Sentence examples for attain present from inspiring English sources

However, it is clear that in order to attain present day species diversity, rates must have increased, which suggests a shift in diversification that occurred after 24 Ma.

The Colorado Plateau first began to rise during the Eocene, between about 55 and 34 million years ago, but did not attain its present height until about 5 million years ago, about when the Colorado River established its present course into the Gulf of California.

Soils in depositional areas contained significant 137Cs and SOC at depths beyond which the plow can attain at present.

A fourth role of political philosophy is reconciliation: "to calm our frustration and rage against our society and its history by showing us the way in which its institutions… are rational, and developed over time as they did to attain their present, rational form" (JF, 3).

By the way, do you know how the Senator attained his present eminence as a master of the oratory cliché?

In months, at most two years, the Black Sea rose, inundated surrounding plains and attained its present dimensions.

By the 16th century it had evolved through several forms and had essentially attained its present form.

Noblewomen wore full-length chima to indicate their social standing and began gradually to shorten the chŏgori until eventually it attained its present length, just covering the breast.

It is likely that the hydrosphere attained its present volume early in the Earth's history, and since that time there have been only small losses and gains.

The strait attained its present configuration after having been inundated by the postglacial rise of the sea level resulting from the melting of land ice in higher latitudes.

Vivie Warren, a well-educated young woman, discovers that her mother attained her present status and affluence by rising from poverty through prostitution and that she now has financial interests in several brothels throughout Europe.