(1) For the past 10 years before that, HIV and AIDS rates in Australia were going down, then they reached a plateau and now we've seen sharp rises.

(2) Mammals, apart from the savanna fox, live mostly in the forested areas of the plateau or down in the gorge.

(3) The upland plateau known as the sierra represents about one-fourth of Peru's land and holds a majority of the country's population.

(4) At some point, I felt I had reached a plateau as an amateur photographer and needed to know more, so I took a photography class at the local community college.

(5) The plateau complex rises toward the southeast, where it climaxes in the Drakensberg range, part of an escarpment that separates the plateau from the coastal areas.

(6) I've reached a plateau where I'm waiting for the next struggle to rear its ugly head.

(7) They should have reached a plateau at which Irish lamb should be in position to compete on the export market.

(8) This soil region is in the foothills of the Appalachian plateau , and topography ranges from nearly level to extremely steep.

(9) I had to dress up the presentation of that move in such a way as to protect the show, so I gave all kinds of reasons for the move, trying to disguise the fact that I was having to move it because it had reached a plateau and wasn't moving off.

(10) General awareness of e-business has now reached a plateau .

(11) She had been on an upward curve, but had suddenly reached a plateau in her performances, and her confidence took a battering.

(12) In what amounted to the ultimate consumer perk, we were driven to the top of the mountain plateau to begin our backcountry ski tour.

(13) Analysts say growth in the number of subscribers has reached a plateau and looks set to slow down, and this has cooled the share price.

(14) However, by 1981 the firm realised that investment trusts had reached a plateau .

(15) By Wednesday, the national spasm of bulk-buying reached a plateau .

(16) The Massif Central is a large mountainous plateau in the central area, which includes the ancient volcanoes of the Auvergne region.

(17) The plateau consists of extensive areas of barren rock, or hills with a thin cover of drought-resistant vegetation.

(18) Musically, Brown reached a plateau in the early 1970s when his band, the JBs, patented a muscular, jazzy funk, over which the group's leader could exhort and exclaim.

(19) Sure, dot-com advertising is down, the number of newbies hitting the Internet has reached a plateau , and personal computer sales have fallen.

(20) But he reached a plateau at age 23 and had to quit.