Example sentences of "had reach a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he was going to work with Merymose , they both had to reach a position of trust . |
| 2 | She had reached a zenith of feeling , and really did n't care which hole he was shafting so long as he was inside her . |
| 3 | Mr Martin stood and asked if they had reached a verdict . |
| 4 | The town of Knossos had reached a size of not less than 45 hectares by the time its first temple was built in 1930 BC , which would have given it a population of 12,000–18,000 . |
| 5 | In February , PA Kate Pallis said negotiations about developing the site had reached a standstill . |
| 6 | However , only one month earlier the High Court had reached a decision in W. H. Smith Do It All Ltd and Payless DIY Ltd v. Peterborough City Council [ 1990 ] 2 CMLR 577 , which gave exactly the opposite result . |
| 7 | In the result the justices on the second day of the hearing , the evidence having been taken the day before and the justices having indicated that they had reached a decision but would give their reasons the next day , made not an interim care order but two prohibited steps orders . |
| 8 | In the previous four years GNP had grown at an average rate of about 3 per cent per annum which was lower than the preceding years and unemployment had reached a peak of 8.3 per cent in 1970 . |
| 9 | This had begun receiving payments in October 1990 and had reached a peak of $2,100 million in March 1991 , he said . |
| 10 | The company 's shares had reached a peak in the market in 1984 at over 350p but had fallen quite sharply after this . |
| 11 | We had reached a position of stalemate — but a position which for the sake of the Government had to be settled . |
| 12 | At the end of the war , because of the sustained activities of Jacques and his core of full-time tutors throughout the District , the herculean efforts of both university resident tutors in Essex and Norfolk and the five WEA organising tutors , the District had reached a position in which it occupied the pre-eminent place in the region as the major providing body for adult education provision . |
| 13 | About ten minutes after take off Deacon had reached a position eight miles East of Filfla and a height of 10,000 feet . |
| 14 | Russell Reynolds and Spencer Stuart , both with strong UK businesses , had reached a position where being entrepreneurial was not the only thing that mattered . |
| 15 | Pitt was almost the only British politician ever to think that acquiring colonial possessions was the main purpose of European war ; by 1759 he had reached a position where he could carry out his objective almost at will . |
| 16 | Despite the April heat , the rebel army made fast progress through Central India and by the end of the month had reached a position near Ujjain . |
| 17 | These words are well past her point of failure in the Schonell Test ( that is , ten consecutive errors ) , and so it is possible that she had reached a level of frustration : feeling that all the words were too difficult she ceased to think carefully about whether what she was writing down was likely , and simply put down anything that came to mind . |
| 18 | Already her sailing ability had reached a level where she was able to make the minor corrections to hold the boat on course without even thinking . |
| 19 | That duration testifies to the substantial fact that for all the alarm the crisis produced , the British financial system had reached a level of sophistication and general confidence which enabled it to live through a moment which in earlier times would have seemed the harbinger of doom . |
| 20 | A key prosecution witness in the case was Alan Fiers , a former CIA operations chief who had reached a plea bargain with prosecutors in 1991 [ see p. 38327 ] . |
| 21 | By 1983 , Zimbabwe had approached the IMF and was presented with the standard package of reform measures , but by 1984 had reached a parting of the ways with the Fund . |
| 22 | Mrs Hancock 's lawyer said that his client and Mrs Rinehart had reached a compromise over access to the body so that the funeral could go ahead . |
| 23 | Although the plaintiffs in that case had reached a compromise with the assignee and the surety , it specifically did not involve releasing the assignee from the liability to pay the arrears of rent . |
| 24 | At last we had reached a road that led to a place called Ritjemjokk where we telephoned home and did all the civilized things in life ; like sitting on a loo seat , for a long time . |
| 25 | Twice before it had stopped , allowing them to get close , only to move away again as their senses had reached a fever pitch of readiness . |
| 26 | Name had reached a ceiling on what could be achieved under present arrangements ; |
| 27 | Disney said yesterday it had reached a settlement with one group of contractors for an undisclosed sum . |
| 28 | Rush 's club landmark came just a week after he had reached a scoring milestone for his country . |
| 29 | And then , when the shouting had reached a climax , there was a ghastly scream from inside the room . |
| 30 | The only important advance made by the Party was the founding of the Daily Worker in January 1930 , and that had reached a circulation of only 18,000 by the end of the following year . |