Sentence examples for bested only by from inspiring English sources

With three entries each, they are equalled by Philip Larkin, and bested only by WH Auden, with five.

Mr. Meyer recorded annual returns of 15.9percentt on average over 15 years, bested only by Yale University.

It was the second most popular show in the museum's history, bested only by the cutouts of Matisse.

When it closed in 1995, it was the second-longest-running Off Broadway show (bested only by "The Fantasticks"), with 3,672 performances.

Even so, he took second place in the event — bested only by Jenkins, who did seven lifts — and was now within striking distance of the over-all lead.

For years, Harvard's endowment, the nation's largest university endowment, seemed to defy gravity as it posted sterling gains, bested only by Yale's endowment.

Since that list of five arts is somewhat arbitrary, and since even those five do not share a single common nature, but rather are united, at best, only by several overlapping features, and since the number of art forms has increased since the eighteenth century, Kristeller's work may be taken to suggest that our concept of art differs from that of the eighteenth century.

These record breaking attendances saw The Dark Knight end its run as the second-highest domestic grossing film (at the time) with $533 million, bested then only by Titanic.

The 49ers also passed 644 times, a number bested by only the Colts and Saints last year.

We had two possibilities, but both of them are, at best, only "guilt by association with family members" scandals, which don't really qualify.

Tonight, Thompson set an American record in winning the 100-meter freestyle in 54.07 seconds, a time bested this year only by the world record of 53.80 set in May by Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands.