It's hard to imagine any other director matching his achievement in Tolkien country.

Matching the Government's economic achievement has been its attempts to change the way Britons collectively think about work.

Nations like India and Japan, while offering congratulations to China, are now racing to match its achievement of manned space flight.

The team stayed on the attack and matched Bayern's achievement with three consecutive titles of their own from 1975 to 1977.

Though they didn't match their phenomenal 1998 achievement of 114 victories, the Yankees cruised into their fifth successive post-season appearance.

Dylan cannot match Shakespeare's achievement in inventing several centuries of Western society by defining its complete emotional lexicon.

At the 1996 Summer Paralympics concentrating on the 400m and 800m he failed to match his previous achievement by winning a bronze in the 400m.

And they had a technological sophistication that matched their social achievement.

When she learned that her northern neighbors had collected more than 250 signatures for a greenmarket, she set out to match their achievement.

The women's team finished eighth out of ten competing teams, whilst the men, matching their achievement at 2004 Athens Games, won the bronze medal.