Example sentences of "it reached [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The auction opened with Daniel Chodowiecki 's watercolour ‘ Frederick II on horseback ’ of 1777 , which went under the hammer at DM78,000 ( £31,200 ; $49,920 ) , more than double its estimate ; it reached its first highpoint with Max Liebermann 's ‘ Garden on the Wannsee ’ of 1916 , for which a north German collector paid DM480,000 ( £192,000 ; $307,200 ) . |
| 2 | It 's circulation was peaking as it reached its fiftieth edition . |
| 3 | Indeed , initially favoured by the government to soak up excess cereal production , it was one which linked agricultural , manufacturing and commercial capitalism before it reached its proletarian consumers . |
| 4 | From that time on , the photosynthesizing organisms emerged as the predominant life forms , and the atmosphere was altered by the increasing out-pouring of oxygen , until it reached its present state . |
| 5 | It reached its present form over a long period of time during which there have been numerous law changes — not all of which have achieved their desired result , as Ian Kirkpatrick , Rutherford 's South African counterpart , was the first to point out . |
| 6 | Figure 2.4 shows how the number of births in the United Kingdom has varied from year to year since 1964 , when it reached its highest figure since the 1920s . |
| 7 | The saw stuck when it reached its own depth , but he kept on trying . |
| 8 | The bombardment continued unabated until , at 16.00 , it reached its maximum intensity , inflicting such destruction that the Germans supposed nothing — man , horse , even rodent — could have survived . |
| 9 | Geoffrey watched the red flush creep up James Grierson 's neck and continue until it reached his receding hairline . |