The phrase "attaining the age of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal or formal contexts to indicate reaching a specific age, often in relation to rights or responsibilities.
Example: "The contract stipulates that the individual must be at least 18 years old, attaining the age of majority before signing."
Alternatives: "reaching the age of" or "reaching maturity".
For a man who readily identifies with Peter Pan, attaining the age of seventy (as Spielberg did on December 18th) seems a mistake, somehow.
"It is possible to leave assets to beneficiaries' contingent on certain events, ie upon attaining the age of 18, or if they look after my dogs, and so on.
I would suggest that there should be no prosecution unless the offence has been reported to the police within six years of it allegedly taking place, or in the case of offences against minors, within six years of their attaining the age of majority, ie by their 24th birthday.
If you haven't seen the film since attaining the age of reason, you might have forgotten how dryly brilliant its (mostly) silent comedy is: Mr. Lamorisse times the balloon's entrances and exits from the frame with the precision of a crack farceur.
As Whitfield explains: "If there is a trust fund, then the will would include wording such as, 'I give £X to my trustees to hold upon trust for my son/daughter XX upon her attaining the age of X.' If the will was professionally drawn up and it contains a trust, there may be more complex wording to set out the terms of the trust and the trustees' powers in administering the trust fund".
The will read: "To Nicolo Giraud of Athens, subject of France, but born in Greece, the sume of seven thousand pounds sterling, to be paid from the sale of such parts of Rochdale, Newstead or elsewhere, as may enable the said Nicolo Giraud ... to receive the above sum on his attaining the age of twenty-one years".
Once she attains the age of 21 she can move out of Tipton Grange and buy an equally lovely, but better run, estate of her own.
My Dad looked closely at the rules and found a bylaw that enabled Youth age competitors to compete in Junior road events once they had attained the age of 16, even though they were still Youth Category.
The UN convention on the rights of the child requires states to take "all feasible measures to ensure that persons who have not attained the age of 15 years do not take a direct part in hostilities".
The fact that Madagascar does not have much of a storyline probably will not matter much in the long run, as the movie's target audience is tykes who have not yet attained the age of reason.
