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By compressing the loose skin, the polymer film improved the appearance of the eye bag to a level that had only been achieved before with invasive surgery.

A 2011 UN action plan set a target of 7% growth per year for least developed countries' economic growth over the subsequent decade but the Unctad report said the goal had only been achieved once, in 2012.

The MPs say that a reduction of 70,400 in the backlog had only been achieved by simply loading pending cases onto the computer and, in some categories, such as those applying for further leave to remain on the basis of marriage or civil partnership, the backlog had actually grown.

Not only that, but Vivo, Oppo and Xiaomi shipped over 1 million devices in the quarter, matching a feat that had only been achieved in India by one Chinese phone company before: Lenovo.

Rains: "When you have something at stake that was that big, something that had only been achieved five or six other times in history [a non-league team beating a top-flight side], you do anything to hold onto it.

Indestructible was released on June 3, 2008 in Compact Disc format, and also as two different limited edition and special edition digipaks, debuting at number-one on the Billboard 200, making it the third consecutive number-one debut by Disturbed on that chart, which had only been achieved by five other rock bands prior to the album's release.

Jonathan Jackson, head of equities at Killik & Co, called the results indifferent, saying: "Market expectations appear to have only been achieved as a result of the lower tax rate".

However, these levels have only been achieved by a few patients after extended periods of training in a controlled setting and to date no CLIS patient has ever satisfactorily demonstrated control of a brain signal.

Unsustainable growth has only been achieved by pumping up housing credit, while stagnating private investment and austerity have generated a productivity crisis and an epidemic of low-paid, insecure jobs.

The home secretary's drive to ensure that full passport checks are carried out at Britain's borders has only been achieved at the expense of less rigorous screening for illegal migrants and fewer seizures of some types of drugs and weapons, says Whitehall's spending watchdog.

That has only been achieved by a command-and-control approach to running the service.