Example sentences of "[pron] arrival at the " in BNC.

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1 The request that I should receive a consignment of most , if not all , of the issues was obviously impossible to meet ; and although I should much like to have had the ‘ run ’ of Eliot 's bookcase for an afternoon , I felt I could not seek permission , so soon after my arrival at the school , to go to London for that purpose , so I told Eliot that half a dozen well-spaced numbers would suffice for me .
2 Theoretically it costs Christie 's from around £200 to pass a lot through the sale room , from its arrival at the front desk to its departure at the delivery room ( assuming it sold ) .
3 From Alianor 's point of view , this was to be Anne Mowbray 's second meeting with her young lord since their arrival at the Tower .
4 Roughly a bus-width , judging by their arrival at the Queen 's Medical Centre , Nottingham , for their first joint public engagement since the furore over their future .
5 On their arrival at the breeding grounds , male pied flycatchers find a suitable nesting site .
6 Almost five years had passed since their arrival at the homebase .
7 The investigators knew that within an hour or so of their arrival at the accident site , but they had to work for another year and a half to find out why :
8 These were ‘ the integration of different segments of the labour process by a system of conveyors and handling devices ensuring the movement of the materials to be transformed and their arrival at the appropriate machine tools ’ .
9 They could not escape Wainfleet nor his conversation , especially as their arrival at the bar permitted Riley to flee from him .
10 Nona as an active participant in their arrival at the tunnel party was a new idea .
11 On their arrival at the house in Cheapside Athelstan was astonished to find how calm and collected Sir Richard and Lady Isabella were .
12 One further difficulty facing Scotland today was the associated sideshow of parades , prayers and speeches — including the official opening address by that onetime prop forward , now Fijian PM Major General Sitiveni Rabuka — which necessitated their arrival at the stadium SIX hours before their first tie .
13 In fact Flavia Sherman had paid less attention than usual to her two sons since her arrival at the camp .
14 ‘ I 'm full of fight , ’ she was reported to have said upon her arrival at the Hospitality Inn .
15 But since his arrival at the theatre five years ago he has worked with the artistic director , Roger Redfarn , to make full use of his evident skills in business management .
16 Sheridan , a Republic of Ireland international , has made just one first team appearance — against Third Division Huddersfield in the Littlewoods Cup — since his arrival at the City Ground during the summer .
17 His arrival at the Ministry has raised hopes that there may be something of particular interest in the Queen 's Speech for those Scottish regiments threatened with amalgamation under Options for Change .
18 turnkey who greets Pickwick on his arrival at the Fleet , and finds him accommodation .
19 Since his arrival at the agency in 1986 , Baulk has been a key figure in putting in place , through acquisition , below-the-line services .
20 Hodgkinson 's World Cup role may have been depressingly brief and , if it was far from what he wanted , the way the tournament worked out did ensure his arrival at the top of the world kicker 's table .
21 ( e ) where a person is in police detention in one police area and his arrest is sought in another area and he is taken to that area for questioning , the relevant time is : ( i ) the time of his arrival at the police station in the second area , ( ii ) the time 24 hours after he leaves the police station in the first area , whichever is the earlier .
22 Barnett J. went on to hold that the district judge had mistakenly overlooked the reversal of the burden of proof at the second stage but that this had not vitiated his assessment of the material and arguments , nor his arrival at the correct conclusion that the prosecution had discharged the burden thus placed upon it .
23 Tommy Cooper talking at length about when he ruled at the Den and we 'll be talking to about his Norwegian career and his arrival at the City ground .
24 Upon our arrival at the foot of the stairs the dog made it plain that stairs were an innovation he 'd not encountered before , by staging the first of many sit-down strikes .
25 On our arrival at the Wildfowl Trust Refuge , we headed straight for the STOP-SPOT board in the foyer .
26 The journey was a positive nightmare , increased by the darkness of the train ( lit by blue lights ) and the wretched rainstorm which greeted our arrival at the station .
27 Remember that as far as possible you should make your living arrangements prior to your arrival at the University , whether in on-campus or off-campus accommodation .
28 The day culminates with your arrival at the Grand Canyon , one of the natural wonders of the world .
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