Example sentences of "the [noun sg] until it reaches " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Follow the path across the field until it reaches a metal gate with an awkward stile beside it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The walk is easy enough to follow — it simply goes along the canal towpath on the south side of the canal until it reaches Marsworth . |
| 5 | The critical phase is from the time the glider leaves the ground until it reaches a height of about 400 feet . |
| 6 | From here it turns right to follow the shore until it reaches the mouth of the River Avich . |
| 7 | Secondly , there is a progressive grading in the size of the material composing the beach from West Bay to Portland : at West Bay the shingle is small , about the size of a pea , and it increases progressively to the south-east until it reaches the size of one 's fist at the Portland end . |
| 8 | Glucose in dilute solution in sap-water thus passes through internal passages in the plant until it reaches a growing cell . |