Higher status can be attained through an increase of population or other means.

They attained their positions through political influence or past experience in the service.

The latter two levels are attained through professional performance and accomplishment.

Behavior, however, can change when a character learns how to attain its goal through a different way of acting.

It's a way, we are told, of attaining a spiritual experience through suffering.

In most countries customs are attained through government agreements and international laws.

But the savings achieved do not approach those attained through the closing of a school.

"I think this view is justified because of the great benefits that have already been attained through animal research."

But I never knew a single being who attained faith through the proofs.

Like the egg, or tea, they attain a state of grace through a marriage with nothing but hot water.