Example sentences of "at the very point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed in cases where such companies had a vital stake , as with the British South Africa Union Minière in Zaire they were seen to behave badly at the very point at which their host countries became independent . |
| 2 | But why stop to wonder at the very point where cause for wonder really begins ? |
| 3 | PLAYER : Why , we grow rusty and you catch us at the very point of decadence — by this time tomorrow we might have forgotten everything we ever knew . |
| 4 | The practitioner travels in all directions , executing various movements , with the final technique ending at the very point where he began . |
| 5 | Even a citizen of Morpork would , at the very point of death , desert his treasure to save his skin . |
| 6 | Madam Deputy Speaker , erm there 'll be no need for any pruning from the chair because I had just mentioned the word banks at the very point that you madam speaker , got up and I can assure that er pruning would not be in order . |
| 7 | Slicing already inadequate budgets down to the lowest possible level would reduce care managers ' ability to respond flexibly to user need at the very point at which they were supposed to be maximising choice . |