Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | This area of law is affected by policy considerations , as the court will not wish to impose too heavy a burden on the defendant or his insurers . |
| 2 | Not to put too fine a point on it , Washington could save millions of dollars and industry years of wasted time by privatising this snail's-pace bureaucracy . |
| 3 | But , with the weight of expectations likely to get even heavier over the next few months , I ; m sure both of them are , not to put too fine a point on it , bricking themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ Not to put too fine a point on it , your Emily is a liar , ’ said Chase . |
| 5 | Kettering , not to put too fine a point on it , is the apple of her eye . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Not to put too fine a point on it , you 'd do anything for me , would n't you ? ’ |
| 7 | Not to put too fine a point on it , you were making your escape ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure you know , Inspector , how impossible it is for even the most committed clergy to avoid incurring — not to put too fine a point on it — hatred . |
| 9 | It , it , it , it , it 's , it , it surprises me that the amount of waste er that the proportion of , of the waste is , is , is fifty percent being er , er , er being builders ' rubble not to put too fine a point on it . |
| 10 | Not to put too fine a point on it , this was his love-nest where he used to bring Lucia . ’ |
| 11 | Chemists will have to keep as narrow a watch on these minor elements as our astronomers do on the minor planets , or we shall not know where we are ’ . |