Example sentences of "have reached a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the critic Arthur Jerome Eddy , who was the author of the first English book on Cubism and a cautious supporter of the movement , was able to write : ‘ In short Picasso and a few followers have reached a degree of abstraction in the suppression of the real and the particular that their paintings represent the same degree of emotion as the demonstration of a difficult geometrical proposition . ’ |
| 2 | Even when the Canadians , British and Americans have reached a decision , Upjohn 's lawyers wo n't find themselves out of a job . |
| 3 | Steel compromise : European Community negotiators have reached a compromise with the United States over limits on Community steel exports , an EC spokesman said . |
| 4 | Their driving force is the government 's determination to open up the market ; to increase choice for viewers and listeners ; to allow new entrepreneurs access to a highly regulated system ; and to appease the advertisers , whose protests about the cost of TV advertising have reached a crescendo . |
| 5 | It may be that , at least in the Western World , we have reached a level of wealth where we can afford to be concerned about the environment . |
| 6 | It has also been suggested that the ideas proposed by Fries rest upon an assumption that mortality rates in later life have reached a plateau and will not show further changes . |
| 7 | San Diego-based Brooktree Corp and TRW Inc 's LSI Products Inc say they have reached a settlement of the patent infringement lawsuit filed by Brooktree in 1991 , and that terms of the agreement are favourable to both parties ; the settlement marks the end of all Brooktree 's current patent litigation . |
| 8 | The decision of the Divisional Court in the Manchester Corporation case is not binding on this court and , although it may in the event have reached a conclusion with which I would now agree , I find the reasoning by which that conclusion was reached wholly unconvincing . |
| 9 | The power of decision being committed by the statute exclusively to the housing authority , their exercise of the power can only be challenged before the courts on the strictly limited grounds ( i ) that their decision was vitiated by bias or procedural unfairness ; ( ii ) that they have reached a conclusion of fact which can be impugned on the principles set out in the speech of Lord Radcliffe in Edwards v. Bairstow [ 1956 ] A.C. 14 ; or ( iii ) that , in as far as they have exercised a discretion ( as they may require to do in considering questions of reasonableness under section 17(1) ( 2 ) and ( 4 ) ) , the exercise can be impugned on the principles set out in the judgment of Lord Greene M.R. in Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corporation [ 1948 ] 1 K.B . |
| 10 | Mr Lang stated : ‘ I 'm not going to start answering specific questions about specific aspects of how one of the individual solutions we may chose will apply until we have reached a conclusion about the right way forward then we can address this issue and debate it fully , but as things stand at present I see no reason to have to change that law . ’ |
| 11 | Since the days when oysters were as everyday a dish as hamburgers are now , we have reached a point where each person eats only an average of 1.2oz of fresh fish a week . |
| 12 | In some policies the two problems are seen to be combined where the systems of farming collectively called shifting cultivation have reached a point where their carrying capacity has been exceeded , and fallow periods have become so short that degradation and erosion have set in ( Allan 1967 ) . |
| 13 | Right meditation : the true meaning of meditation is a training of the mind to its limits until we have reached a point where we are fully aware of our true nature and free from our desires , fears and intolerance . |
| 14 | ‘ If you have reached a point in the career structure where there are few other women and where you are therefore extremely visible , there is tremendous pressure on you to keep going upwards . ’ |
| 15 | They have reached a point in their drama when they need factual information , they want to get it right . |
| 16 | It is as though I have left the dull class rooms of the world and the discordant sound of the trampling feet and I have reached a place far from men where my mind is moved by universal rhythms . |
| 17 | It is as though we have reached a plane beyond normal feelings . |
| 18 | I wonder given Selby 's recent experience with their local plan , whether they can enlighten us as to how they have reached a view that the structure plan provision in right in environmental terms for their district . |
| 19 | Hungary and Czechoslovakia have reached a deadlock in discussions over a hydro-electric dam to be built on the River Danube , which according to environmentalists and scientists , presents serious hazards . |
| 20 | The role of the examinations is to determine which of the candidates have reached a set standard . |
| 21 | Distinguished specialists in international law have reached a number of quite different conclusions about the legality of the use and possession of nuclear weapons . |
| 22 | The two central characters are middle-class sisters whose lives have reached a crisis . |
| 23 | I have reached a stage where I can watch television , as long as the programme does n't require too much attention , and knit at the same time . ’ |
| 24 | Briefly summarised , our scheme is likely to be attractive to those researchers who have reached a stage in their careers , either young post docs or those of more mature years , where they want to try something new or unconventional . |
| 25 | The up-side is that you have reached a stage where you can make some decisions . |
| 26 | The division and subdivision of production processes have reached a stage where each operation can be performed with minimal skills . |
| 27 | Still , that most provinces have reached a stage where compensation of any form is under consideration is itself a remarkable turn of events . |
| 28 | This is the point behind all this discussion , is n't it , that erm , we have reached a stage where certain things er , we take for granted as being difficult , as being frightening |
| 29 | It is by comparison with the published criteria and all the information available to me that I have reached a judgment . |
| 30 | As TODAY disclosed , Diana and Charles have reached an agreement to go their separate ways within the marriage . |