Example sentences of "have reached the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 you do not feel the solicitor has reached the heart of the problem .
2 But they could be seriously jeopardised by the Zambian and Zimbabwean proposal because there is no adequate system for marking skins , and once a pelt has reached the fur markets of Frankfurt , London or New York there is no realistic way of knowing where it came from .
3 Figure 3 a shows the consequent symmetrical pattern 30 time-steps later , and Fig. 3 b , c and d shows three successive patterns at t= 217 , 219 and 221 after the pattern has reached the boundary ( which happens at t= 49 ) .
4 If , simultaneously , the short-term frequency increases , but the numbers of citations per paper decreases , then the research group has reached the subject 's saturation limit , and consideration should be given to levelling-off or reducing funding for these projects .
5 An object close to the camera , with a very short out-and-return light-path from flash to film , will be imaged while the sound-pulse is still at the back of the emulsion but by the time light from an object 15 metres away has reached the film , the sound-pulse will have reached its front face .
6 The boiler off GWR Pannier tank 7754 has reached the testing stages and it could soon be re-united with the restored frame and wheelsets at Llangollen workshop .
7 Now rugby union 's cup … the Pilkington has reached the quarter final stage … here 's the draw … tough one for Gloucester …
8 So far no case has reached the reports where there has been difficulty because of the death , retirement or other incapacity of an expert after appointment .
9 Alain , totally absorbed in his own troubles , has reached the belvedere .
10 It has reached the viewers and , perhaps more importantly , its success has guaranteed its subscribers , the ITV companies , more than enough revenue to match their subscriptions to the service .
11 The guru or the spiritual director will have to tell the novice when he has reached the limits of his ability .
12 After two and a half months , very little outside aid has reached the refugees in southern Iran .
13 It will , however , always be difficult … all we have said about organisation level validation applies to evaluation : it is hard to see how we can evaluate training unless our validation has reached the organisation level … ‘
14 ‘ The hand of betrayal and treason has reached the martyr President Rene Muawad , ’ the official Syrian news agency , Sana , said .
15 ‘ The workload of doctors by day has reached the level where they are pushed to the limits at night .
16 I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition .
17 Once a case has reached the magistrates ' court , responsibility for granting or refusing bail becomes a matter for the court itself , but only after hearing representations from the Crown Prosecution Service if the latter decides to oppose a bail application .
18 When periods finally stop , she has reached the change of life menopause .
19 But of all of these , Integrated Pollution Control is the only significant measure aimed at preventing pollution at source rather than dealing with it once it has reached the environment .
20 The University guarantees a place in University Halls , Student Houses or flats to all new first year undergraduates who live outwith the boundary of the City of Edinburgh , provided that their application form has reached the Student Accommodation Service by 1st September and that UCAS has confirmed their academic place at the University of Edinburgh as UF by the same date .
21 The quotas cover 39 species ; the National Marine Fisheries Service can halt fishing if it finds the catch has reached the quota for the first six months of the year .
22 ‘ I think Neil Kinnock will probably stand down quite soon , ’ said Mr George Galloway , MP for Glasgow Hillhead : ‘ He has reached the summit of where he can take the British Labour Party . ’
23 My know-how has reached the summit of effort , and surpassed it .
24 The period which elapses until a product at the limit of the release specification at the time of manufacture , changes until it has reached the limit of the check specification , is the minimum shelf-life ; the product which is close to the nominal value at the time of manufacture will continue to comply with the check specification for longer than this .
25 Seles , who has reached the final in 13 of 14 tournaments she has played this year , now faces the winner of the match between America 's Mary Joe Fernandez and Jana Novotna of Czechoslovakia .
26 The morning round was a matchplay between Simon Ness , financial controller at Kirkby and branch manager of Pest Control Glasgow South , John Gordon [ this is the second year that John has reached the final . ]
27 The invention has so impressed the judges of the Toshiba Year of Invention Competition , that Richard has reached the final 20 , out of more than 4,000 entrants .
28 Joanne Elliott , 21 , of Brotton , Cleveland , the only NorthEast contender in a national Miss Beautiful Eyes contest , has reached the final , to be judged by Terry Wogan .
29 Among the ‘ lower caste ’ people , the woman 's role had always been rather different from her role in the farming castes ; now ‘ lower caste ’ women worked increasingly in the fields alongside the men and this led , according to Mamdani , to ‘ a radical change … in the attitude towards girl children … low caste families do not look upon the birth of a girl with the disfavour they used to ’ — though ‘ to a certain extent the disfavour persists because the girl will marry and emigrate precisely when she has reached the age of greatest productivity ’ .
30 But what of the expectation of life of someone who has reached the age of forty ?
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