Sentence examples for had achieved only from inspiring English sources

In the west the Mahdist armies had achieved only an unstable occupation of Darfur.

Alcoa and other leading companies had been working for years to increase aluminum recycling rates but had achieved only incremental improvements.

Recently, while telling me that he was convinced that Square had achieved only "one per cent" of its potential, he paused.

So if the other Europeans were to decide to make some concessions to help him out, it would be perfectly apparent to his backbenches and the Eurosceptic press that he had achieved only a few cosmetic changes.

The people of Korengal didn't want them; the insurgency appeared to have arrived in strength only after the Americans did, and the battle between the two forces had achieved only a bloody stalemate.

But he had a terrible temper, a tendency to escalate rather than to defuse confrontations, and, by the time he was released, just before turning eighteen, he had achieved only a ninth-grade education.

The American-led offensive in Marja in southern Afghanistan has achieved only limited gains.

The use of exogenous electrical stimulation to promote nerve regeneration has achieved only limited success.

Until now scientists have achieved only limited results in cloning animals, though the procedure is common in plant breeding.

Seven rounds of talks have achieved only incremental progress toward a political deal, with negotiations deadlocked over Assad's fate.

Having achieved only moderate success so far has forced them to question everything about themselves, Macpherson says.