Example sentences of "to arrive at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was Brainsby 's idea for Richard Branson to arrive at the inaugural press conference wearing a brown leather aviator 's helmet , à la Biggles , in an attempt to lend the launching of an international airline something of the savour of a Boys Own adventure . |
| 2 | Until a sane , liberal regime is restored within the party itself , it will not be fully re-equipped either to arrive at the right policy choices or to project itself as a responsive party to the electorate . |
| 3 | One would deduct from the amount received the value of the charge at the date the charge was executed in order to arrive at the taxable gain and claim other reliefs ( see Chapter 2 ) . |
| 4 | This VAT will then be shown separately in box 2 of the new VAT return and will be aggregated with any VAT due on domestic sales from box 1 , including any VAT due on sales to non-registered VAT persons in the EC , to arrive at the total VAT due in the period ( box 3 ) . |
| 5 | Obviously , one can not add the two figures of 0.67 per cent and 0.58 per cent to arrive at the total contribution of education , since there is an overlap between the two , i.e. advances in knowledge must have affected advances in the education of the labour force and vice versa . |
| 6 | In a non husband and wife situation ( ie where no other reliefs are available ) the mortgage debt assumed will be added to the consideration paid to arrive at the total amount subject to stamp duty . |
| 7 | Of course , it had n't so far done anything of the kind , and he had to arrive at the best thing to do in the circumstances . |
| 8 | He suggested to our supervisor that we should read the ‘ new linguistics ’ coming out of the U.S.A. , in order to arrive at the best analytic categories and techniques for analysing the language of television . |
| 9 | This can make it easier to arrive at the correct spot by varying the radius and steepness of the turn . |
| 10 | It was thus a new phenomenon when , during the winter and early spring of 1976 , outspoken resolutions on law and order began to arrive at the Presbyterian central office in Belfast from congregations and presbyteries across the country . |
| 11 | Like all good Home Guarders a great deal of effort was made to arrive at the Five Bells , our unofficial H.Q. which was then being run by Mrs Friar , her husband Bill being away on service with the Navy , and a common joke of the day was " If the Jerries landed the Five Bells would be defended to the last half pint " . |
| 12 | A calculation of the profit and loss account balance brought forward might then be performed and added to the retained profit to arrive at the carried forward balance . |
| 13 | To arrive at the average length of an English sentence , one should ideally amass a complete corpus of the language at a given period . |
| 14 | The quiteron works in a similar way , although the energy gaps involved are about a thousand time smaller than for semiconductors — several milli-electronvolts ( take out the word electron to arrive at the corresponding driving voltages ) , This difference is behind the quiteron 's big advantage : it dissipates far less power than the conventional device . |
| 15 | He said that it might take two to three years to arrive at the complete version of the social audit , which will be sent to all shareholders with the financial statements . |
| 16 | To arrive at the overall meaning of 4 , blackbird must be taken as a minimal semantic constituent . |
| 17 | The income tax relief already given under MIRAS should be offset against PAYE deductions , income tax deducted from dividends etc in order to arrive at the net income tax already suffered . |
| 18 | Once you have added up the figures in the budget planner , you will have to deduct income tax to arrive at the net spending amount available to you . |
| 19 | Secret The crucial part of this trick is to arrive at the yellow sweet whatever number is called . |
| 20 | ( It is not exactly the right answer because of the rough averaging procedure we used to arrive at the direct effects . ) |
| 21 | A space of 10cm ( 4in ) to 12cm ( 4 ¾in ) between the pleats gives an attractive arrangement , but this is variable in order to arrive at the desired finished width of curtain . |
| 22 | Christian roadblocks were therefore set up at the eastern end of the Ring motorway and the first 40 Muslim men to arrive at the Christian checkpoint , some of them travelling with their wives and children in their family cars to homes in east Beirut , were taken beneath the overpass and had their throats cut . |
| 23 | If you want to go into the draw , then just complete the form below and send it , with your remittance , to arrive at the editorial offices by 25th August . |
| 24 | It can be very frustrating to leave home in perfect conditions only to arrive at the chosen beach with rain and an unfavourable wind . |
| 25 | If , on the other hand , one focuses on the production that is undertaken by the residents of that country , the income earned by nationals from abroad has to be added to the gross domestic product , to arrive at the gross national product . |
| 26 | The court heard that Mr Hale 's crew was one of the first to arrive at the underground station after the fire broke out . |
| 27 | It would be very difficult to arrive at the same conclusion in 1988 . |
| 28 | Now suppose that Pathway 1 needs the succession of enzymes A1 , B1 and C1 , in order to synthesize a desired chemical D , while Pathway 2 needs enzymes A2 , B2 and C2 in order to arrive at the same desirable end-product . |