Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] been arrive at " in BNC.

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1 The note sets out how the figure has been arrived at and stresses any assumptions that are being made .
2 Johnston v Chestergate ( cited at 13.7.2 ) was the principal authority relied on in Burgess v Purchase & Sons ( Farms ) Ltd [ 1983 ] Ch 216 , where auditors explained how their valuation of the shares in question had been arrived at .
3 As for the bare infinitive , a significant generalization concerning its meaning has been arrived at — the notion of coincidence in time between the infinitive and the verb to which it is incident , with the latter being inconceivable as a before-position with respect to the infinitive 's event .
4 The division into a 13-year race and a I 7-year race has been arrived at independently , no fewer than three times .
5 At the end of the proceedings I had succeeded in pacifying both parties and a concordat had been arrived at .
6 For over 2 months now , 1,200 tons of apples a day have been arriving at the Bulmers Cider factory in Hereford .
7 As a result a policy has been arrived at that appears to be acceptable to the majority .
8 If , however , your parent thinks that some mistake has been made and can not sort it out , you can easily contact the pension fund headquarters on his or her behalf and ask for details of how the amount has been arrived at .
9 Fourthly , the theoretical proscription of monopoly has been arrived at by comparing the two theoretical extremes of perfect competition and pure monopoly .
10 Twice a day for the best part of four decades a box has been arriving at the Palace containing the reports from British ambassadors overseas .
11 An understanding had been arrived at with the Danish Tourist Board that nothing of the fabric or the furnishings and fittings in either the Tuscan Villa or The Tamarisks should be altered ; the houses had been complete works of art when they were taken over and were to be respected as such .
12 Mr. Teddy Taylor : To ask the Lord President of the Council if he will take steps to ensure that European documents are considered by the House of Commons before a common position has been arrived at by the Council of Ministers ; and if he will make a statement .
13 Unfortunately , this expectation has been arrived at without the agreement of the partners involved — which is to say , for the most part , Japan .
14 The number of Council Tax administrative staff below Senior Assistant level have been arrived at in total by examining the Community Charge case load per member of staff , projecting this on the basis of estimated case load for Council Tax and increasing this by 20% in order to deal with the personal elements of Council Tax , which were previously dealt with by the Community Charge Registration Officer .
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