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Accomplishment in sentence

153 examples of Accomplishment in a sentence

Simply agreeing to an agenda for follow-up meetings would be an accomplishment.
In all, it is estimated that more than 70 million people died in the “New China” Mao and the present Communist Party leaders so proudly proclaim as their accomplishment.
This is a priceless accomplishment for a country that had underachieved on so many fronts for so many years, in the process losing its self-confidence, failing to meet its considerable economic and social potential, and falling in international development rankings.
To an amazing extent, he reached out to experts in many areas, choosing professionals of impeccable reputations for probity and accomplishment, rather than politicians eager for patronage.
I finally made up for that omission when I was in my fifties – too old ever to become good at it, but young enough for surfing to give me a decade of fun and a sense of accomplishment.
In that respect, surfing is closer to hiking, mountaineering, or skiing than to tennis or football: The aesthetic experience of being in a beautiful natural environment is an important part of the activity’s attractiveness; there is satisfaction to be found in the sense of accomplishment; and there is vigorous physical exercise without the monotony of running on a treadmill or swimming laps.
Otherwise, they will have no major accomplishment to show for an entire year during which they have controlled the legislative and executive branches of government.
Peru's accomplishment has global significance in the fight against groups that rely on terror to seize and control territory.
Indeed, if they are successful in bringing about some sort of rapprochement, or even if they only manage to ease the crisis somewhat, their accomplishment will be significant.
These publishers, presidents, and micro-entrepreneurs all have track records of accomplishment.
Moreover, a single negotiation platform has been established, and a 2015 deadline for concluding a new agreement has been set – a much more significant accomplishment than most commentators or governments have recognized.
But the transition from a “goal” to a “target,” combined with steep declines in AIDS-related deaths, has lulled us into a false sense of accomplishment.
In a recent personal interview in his Frankfurt office, I asked Duisenberg what had been his single most important accomplishment in office.
But it was no single accomplishment that made Duisenberg's term in office a success.
But it would be best for all to pause a moment, contemplate T3 in Beijing, consider what it represents, and reflect on what an accomplishment the quick completion of such an iconic structure is for an emerging country like China.
It is a policy that has had success in Japan, where a weaker yen is the only real accomplishment of Abenomics, and in Europe, where a weaker euro is helping to stave off recession.
This is an accomplishment well worth celebrating; but we must also bear in mind that with increased longevity come significant long-term economic consequences – and that many societies are aging at a record speed.
Paradoxically, North Korea’s Kim Jung-un, a leader apparently undistinguished by any accomplishment or sign of wisdom, could catalyze a new start in US-Chinese relations.
This astounding accomplishment has played a key role in leading various national and international governments and organizations, including the WHO, Rotary International, and the Gates Foundation, to mount efforts to eradicate many other infectious diseases, such as measles, malaria, and polio.
And the government and international health officials have agreed on a plan to stop polio transmission in Pakistan completely by the end of 2014 – a historic accomplishment that would be a huge source of national pride.
But, though rotavirus vaccines have been rolled out in 79 countries – a significant accomplishment – a staggering 74% of the world’s infants remain unlikely to be inoculated this year.
No one can visit Iraq and talk to Iraqis without coming away with the sense that ridding the world of Saddam Hussein was an important – even noble – accomplishment.
A third significant accomplishment of Obama’s first year has been to reframe the issue of nuclear non-proliferation, which many experts regarded as being in crisis at the end of the Bush era.
The story of how we became who we are needs to accommodate our sense of tribal solidarity and accomplishment.
Perhaps the greatest accomplishment of capitalism was in transforming the workplace from one of routine, and thus boredom, into one of change, mental stimulus, challenge, problem solving, exploration, and sometimes discovery.
And yet in this gathering storm it was hard to find a single real accomplishment by the world’s leaders.
Barack Obama’s next three years in office (or seven, if he is re-elected in 2012) will likely be characterized as much by frustration as by accomplishment.
Unfortunately for us in the West, Second Wave feminism was articulated by ambitious, highly educated women who went to elite colleges and viewed professional accomplishment as the apex of overall accomplishment.
But if, against all expectations, Obama succeeds, his accomplishment will be historic.
This is an accomplishment considering that Russia never had historical experience with any sort of democracy or market system.
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