Sentence examples for has only exceeded from inspiring English sources

The temperature has only exceeded 100 degrees three times in the last hundred years.

For most of the last decade, the country's gross domestic product has grown by about 10%a year — by comparison, US GDP growth has only exceeded 3% twice since 2003 — and it's been business owners who've been able to take the most advantage of that rapid expansion.

"Normally we win between one and five medals and have only exceeded this once.

At the end of the second day of voting, Egypt's prime minister admitted the turnout had only exceeded 30% – leaving sceptics wondering how so many more voters could have participated on the third and final day.

It's also a figure that has only been exceeded four times before, in 1972, 2000, 2010 and 2011.

The release of radionuclides into the environment in the course of this accident has only been exceeded by the Chernobyl nuclear accident and the cumulative release from atmospheric nuclear explosions.

Adelaide Festival Chief Executive Karen Bryant said:  "The 2013 Festival has not only exceeded its box-office target, it has generated an increased level of economic impact for the state, proving its value as an annual event".

It has only ever been exceeded three times by an English side: the two complete mismatches against Bangladesh in 2005, and another pummelling of a poor West Indies in 2007.

One English batsman, Alistair Cook, 25, spent a total of 36 hours at the wicket in the five games, racking up a total of 776 runs that has only once been exceeded by an Englishman in Australia, in 1928-29.

Some 59.29% opposed the remuneration report, a rebellion that has only ever been exceeded by one at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in 2009 at the height of the banking crisis, when 80.1% voted against, and surpassing the 59% that voted against the £6.8m pay deal for Sir Martin Sorrell at his advertising company WPP in 2012.

Two months ago, however, in a wrongheaded decision, a Federal District Court judge ruled that the agency had not only exceeded its authority but resorted to "magical thinking" to justify its action.