11.   We say that an organism grows towards maturity or in order to reach maturity.

12.   Girls generally reach sexual maturity two years earlier than boys.

13.   He reached emotional maturity late in his life.

14.   This is the case in which the firm has reached maturity and has no more supernormal projects to invest in.

15.   Despite the high prevalence of growth impairment, the subset of childen who had reached maturity by the time of the study nevertheless maintained their height centile.

16.   Indeed, in some sites Leonardoxa trees are unable to reach maturity without the ants.

17.   The Yorkshire Dales national park authority is also to pay a bounty for every peregrine falcon that reaches maturity.

18.   It takes ten years for eels to reach maturity and return to their spawning grounds.

19.   Any grapes left on the vine this late would reach maturity with great difficulty, he says.

20.   As China and India reach industrial maturity, the older industrial powers may be brought closer together, and Russia may be forced into closer association with the West.