Example sentences of "[adj] arrive at a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It is clearly imperative to arrive at a correct diagnosis of the origins of involuntary unemployment .
2 If the customer base is broadly the same as for existing products , then the credit manager should be able to arrive at a reasonable assessment of these factors .
3 To recognise where a reform is urgently required and must be effected at any cost , or where it may be postponed , or where it may be counted on to effect itself without outside influence , and , perhaps most important of all , to be able to recognise the fact that certain reforms would be beneficial could they be effected but that it is not possible to effect them at all ; to be able to arrive at a right decision on such points as these is what is chiefly required of a Resident .
4 If the Government were concerned to arrive at a proper system , they would accept that fairness was the answer .
5 It is possible to arrive at a probable date for the birth of Jesus .
6 For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise .
7 Such patterns may be the result of Sisyphean fitness and not represent irreversible tendencies to speciation , i.e. the formation of ‘ populations ’ of plant genotypes , representing the best available to arrive at a particular point under the prevailing biotic and physical features at any one particular time .
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