Sentence examples for was some achievement from inspiring English sources

A fashion magazine once awarded him the title of one of the best dressed men in Britain, which was some achievement in the swinging London of the 1960s.

Being amateur wasn't so much about money as the amount of time they could devote to their sport, so it was some achievement.

Boxing Five medals, including three golds, was some achievement for GB's boxing team in London but watching form for 2016 will be tricky.

It was some achievement to fill all the seats yesterday given that the punters were witnessing a sporting contest that was not much more compelling than a county side playing against the Universities.

Local authorities tend to be cash-strapped and risk-averse, so when Helen Backus convinced her Buckinghamshire county council employers to fund something that had never been done, it was some achievement.

I am not referring to the successful flotation of China Construction Bank, though this in itself - the biggest international IPO this year, raising $8 billion for the bank and at a stroke making it one of the world's biggest financial institutions - was some achievement.

It is some achievement.

That is some achievement.

That, in fairness, is some achievement.

"It is some achievement," the Portuguese said.

That's some achievement when people are so blase about everything.