His disastrous final battle overshadowed his prior achievements.

In Education and the University (1943), Leavis argued that 'there is a prior cultural achievement of language; language is not a detachable instrument of thought and communication.

For Joe Biden, the public might have weighed widely known prior achievement against the disclosures of plagiarism.

There was disappointment, too, in the 5,000m, where his time of 16:54.95 was by far the slowest in his heat, and significantly below his prior achievements.

The school scrutinises pupils' prior achievements, via school reports and educational records.

It takes nothing from the prior achievements of President F. W. de Klerk to say that he has responded limply to the spiraling violence in South Africa's black townships.

Although these models controlled for student demographics and, whenever possible, prior achievement, one limitation of this model is the potential selection bias of participants who received more services.

"We are capable of far more than our prior achievements would indicate," she said.

Selective admission is based on prior academic achievement, standardized test scores, a writing sample, and a personal interview.

It becomes clear that your prior achievements were no result of luck.