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The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement.
1979 August, Graham Burtenshaw, Michael S. Welch, “O.V.S. Bulleid's SR loco-hauled coaches - 1”, in Railway World, page 397:
As to the type of seat preferred, the views were so varied that it was considered wisely that the ideal design was beyond achievement!
Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work. The achievement will transform neuroscience and serve as the starting point for asking questions we could not otherwise have answered, […].
a.1677, Isaac Barrow, edited by Abraham Hill and James Hamilton, The Works of Isaac Barrow, published 1845, Sermon xxxiv, Of Being Imitators of Christ, page 397:
[The exploits] of the ancient saints ; they do far surpass the most famous achievements of pagan heroes.
[…]the English genius was effecting in science a revolution which will, to the end of time, be reckoned among the highest achievements of the human intellect.
1997, Robert van Valin, Randy LaPolla, Syntax, page 92:
[…]distinctions among states of affairs are reflected to a striking degree in distinctions among Aktionsart types. That is, situations are expressed by state verbs or predicates, events by achievement verbs or predicates, and actions by activity verbs or predicates.
(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.
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