Example sentences of "arrive at [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The essay by Carrier and Kendall ( see n. 2 ) explores that debate , and arrives at a more positive stance on the distinctive character of the subject as an academic discipline than that suggested here . |
| 2 | And so , drawing together the threads of this obsessive preoccupation with the civility of ‘ Old England ’ which had been ripped apart by a new strain of hot-blooded and un-English violence , the Old Thunderer arrived at a truly horrific conclusion : ‘ Our streets are actually not as safe as they were in the days of our grandfathers . |
| 3 | They arrived at a very large old house . |
| 4 | That said , however , the decisive reason why we now think it right to determine this application on its substantive merits is that we have all three of us arrived at a very clear conclusion upon the case and , moreover , a conclusion reached with particular regard to the very special facts of the case . |
| 5 | Matthew Calbraith Perry , with his minuscule armada of two frigates and two sailing vessels , arrived at the heavily fortified pod of Uraga — at the very mouth of Tokyo Bay — on 8 July 1853 . |
| 6 | In the afternoon we arrived at the truly beautiful island of Mayero which has no boutiques or roads and only a few hundred inhabitants . |
| 7 | We had driven up a muddy track for ten miles and had arrived at a completely ruined farmhouse with no windows or doors , set into the slope of a mountain , looking over a marshy plain . |
| 8 | It had not been shown that the Special Commissioner had misdirected himself or that he had erred in law or that he had arrived at a wholly insupportable conclusion . |
| 9 | In fact , you 're probably thinking that it could n't have arrived at a less propitious moment . ’ |
| 10 | Many agencies have now arrived at a very similar format for creative briefs , which aims to condense and simplify the creative requirements into a single-page format — which may be supported , in turn , by a great deal of back-up information |
| 11 | When they have arrived at the fully mobile stage of their development , but have not yet ventured off on their own , they may accompany their mother on short trips away from the ‘ nest , . |
| 12 | By encompassing the user 's requirements , expectations and compromises at the different stages of the search process , it may be possible to analyse the interrelationship between user documents and system and arrive at a more realistic performance evaluation . |
| 13 | In reciprocal discourse , then , interlocutors can always establish , by the turn-taking of talk , the necessary grounds of shared knowledge , and so arrive at a mutually satisfactory schematic convergence . |
| 14 | An " unseen " exam paper allows different examiners to mark the same answers independently and to arrive at a fairly consistent and impartial assessment of the candidate 's overall performance and potential . |
| 15 | The final direction of outcome may well be different from the intentions of the participants at the start of the meeting but time and care have been applied to help the participants to arrive at the most effective consensus . |
| 16 | Geoff Tulloch ran computer programme after computer programme in an attempt to arrive at the most efficient method of organisation . |
| 17 | Reddy employed the same technique as Johansson to arrive at the least expensive energy — first estimating needs , then filling them through sources of power and energy efficiency , starting with the cheapest method , and when that was used as fully as possible , moving to the next cheapest . |
| 18 | I wonder if he left two minutes in hand , like me , to get from the barrier to a compartment level with the Greenwich exit , or three , or five , or whether he liked to arrive at the very last moment and leave a slight uncertainty in the air . |
| 19 | With the Punks , of course , this jumble-sale of fashion would arrive at a self-consciously surreal conclusion in that the scraps were now held together , literally and very visibly , with safety-pins . |
| 20 | ‘ The chance of a lifetime ’ did n't arrive at the most convenient moment for Helen Dobson ( seven months into a new job ) but when it came she grabbed it , in spite of the fact that it has left her biting her nails about future career prospects . |
| 21 | ‘ The operatives have been fully involved in the A.I.T. project and their suggestions and recommendations have been taken into account in arriving at the most efficient process flow , ’ said Natasha . |
| 22 | Stories abound of the Phoenix Guard arriving at the very instant that the council decides upon a new king or at the moment that life leaves the old king , lending weight to the legends about the Chamber of Days . |