Sentence examples for but achieved only from inspiring English sources

For decades the European Union tried changing its institutions, but achieved only unsatisfying political compromises and modest, incremental treaty revisions.

During the past month, it mounted a major offensive in western Anbar Province but achieved only modest gains.

The government had aimed to redistribute 30% of land from white to black people by this year but achieved only 8%.

Deutsche Bank A.G., which has spent billions of dollars over the last few years to build up a global investment banking business but achieved only mixed results, sent its clearest signals yet today that it was scaling back its ambitions.

MAS was set up in 2010 to improve people's money management skills and spent more than £100m on marketing and advertising, but "achieved only a 5%to10%0% brand recognition," stated the document.

The bishoprics of Regensburg, Passau, and Salzburg, all in East Frankish lands (the first two now in Germany and the third now in Austria), competed in trying to convert the central European Slavs but achieved only limited success.

Mr. Black, all teetering platforms, corset and fabulosity, tries hard for outrageousness but achieves only outlandishness.

The film grasps for credibility with scenes of a support group (featuring some real veterans) and cryptic voice-overs that strive for profundity but achieve only pretentiousness.

Figure 1 shows a diagram of a heated humidifier that operates at 50°C to achieve an AH of 84 mg/L at the side of the humidifier but achieves only an AH of 44 mg/L due to significant condensate in the tubing [ 17].

Note that since DQ2.5-zygosity within the DQ2.5+ individuals is limited to heterozygous (one risk allele) and homozygous (two risk alleles), the main point of interest for the curve is the one indicating heterozygotes, leading to approximately 3.5 1 incorrect implications but achieving only 20%% sensitivity.

But they achieved only mixed results.