Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] be at [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know he , and he 's at that point now |
| 2 | Sir Michael Clapham himself retired as Chairman at the end of 1977 having served on the Council from its beginning in 1964 ( and he was at this point the only remaining member from the original Council ) , and been its Chairman for seven years . |
| 3 | There is always a point at which the limitation of science , albeit forever progressing , introduces the need to make an unproved assumption about the mystery of life , and it is at this point that a religion becomes a necessity and must take over . |
| 4 | And it is at this point that we can see the way in which secularisation feeds and nurtures the philosophies of secularism . |
| 5 | In Vietnam the loss of a small intelligence network to the Japanese had made it essential for operational purposes that it should be replaced and it is at this point that Ho Chi Minh and the American OSS found each other . |
| 6 | This is where the skills of skimming a text to gain a general impression , and scanning to glean specific points , are very useful , and it is at this point within the process of finding information that they would perhaps most effectively be taught . |
| 7 | All sorts of little sub-businesses grew after the first month or two and it was at this point that we thought it would be nice to turn it into something more than just a folk club . |
| 8 | To get to that point , there was a quantum leap to be achieved , the proverbial turning point in a young man 's life when fate or some other thing takes a hand , and it was at this point in time that June — whom he says he still believed was his sister — reappeared in the story as a catalyst to a decision that would ultimately prove to be the most important in his life . |
| 9 | Gedge 's studies came to an end and it was at this point that he realised his obsessive interest in music could not be satisfied by part-time activity while he searched for a ‘ proper ’ job . |
| 10 | In the thirties the business expanded , with further branches opening in the North of England and Scotland and it was at this point that the name Beaverbrooks was adopted . |
| 11 | Only early photographs and documentary and other materials could begin to resolve some of the arguments and questions and it was at this point that material from the archives , old maps , early photographs , traveller 's descriptions , census records , trade directories , window tax or hearth tax assessments , and so on could be meaningfully introduced to children hungry for further knowledge . |
| 12 | The German countess then began to speak , but I was at this point , for some reason I do not recollect , obliged to leave the drawing room for an extended period . |
| 13 | But it is at this point that an Aristotelian-type argument fails to be able to deal with the most difficult questions about autonomy . |
| 14 | Once again there are many names to choose from but it is at this point that the design of the Amstrad PC starts to interfere . |