Sentence examples for matters reach from inspiring English sources

The FCO has responded by insisting on its right, should matters reach such a point, to enter the embassy.

We hope that we will bring the government and its supporters to their senses before it is too late, so that both the government and its policies can be changed before matters reach the desperate state of civil war".

Matters reach a point at which industrial management by the old-fashioned tradesman must be replaced by a professionally trained and educated bureaucracy; and as Capitalism does not provide such a bureaucracy, the industries tend to get into difficulties as they grow by combination (amalgamation), and thus outgrow the capacity of the managers who were able to handle them as separate units.

In January, matters reached fever pitch.

Matters reached a head on that 2008 dance tour.

His supporters argue that meddling by board members in administrative matters reached an intolerable level.

Robert B. Semple, our board's expert on environmental matters, reached into the G.O.P.'s baddie bag.

Matters reached their nadir in the mid-1980s when the master negative was dumped in a rubbish skip.

After a series of disastrous performances and results, matters reached a head on 3 October, when Chelsea lost 3-1 to Southampton.

The palace and the tabloids have been tentatively rebuilding bridges ever since matters reached an all-time low after the death of Princess Diana.

For Vinashin, matters reached critical mass in August when it found itself pleading with creditors for a stay of execution on loan repayments.