Example sentences of "[subord] it reach [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unusual , unforgettable sweet red wine made from grapes dried in the Greek sun which concentrates the sugar , so it reaches a hefty 15 per cent alcohol . |
| 2 | Once it reached a designated zone about 500 miles off Land 's End , the ship hove to and special tipping platforms were assembled along one side . |
| 3 | It is thought that previously matured vitrinite would begin to undergo maturation again once it reached the maximum temperature to which it had been originally exposed . |
| 4 | In fact once it reaches a large size , or starts to breed , territoriality will almost certainly make private quarters a necessity — it is relatively peaceful in relation to its size , but — and this applies to many other Central American substrate spawners — it is unreasonable to expect a fish with a natural breeding territory of 10 or more feet in diameter to share a tank with anything else . |
| 5 | Otto Werner , formerly of the Bundesanstalt fur Materialprüfung , Berlin , published analyses in 1970 which showed that in very general terms the amount of zinc in the brass increased with time until it reached a natural maximum of about 28 per cent . |
| 6 | Faster and faster the Wheel trundled , a whirling fiery hoop , until it reached an artificial mound at the cliff edge and was deflected up into the air . |
| 7 | Duregar 's army moved steadily southwards until it reached the eastern entrance to Death Pass . |
| 8 | Montgomery sipped his coffee appreciatively and allowed his gaze to wander round the cool green room until it reached the languid man draped in the chair opposite . |
| 9 | The final alignment began at Haifa Bay , passed overland through the Jezreel and Bet Shean Valleys , and followed the Jordan Rift Valley southwards until it reached the northern shore of the Dead Sea . |
| 10 | Glucose in dilute solution in sap-water thus passes through internal passages in the plant until it reaches a growing cell . |
| 11 | You let the temperature come up until it reaches the boiling point |
| 12 | The returning sonar thus passes virtually unimpeded through the ‘ auditory window ’ , the delicate layer of tissue covering a thin lower mandible , travelling thence along the jaw until it reaches the auditory bulla , an auditory sense receptor lying close to the point of articulation of the lower jaw with the remainder of the skull . |
| 13 | A line is fed through a peripheral vein until it reaches the right atrium of the heart . |
| 14 | Therefore V c falls until it reaches the lower logic 0 threshold ( V- ) , upon which the output once more goes high and the cycle repeats . |
| 15 | As firms set prices alternately over consecutive periods , price falls by small steps from the upper limit of the interval until it reaches the lower limit and then jumps back to the upper limit and the cycle begins again . |
| 16 | Heat generated by the fungus gardens and termites in the main part of the nest above the basal plate causes the air to rise through the passageways and chambers until it reaches the large spaces in the upper part of the nest and within the towers . |
| 17 | Confidence returned to the market for gold after it reached a six-month high of $152 in New York . |
| 18 | Butler had shown a keen personal interest in the preparation of the White Paper which underwent at least four drafts before it reached the finished version . |
| 19 | The air was all fresh on my face , I could be a loon myself , fling my arms about , shout across the mud-flats ( they looked just like the muddy backside of yesterday 's elephants ) and listen to my shout dissolving in the air before it reached the other side . |
| 20 | That is so even if the defect ( e.g. salmonella ) was present in the produce before it reached the industrial processor . |
| 21 | This was also the case around the turn of the century , when the emerging labour movement often used local political activity in particular strongholds such as East London and Sheffield to promote its aims and objectives long before it reached the national political stage . |
| 22 | Siporax is placed at the heart of gravel which pre-filters the water before it reaches the sintered glass . |
| 23 | Our retina is sensitive to ultraviolet radiation , but the eye filters it out before it reaches the light detectors , so we miss out on much of the visual information available to other animals . |
| 24 | In these sentences , it will be recalled , the event is seen as prospective , as a subsequent potential , a meaning that arises from intercepting the movement of to before it reaches the infinitival lexeme 's place in time . |
| 25 | Turn left off the road just before it reaches the next beck . |
| 26 | But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced . |
| 27 | The path forked when it reached an old log cabin ; left would have taken us to the top of Mount Eddy , right took us on the Pacific Crest Trail stretching from Canada down to Mexico . |
| 28 | When it reached the twelfth , Benjamin and I dressed in boots and cloaks , put on our sword belts and quietly left . |
| 29 | The air is so thin that when it reaches the highest point medical staff in white coats appear in the carriages to administer oxygen to passengers struck down by the altitude . |
| 30 | Expect prices in the £8,000 to £11,000 bracket when it reaches the British market in June . |