Sentence examples for was generally successful from inspiring English sources

"The provision was generally successful in prompting the repatriation of vast sums of foreign profits," wrote Joseph Calianno, a tax partner at Grant Thornton, in a recent analysis of the data.

The most expensive musical produced to that time, Oklahoma! was a departure from Zinnemann's usual fare, but he was well served by leads Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones, and the film was generally successful with audiences and critics alike.

The identification of the flexible foundation parameters was generally successful, with measured and estimated parameters matching very closely in most cases.

While the proposed model was generally successful at predicting outcomes, it did a better job of accounting for the experience of participants who played a role rooted in their own culture (the journalist) than in a different culture (the survivor), and for female than male players.

The song was generally successful elsewhere.

He was generally successful and recruited a 50-man force.

Although pancreatic substitutes are generally successful at correcting hyperglycemia in small diabetic animal models, success with large animals, especially non-human primates, is infrequent and difficult to reproduce.

Research by Kevin O'Rourke, then of Trinity College Dublin, suggests that protectionist economic policies like Bismarck's were generally successful.

Or you might observe that Verma's adaptation is "close enough to be familiar and is generally successful," as Ian Shuttleworth of the Financial Times does.

His development projects were generally successful, but his skill at financial management was not enough, and Greece could not pay the large debts left by the Dhiliyiánnis government.

To minimize online distractions, I keep away from the classic time sucks (Twitter, e-mail, chat, aimless Wikipedia surfing), and I'm generally successful at that.