Example sentences of "[prep] reach the " in BNC.

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1 Two days after reaching the pub the beer is ready to be served .
2 This was compounded in her case when she jumped 20 places on the world computer in 1987 after reaching the third round at Edgbaston .
3 This was compounded in her case when she jumped 20 places on the world computer in 1987 after reaching the third round at Edgbaston .
4 After reaching the desired revs by using the foot throttle , the driver then pushes the centre button .
5 After reaching the Rumbelows Cup quarter-final , Norwich 's season ‘ stood still ’ .
6 Figure 6 : Activities of 16 year olds after reaching the minimum school leaving age , Great Britain
7 After reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon and the US Open last year , Capriati did not get past the quarters at the Australian , French and Wimbledon championships and then made her earliest exit at the US Open .
8 HOLDER John Parrott yesterday pronounced himself at a career peak after reaching the semi-finals of the Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship at Preston .
9 After reaching the top of the Voie Normale , Sustad and Whillans refrained from continuing to the summit .
10 The Wimbledon finalist hurled his shirt to cheering Croatian fans after reaching the semi-finals with a 6-7 , 6-7 , 6-4 , 6-4 , 8-6 win over Frenchman Fabrice Santoro .
11 In the 1980s , it is still true that males have higher mortality rates than females at all ages ( except possibly after reaching the age of 100 years : OPCS 1987 : 5 ) ; but the number of deaths in childhood and early adult life is now so small that it is not until individuals reach their late forties , that women actually outnumber men of the same birth cohort .
12 The first telephone call Derek Fairfax received after reaching the office on Wednesday proved what he had begun to suspect : that the death of Maurice Abberley amounted to rather more than the newspapers had revealed .
13 After reaching the Sahn , the highest of the 50-akce medreses , the scholar may become a 500-akce kadi and thence kazasker .
14 After reaching the mid-transverse colon , a soft tipped teflon biliary guidewire ( length 480 cm , diameter 0.052 cm ; Wilson-Cook , Wilson-Salem , NC ) was inserted through the colonoscope .
15 ‘ I threatened never to walk anywhere again after reaching the North Pole in 1989 , ’ he said .
16 This at once enhances the contribution which the court or parents can make towards reaching the best possible decision in all the circumstances .
17 Painting is the art of reaching the soul through the eyes , but if the picture appeals to the eyes and never reaches the soul , the painter has fallen far short of his aim .
18 The inference in this was not really about the career chances of the still tiny percentage of graduates ( who are obviously well aware that their chances of reaching the highest echelons are constrained by the limitations in the numbers of top posts ) , rather it was a reassertion that those with a degree are almost a different species and remain a threat to the stability of the institution .
19 ONLY by breaking the habit of what seems a lifetime will England this evening jeopardise their hopes of reaching the World Cup in Italy next summer .
20 ENGLAND 'S hopes of reaching the semi-finals of the world team championships remain high , despite a 3-0 drubbing from Australia in the last round-robin match here yesterday .
21 Mr Wilkinson , whose bill has a good chance of reaching the statute book , believes such a measure is necessary to curb growing surburban problem of overdevelopment through luxury blocks of flats being built by developers on plots previously occupied by a single house .
22 Yes , it 's sad to be on the point of reaching the summit . ’
23 Llanelli27 LLANELLI , the Schweppes Cup holders , ended any hopes Pontypool had of reaching the semi-final by capitalising on the opposition 's errors to score 24 points in 17 minutes during the second half .
24 LEICESTER City Riders ended Manchester Giants ' hopes of reaching the Carlsberg First Division play-off quarter-finals by beating them 112–99 on Saturday night .
25 DENNIS CONNER 'S hopes of reaching the America 's Cup defenders ' finals suffered a further setback when his Stars & Stripes lost to revamped America in a close race in a shifty wind on smooth water .
26 The relief of reaching the ridge is only matched by the excitement of the view .
27 In steady conditions this is an entirely fair way to start ; a board starting early through the gate has exactly the same chance of reaching the first mark as the last boat through .
28 The Jimmy Young Show 's formula of tea and chat and a few questions on a postcard from Radio 2 listeners was her favourite method of reaching the general public .
29 In Hinduism three of the five main ways of reaching the truth rely on this difference .
30 But despite the difficulties of reaching the camps , relief workers and supplies are getting through , A doctor and a nurse from the British charity Oxfam are already at Ebenat camp , and Danish health workers are setting up health services for the 5000 people there .
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