Sentence examples for he almost achieved it from inspiring English sources

Describes how he almost achieved it in a series of elections; he lost a first vote to Thatcher, but she fell four short of a 15% margin of majority, so a second election was declared.

Bjoergen almost achieved it.

This movement almost achieved its goal in 1994 when President Bill Clinton met with President Fidel Ramos.

Having almost achieved its main goal, UKIP is on the brink of being captured by the anti-Islam street activists rallying around Waters, and rupturing, as the bulk of its remaining elected representatives quit the party in protest.

Jordan has almost achieved its target of universal access to primary education - with 97% of children in school - and maintained gender parity in education since 1979.

By cranking up the action and adding a cast of magnetic, capable actors -- the Bruckheimer treatment -- he almost achieves alchemy.

Mussina was reminded that he had almost achieved something extraordinary in his previous start, and he sarcastically responded, "I almost did something extraordinary".

Over the last 33 years, he has almost achieved the status of national treasure, but Sewell never succumbed to the temptation to be loveable.

When that had been (almost) achieved, he turned his attention to jails.

The game targets 60 fps (frames per second) but almost never achieves it no matter which console you play on.

The officer, Gen. Sher Muhammad Zazai, the Afghan Army's top commander in the Marja campaign, said the operation's military goals were "almost achieved," and he promised residents that the Taliban would no longer pose a threat to the area.