Although Holmes succeeds in obtaining a photograph of the woman, Adler flees, making her one of two women ( along with three other men according to The Five Orange Pips ) to beat Holmes.

Although he succeeds, the bandits attack his post, overwhelming and killing some of the farmers.

Although the revolution succeeds in averting ecological disaster, the narrator decries the instincts of many of his fellow Loonies (" Rules, laws — always for other fellow ").

Although he nearly succeeds in performing the ' Darkopolypse Ritual ', which would give a group of demons the power to rule Earth for the next ten thousand years, his plan is foiled and he and his minions are arrested because he underestimated the Mystery Inc. team, inviting them all to the theme park where he was conducting the ritual after they broke up years before simply to make them witness his triumph when he only needed Scooby present, intending to use Scooby's ' pure ' soul to complete his ritual.

Although Rimmer ultimately succeeds in destroying the opposing army, his forces are completely wiped out when he uses most of them as a diversion and then has Kryten turn up the heating to melt all the droids.

Although Quatermass succeeds in launching a three-man crew, the rocket vastly overshoots its projected orbit and returns to Earth much later than planned, crash-landing in London.

Although Kadaj eventually succeeds, Cloud once again defeats Sephiroth, whose body changes back to Kadaj's upon his defeat.

Although Marcie repeatedly professes her dislike of sports, particularly baseball, she will occasionally take part in whatever sport Peppermint Patty is involved in at the time, though more often than not Marcie, upon showing her lack of athletic prowess and lack of knowledge of the game, usually only succeeds in frustrating Peppermint Patty.

Although Thanos obtains the artifact the Cosmic Cube and succeeds in taking control of the universe, Death abandons the character when he is defeated by the combined might of Captain Marvel ; Drax the Destroyer and the Avengers.

Although Theobald was certainly Pope's superior in the realm of criticism, The Dunciad shows Pope flexing his superior creative muscles, and succeeds in the sense that it is the chief reason Theobald is remembered.

Although Confederate resistance is high, especially from river gunboats modeled after the original USS Monitor, the US succeeds in establishing a bridgehead on the southern bank.

Although Wang succeeds in retrieving the money and giving it back, he is seriously injured in the fray, and subsequently dies.

Although she succeeds in gathering allies, they are still no match for Anansi's power.

Although the hero and heroine appear under different names, and the elf-king is replaced by a mermaid, the story is essentially the same: The youngest brother rides out to rescue his sister, and succeeds.

Although the two are initially uncooperative, Mitt does his best to convince them that he is a rough, tough freedom fighter who will shoot them if he gets the chance ; he partially succeeds, and Hildy and Ynen agree to take him North, if only because he has a gun, given to him by Hobin.

Although Hawkins finally succeeds in killing the militiamen, Graham is killed during the firefight.

Although Keran succeeds in doing so, Vangarath fails and gets killed by Alric and Dragga.

Although Keran succeeds in doing so, Vangarath fails and gets killed by Alric and Dragga.

Although the existing slaves were forced to continue their servitude, the Royal Navy patrolled the Atlantic, capturing slave ships, and freeing slave cargoes.

Although the Latins came close to capturing Ascalon, Godfrey's attempts to prevent Raymond of St. Gilles from securing the city for himself meant that the town remained in Muslim hands, destined to be a thorn in the new kingdom's side for years to come.

Although parodied in later years, the band is now recognised as a pioneering act, capturing the zeitgeist of their time, particularly with the brilliant guitar work of Paul Reynolds and multi-layered hits such as " Space Age Love Song ", Telecommunication and Modern Love is Automatic.

Although Buffy and Andrew are unsuccessful at capturing or killing Simone, Buffy reminds Andrew that he is " part of the family " and so forgives him for his mistakes.

Although Ney was criticized for not capturing Quatre Bras early, there is still debate as to what time Napoleon actually ordered Ney to capture Quatre Bras.

Although the Silver Stars had the best record in the league in 2008, Detroit managed to sweep San Antonio, capturing their 3rd championship in franchise history.

Although the Bulgarian Army succeeded in capturing Edirne ( with the help of the Serbian Army ), Tsar Ferdinand's ambition in crowning himself an Emperor in Constantinople proved also unrealistic when the Bulgarian Army failed to capture the city in the battle of Çatalca.

Although Delta Force's mission was a failure in capturing Mohammed Omar, the Rangers had captured a vital strategic airstrip.

Although the camera was capable of ' capturing ' motion, it wasn't a complete success because each lens photographed the subject from a slightly different viewpoint and thus the projected image jumped about.

Although the raiders were initially successful in cutting the telegraph line and capturing the armory, they allowed a passing train to continue on to Washington, D. C., where the authorities were alerted to the attack.

Although Dave Wittman's engineering was capturing the exact sound O ' Neill was hearing in his head, O ' Neill was having trouble with it because many of his melodies were between two to three octaves.

Although Task Force Ranger's few missions were successes, the overall outcome of Operation Gothic Serpent was deemed a failure because of the Task Force's failure to complete their stated mission, capturing Mohamed Farrah Aidid.

Although the details of capturing images are complex ( e. g., the oddities of various copy protection technologies applied to removable media ), image formats have proliferated beyond reason-mainly because producers of image-creating software often like to create a new format with touted properties in order to bolster market share.

Although Yunfa was victorious and dan Fodio lost a number of men, the battle did not diminish his force and he quickly responded by capturing the the village of Matankari which resulted in a major battle between the forces of Yunfa and those of dan Fodio: the battle of Tafkin Kwatto.

Although angling for longnose gars is not the dominant method of capturing them due to their tough, bony mouth, they will take live baits.

Although Batman fights on the side of justice, his methods and phenomenal track record for stopping crimes and capturing criminals embarrasses the police by comparison.

Although the Western Design failed in its primary objective of capturing the island of Hispaniola, as a first step toward the conquest of Central America, Jamaica remained an English colony despite the exiled king's promise to return it after the Restoration.

Although Chattar Singh twice succeeded in capturing the passes through the hills, he nevertheless failed to take advantage of this ( possibly because of dissension among his senior officers and continual harassment by pro-British irregulars ), and retreated into Hazara.

Although it ’ s a low-budget film, it does an effective job of capturing the problems of the younger generation of Cuban Americans who are torn between the desire to fit in and the pressure to uphold tradition.

Although they repelled the first attack on Speen, the Parliamentarian infantry rallied and stormed the village, capturing several cannon ( including some which the Royalists had captured at Lostwithiel ).

Although American patrols throughout April were generally successful in capturing several Spanish merchant vessels, Spanish navy ships repeatedly eluded American pursuers and delivered troops and supplies to Cuba.

Although severely wounded in the eye, Sergeant Mott made a rush for the gun and after a fierce struggle seized the gunner and took him prisoner, capturing the gun.

Although never capturing Price or the tattered remnants of his army, Federal forces did manage to render the Army of Missouri incapable of any future significant operations.

Although they were unsuccessful in capturing the wagons, they managed to take some 20 prisoners.

Although the corps failed to distract Lee as intended, Kilpatrick achieved fame by aggressively capturing wagons, burning bridges, and riding around Lee, almost to the outskirts of Richmond, Virginia.