Example sentences of "at which point [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Ultimately , quiescent inward streaming will resume until the ILR is reached , at which point radiative losses again stimulate an abrupt switch to a new orbit family of smaller radius , the innermost set in Fig. 5a , known as the ‘ x 2 family ’ .
2 Even buildings whose shorter periodicity put them out of the vulnerable category suffered ; the lengthy shaking made them progressively less brittle , in effect lengthening their period until they vibrated in resonance with the quake , at which point many began to collapse .
3 At which point two other giant rats sprang from the lower part of the building , jaws agape , and flung themselves at her .
4 They will survive unscathed and largely unregulated until their activities unleash another financial disaster ; at which point this book will be a useful starting point for moppers-up .
5 It is not known at which point any of the three died .
6 We are apparently being drawn to the end of time , to an apocalypse ( which will happen on 21/12/2012 ) at which point some of us will achieve a mystical transformation to a more enlightened realm of being .
7 I was a damned good half for about six minutes , at which point some lumbering Neanderthal would drop his 17-stone frame on my more delicate structure , and I would view the rest of the game from the sideline , where I lay whimpering and counting broken bones .
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