Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] it reach " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is now a 60 per cent chance that a fish will be caught after it reaches 35 centimetres ( the legal limit to netting size ) . |
| 2 | But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced . |
| 3 | Part of the function of an external UPS is to smooth out the incoming power , but that can only be done before it reaches the PC 's power supply . |
| 4 | Research on field independence in a wide sample of people has shown that it reaches its peak at fifteen years of age , remains on a plateau until the mid-thirties and thereafter declines . |
| 5 | The saw stuck when it reached its own depth , but he kept on trying . |
| 6 | Of course , the message will only make sense if it can be successfully decompressed when it reaches the user . |
| 7 | As the mass of water raced upstream , the restriction increased as it reached the ever narrowing upper reaches . |
| 8 | In fact , a series of unexpected decisions over which Michael Barnes had no direct control meant that it reached a totally different climax . |
| 9 | The Bill is bound to be extensively amended before it reaches the statute book — at the time of writing 16 , amendments have been put down by the Government and 25 of them are of major importance — but it is believed that few if any of these amendments will affect settlements under which there is subsisting an interest in possession . |
| 10 | Only the dying bull stopped before it reached the trees . |
| 11 | As people tried and failed , the cash on offer accumulated until it reached $17,000 on the day Ed went on court . |
| 12 | It was still hard to believe that the pod was not going to be destroyed before it reached the ground . |
| 13 | It was stoned as it reached the Bogside ; Catholics clashed with the RUC ; and the Bogside Defence Association erected barricades . |