Example sentences of "[prep] arrive at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that changes are being contemplated might illustrate to the directors of RWC the folly of arriving at such arrangements in cabals rather than conducting open draws — which are more exciting and include seeding to prevent geographical or quality imbalances . |
| 2 | Secondly , the process of arriving at consensual objectives meant that they represented ‘ the least-common-denominator ’ . |
| 3 | It may be generally true that the natural language use which constitutes the goal of learning is realized by a focus on meaning rather than form , and is a matter of top-down rather than bottom-up processing , but the process of arriving at that goal , the development of the authenticating ability , calls for an effective internalization of form and capability of analysis which will allow for their use across a wide and unpredictable range of different contexts . |
| 4 | When you work out the probability of arriving at that point . |
| 5 | The rules of wage bargaining institutions are almost certainly of importance in determining the quality of the agreement that are reached , as well as the costs ( in terms of money , time and effort ) of arriving at those agreements . |
| 6 | Belief in its importance is in fact a consequence of the recognition that people , including priests , are fallible , so that the right to challenge their views is a necessary condition of arriving at valid opinions . |
| 7 | The construction is , of course , that of the ordinary attributive adjective , the adjective which is the exponent in observable syntax of the subordinate property in the intensional structure : The essentials of the notation , for any who have taken the option of arriving at this point direct from the beginning of Section 1.2 , are as follows : The basic elements in constructing linguistic expressions are assumed to be two : E = entity notion ; and P = property notion The basic relations have these symbols : = = equation ; = qualification = assignment The direction of the arrow and the arrowhead indicates which is the major and which the subordinate item in the formula ; it does not refer to order of appearance in surface form . |
| 8 | The effect of this method of arriving at desirable proportions between the categories is to introduce a controlled bias in favour of the smaller interest categories . |
| 9 | ‘ On complex issues , Cabinet committees are just about the worst possible way of arriving at sensible decisions … . |
| 10 | A second and commodious objection to the view of nomic connection which has been set out was anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , and may be shored up a bit by the fact lately mentioned , that science broadly speaking is not much engaged in arriving at complete descriptions of causal circumstances-causal circumstances as we have conceived them . |
| 11 | Having completed its analysis , the institution should then be required to publish a judgment of the matter under consideration , together with a statement of its arguments in arriving at that judgment . |
| 12 | James argued here that abstract rules provide us with only limited assistance in arriving at moral decisions because ‘ every real dilemma is in literal strictness a unique situation ’ . |
| 13 | We may imagine a measure of disappointment when these requests were vetoed by the committee , and it is clear that some re-education of staff must have been necessary in arriving at appropriate submissions . |
| 14 | The system of capital allowances is the system of depreciation permitted by the Inland Revenue in arriving at taxable earnings . |
| 15 | In arriving at these estimates I have based them on the following estimations and assumptions : |
| 16 | Involving affected groups of people in creative problem solving can be very effective , both in arriving at novel solutions and in gaining their commitment and understanding for the changes . |
| 17 | Could you explain for the record what your reasons were for arriving at that conclusion ? |
| 18 | The mechanisms by which political elites can be held responsive to majority views in systems of representative government were further explored in Joseph Schumpeter 's Capitalism , Socialism and Democracy ( 1944 ) , which defined democracy as ‘ an institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote ’ . |
| 19 | That institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote . |
| 20 | Thus we arrive , via the epithet ‘ Democracy is the rule of the politician ’ to a complete formal definition : ‘ The democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote ’ . |
| 21 | 21 ) who explicitly rejected the ‘ classical doctrine ’ of democracy , according to which it embodies distinctive ideals concerning participation in political life and the relationship between political leaders and the people , and replaced it by another theory of democracy as ‘ competition for political leadership ’ : ‘ the democratic method is that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote ’ ( p. 269 ) . |
| 22 | Schumpeter advocates it and describes it as being ‘ that institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people 's vote . ’ |
| 23 | ( 1 ) A licensing board shall give reasons for arriving at any decisions mentioned in section 5(2) of this Act when required to do so under subsection ( 2 ) below . |