George Young, who like Clarke was included primarily for his experience, the environment secretary, Caroline Spelman, who has achieved next to nothing in nearly two and half years, and the chief whip, Patrick McLoughlin, who has failed in the basic task of preventing rebellions.
Aside from his Ivy League education, the young man has at this point achieved next to nothing.
Every Palestinian must remember that by clinging to the narrative of the past, they have achieved next to nothing.
Despite this, and his predeliction for fast sports cars and faster women, he achieves next to nothing.
Hilary Benn, chair of the exiting the European union committee, began by asking how, having spent the past 22 months achieving next to nothing, the government could be sure of reaching an agreement on Ireland in the next couple of months.
In that context, even if he achieves next to nothing, the spectacle of a president endlessly provoking the liberal establishment, speaking to the prejudices of his electoral base, and putting on the mother of all political shows, has an undeniable appeal – to the point that a second Trump term might be a more realistic prospect than many would like to think.
They complain that they have received very little in return.Mr Abbas is thus increasingly mocked by his own people for achieving next to nothing, while bowing to Israeli demands and suppressing opposition on the West Bank from those who argue for a more robust approach: "doing the Israelis' dirty work for them", as many Palestinians see it.
Aside from increasing liability for many legitimate tech companies, the problem with the pending Sopa and Pipa bills is that they might achieve next to nothing in stopping piracy.
