Example sentences of "that on arrival " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an agreeable story that on arrival the Prince wanted to change money and found an agent who advertised ‘ Here we exchange sovereigns for Napoleons . ’ |
| 2 | In the earlier 5-year plans many environmentally destructive problems arose ; the relocated Indonesians found that on arrival , despite a policy of grass planting on a contour basis , soil erosion had already occurred resulting in nutrient depletion . |
| 3 | ‘ The day before we arrived in Gibraltar we received a signal from Admiral Sir James Somerville of Force ‘ H ’ who was in command of the operation , saying that on arrival in harbour we were to berth stern to stern to ‘ Ark Royal ’ so that some of our Hurricanes could be transferred to her and rolled off ‘ Furious ’ direct onto ‘ Ark Royal ’ . |
| 4 | The Countess told me that on arrival at the hospital after his death , she spent half an hour alone , sitting by his bed , just talking to him . |
| 5 | In another case , headlined as ‘ The Alleged Hooligan Tragedy ’ , a man died after a street-fight and it was reported that on arrival at hospital he had made a statement to the effect that , ‘ I got my injuries in the Borough through being kicked to death by Hooligans . ’ |
| 6 | Billeting allowances were available to cover the cost of hosting an evacuee ( for unaccompanied children , 10s 6d per week for the first child , 8s 6d each for subsequent children ) and billeting officers had powers of compulsion to utilise appropriate accommodation , but most , being from the locality themselves , preferred to ruffle as few feathers as possible — with the result that on arrival many evacuees found themselves in a scene ‘ reminiscent of a cross between an early Roman slave market and Selfridge 's bargain basement ’ , as one witness put it . |