Example sentences of "come [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | There had to come a point where I took control of my future . ’ |
| 2 | And I think that there 's going to come a point . |
| 3 | But there came a point when beautiful stories and analogies wore thin . |
| 4 | So there came a point when it made sense to change that particular balance . |
| 5 | There came a point in the timelessness of the universe when life began . |
| 6 | They struck up a relationship and there came a point at which they were in conversation with prostitutes . |
| 7 | This proved to be one of the sources of its downfall : there came a point when failure to come up with the goods , rationalised by ‘ the need for more research ’ , began to sound a little hollow and begged the asking of more fundamental questions . |
| 8 | There soon came a point , however , when Maazel found out for himself that there was more to Puccini than the ‘ singable tunes ’ he played for his father . |
| 9 | Another member of ASUTRAMES explained how the repression increased , until there came a point when the Association had to call a halt to its public activities . |
| 10 | I found that they were engaged in retailing rather heavy jokes ; and there came a point when Eliot , feeling perhaps that he ought to contribute , embarked upon a rather long story about George V. It ran somewhat as follows . |
| 11 | Came a point where the headaches and the rasping voice were not to be bought off for love nor money . |
| 12 | There came a point when we had to advise our client that she did n't proceed further . |
| 13 | ‘ We failed to see there would come a point where additional leisure would become more stultifying than satisfying and that the mass of men would be incapable of absorbing any more , ’ wrote the Harvard sociologist , David Riesman . |
| 14 | There must come a point at which man must stop trying to decide his own destiny , and I believe that point has come now , in our time . |
| 15 | There can come a point when a child is genuinely beside himself ( you have to use your knowledge of your child ) and you need to encompass him firmly in your arms until he calms down . |
| 16 | Clearly there will soon come a point where every practising teacher will become familiar with the ‘ newspeak ’ of attainment targets , statements of attainment , levels , keystages , programmes of study , standard assessment tasks , and profile components , with none of which any of us was familiar two short years ago . |
| 17 | There must come a point when educators and business leaders share and learn about the transferability of technology from one domain to another . |
| 18 | There may come a point when the rights and needs of other people have to be taken into account in the planning which is done for old people and it is morally unacceptable to take a stance which disregards others ' interests . |
| 19 | There may come a point when a person with HIV infection who is ill should tell the GP treating them otherwise there may be a dangerous delay in making an accurate diagnosis . |
| 20 | But there will come a point where productivity gains alone will not cover the necessary wage increases . |
| 21 | There must come a point when you realize that all these confidences are piling up , useless , in the store room , like the possessions elderly people sometimes keep for no purpose . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , if the court 's powers are to be meaningful , there must come a point at which the court , while not disregarding the child 's wishes , can override them in the child 's own best interests , objectively considered . |
| 23 | Because there must come a point somewhere in time where the shop will say well you 've now had these goods so long they 're no longer our responsibility . |
| 24 | If a geographical barrier such as a mountain range were gradually destroyed , there would come a point at which plant and animal species would be able to move into territory from which they had hitherto been excluded . |
| 25 | Paul Lane , watching , wondered if there would come a point when he would have to step between them . |
| 26 | If the authorities refuse to increase the size of the monetary base , therefore , there must come a point at which further lending , and monetary growth , are inhibited . |
| 27 | Clearly , if ‘ market ’ interest rates move up ( as in our example ) , there will come a point at which banks will have to pay more for their deposits and , with the marginal cost of funds rising , they will eventually have to raise the rates charged to clients . |
| 28 | I mean God knows , I 'm the last person in the world to worry about that sort of thing , but there does come a point in your career where you have to think about it . |
| 29 | Charles recognised that there would come a point when one found this relentless sexual innuendo irritating . |
| 30 | … as CNAA degree work expands in a college concurrently with the growth of a college academic community capable of accepting further freedoms and responsibilities , there may well come a point where much of the detailed work now necessary can be dispensed with and a somewhat different relationship established between college and Council . |