1.  Against all odds, the film managed to achieve a sense of lighthearted comedy.

2.  But as far as achieving the sense of a haunting concert of voices, this production falls way short.

3.  His greatest challenge, he says, was not adjusting to a non-musical role, but achieving a sense of ultra-realism.

4.  His greatest challenge, he says, was not adjusting to a nonmusical venue, but achieving a sense of ultra-realism.

5.  If you are an ambitious cook, you can also satisfy your palate and achieve a sense of accomplishment by completing any of the recipes in this book.

6.  In her own life, Field admits, she has not completed her struggle to achieve a sense of empowerment.

7.  In order to achieve this sense of order and control, Crosby goes on, Gladstone tended to rely upon two types of coping mechanisms.

8.  Mapplethorpe was much more able to achieve a sense of balance in his art.

9.  They did not come here to achieve a sense of majesty, because that has already been done.

10.  Elian has been joined in Maryland by four classmates, who have helped him achieve a sense of normalcy after almost five months in Miami, Ponce said.