1.   Few companies have yet attained this status, but many are well along the way.

2.   Once a person has attained archetypal status in the eyes of the world, it is very hard to break it.

3.   All issues have to have approval from the Bank of England if they are to be re-discountable at the Bank of England and attain eligible status.

4.   Although its catchy tunes have attained folk status, its nature and value have been much debated.

5.   Among many American Jews, survivors attained the status of treasured artifacts.

6.   And so, those immigrants must return to their home countries until they attain legal status.

7.   As a pioneer of emerging-markets investment, Mark Mobius attained guru status among investors who had an appetite for risk and a taste for exotica.

8.   Ash was retired two years ago, but now in a comic-book-style twist an anonymous firefighter has attained hero status in comics once again.

9.   All have attained celebrity status.

10.   But the wife or widow of a reigning male sovereign is a queen, having attained that status through marriage.