Sentence examples for for achieving what from inspiring English sources

But laws and social rules cannot be made for exceptions: they are imperfect tools for achieving what is in general best.

Appearing as a fifty-foot hologram projected on the side of Quicken Loans Arena, James seemed on the verge of tears several times as he praised the city for achieving what he called "a goal no words can describe".

Lawrence Stone, a historian of marriage, suggests -- rather jocularly, you can't help thinking -- that today's rising divorce rates are just a modern technique for achieving what was once taken care of far more efficiently by early mortality.

Mike Gee, a resident campaigning to reopen Friern Barnet library, backs the squatters for achieving what residents, 7,000 of whom have signed a petition protesting about the closure, have so far failed to do.

After the group's guerrilla war forced Israel to end its eighteen-year occupation of southern Lebanon, in May of 2000, Hezbollah was hailed throughout the Muslim world for achieving what no Arab army had done before: forcing Israel to relinquish land without a peace agreement.

Congratulations then to Spielberg for achieving what was clearly a very testing film technically with such clarity and panache, to Richard Zanuck and David Brown, the producers, for not giving up when it looked as if they ought to, and to Verna Fields, the editor, who seems to me to have helped them make nearly all the right decisions on the final cut.

Do Not Accept Excuses: We must neither accept excuses, nor provide excuses, for not achieving what we seek or for falling short.

That finest of all critics, John Updike, said once, of reviewing authors, "Do not blame him for not achieving what he did not attempt".

Try to understand what the author wished to do, and do not blame him for not achieving what he did not attempt.

"We got the third position we were aiming for and achieved what we wanted there, and we finished with a trophy.

They will actually pay reparations for failure to achieve what they were meant to achieve.