Example sentences of "arrival [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SPECIAL OFFER : All guests of Amsterdam Travel Service are offered a typical Dutch Welcome Drink upon arrival during the low season period . |
| 2 | As they squabble , the estimated time of arrival for the first train has shifted from next summer to the autumn , just in time to miss the holiday rush and about £200m revenue . |
| 3 | By contrast , the upwardly mobile middle class who had recently ‘ made it ’ celebrated their arrival through the conspicuous forms of chic modern decor , including abstract paintings , modern furniture and sculpture and the pared-down aesthetic of the modern movement . |
| 4 | On the first night , with the arrival of the various groups , some time will be spent in introducing the participants and getting them to describe their experiences . |
| 5 | The latter , facilitated by the arrival of the cheaper 16 mm and 8 mm formats , represented an exciting departure for feminist film-makers . |
| 6 | With the arrival of the democratic government many Albanians think that it will rain dollars . |
| 7 | The talks were scheduled to open on Jan. 7 but were delayed by the late arrival of the Arab teams in protest at the issuing of deportation orders on Jan. 2 against 12 Palestinian activists from the Israeli occupied territories [ see p. 38741 ] . |
| 8 | The arrival of the long-awaited kitten added to his excitement . |
| 9 | Reports indicated that the arrival of the Soviet delegation had been prompted by an urgent message , conveyed on July 6 , from Bush to Gorbachev asking the Soviet President to " energize " Soviet arms negotiators in order to clear the way for an early summit . |
| 10 | During talks in Bangkok on Oct. 12-13 between Soviet representatives and ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven ( G-7 ) industrialized countries ( delayed pending the eventual arrival of the Soviet team ) , a " strong endorsement " was given to the intention of the Soviet Union and the republics to " resolve certain fundamental issues essential for the maintenance of international creditworthiness and for ensuring their access to new credits " . |
| 11 | Thus the arrival of the major US computer companies in mid-1985 consolidated an anti-IBM grand alliance which had begun in Europe and now included all the other leading computer companies of the western world , all the telecommunications authorities and government regulators , and all of the pioneering computer-user companies . |
| 12 | Franco had relied heavily on Serrano Suñer for political advice and ideas since the arrival of the latter in the Nationalist zone during the Civil War . |
| 13 | Whole gut transit was determined radiographically by the first arrival of the radio-opaque marker(s) and the time when 50% or more of the radio-opaque markers were in the stool . |
| 14 | Dalgliesh felt impatient for the arrival of the forensic biologist , although he knew he could n't hope for the answer , not yet . |
| 15 | The News of the World had developed a distinctively titillating style of reporting rape which was matched only by the arrival of the restructured Sun which began to develop its present style in the early 1970s . |
| 16 | The arrival of the jackbooted armed emissaries of the state , battering the door in the small hours of the morning , has become the epitome of political repression of right and of left , particularly in respect of dissenting minorities . |
| 17 | Briggs Sports , body part suppliers to Ford , took full advantage of the arrival of the Professional Cup to win three Essex Senior Cup titles between 1950 and 1952 . |
| 18 | The arrival of the substantial numbers of new fighter pilots allowed some more of the old stalwarts to be rested , notably Sgt. Robertson , D.F.M. , and Sgt. Hyde . |
| 19 | PSYCHOLOGICALLY the Aztecs were probably better prepared for the invasion of Cortes than Irish rugby is for the arrival of the All Blacks . |
| 20 | It was their way of celebrating the belated arrival of the all male American dance troupe . |
| 21 | But his career has faltered , especially since the astonishing arrival of the young American , Greg LeMond , victorious in 1986 , 1989 and 1990 ; and in character , style and background quite unlike any other holder of the yellow jersey . |
| 22 | Ex.g shows the prelude to an arioso in G minor which portrays the arrival of the sea-goddess Thetis , Achilles ' mother . |
| 23 | On Oct. 28 French naval tugs had towed away boats belonging to the environmental group Greenpeace International , which had docked at the port of Cherbourg to await the imminent arrival of the Akatsuki Maru . |
| 24 | At seven o'clock all the guests assembled in an ante-room known as the Salle des fêtes , to await the arrival of the Imperial couple who were announced by the Grand Chamberlain . |
| 25 | But it was the arrival of the brilliant paper from the much younger , socially insignificant Alfred Russel Wallace which forced his hand — affording Darwin the full posthumous credit for Wallace 's discovery , and the bequeathing to subsequent generations of a " Darwinian bias " which is considerably less enlightened than Wallace 's own interpretation . |
| 26 | The arrival of the new Saturday l25mph High Speed Train service from Swansea to Pembroke provided a new job for the train guard : he had to leap out at Manorbier to open the crossing gates , wait for the train to clear the crossing , close them , and then walk seven coach lengths to give the driver the right away . |
| 27 | The extension of electrification from Bournemouth to Weymouth , completed in 1988 , saw the arrival of the new streamlined 100mph Class W2 , fivecar buffet units with power-operated sliding doors , air conditioning , and the return of compartments for first-class travellers . |
| 28 | I heard about the first one pretty soon , the next night in fact , because everyone I knew was talking about the arrival of the new beauty . |
| 29 | The books here have been collected entirely at random , as has been explained , but it is interesting to see that the arrival of the new media is reflected in some of them quite significantly . |
| 30 | A housewarming was impulsively decided on to mark the arrival of the new Alfoxden tenants , and on about 17 July Coleridge , seeking ‘ change of air ’ , arrived from Stowey in anticipation of the event . |