Example sentences of "point [prep] which [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scene six is , as I have already suggested , the pivotal scene for Anderson — the point from which we can see a considerable change wrought in his character . |
| 2 | If anyone was to blame , it was the anti-drugs policy of successive governments , and especially president Richard Nixon 's , but that 's another talking point on which he would hold forth at the drop of a hat . |
| 3 | That is a good point on which I can give my hon. Friend not only a specific example , but an assurance . |
| 4 | He sees part of the answer in the massive recession suffered by the British economy at that time , a point to which we shall return below . |
| 5 | ( This is a point to which we shall return . ) |
| 6 | This is a point to which we will return later . |
| 7 | This oddity seems most readily explicable in practical terms : probably the heirs of Pamphilus were holding back only on making over the hundred ; as a result only the hundred came into issue ; and because of Scaevola 's proclivity to answering questions concisely ( a point to which we will return ) and ‘ on the facts as stated ’ , the circumstances of the rest of the property were simply left aside . |
| 8 | Given information represents the common ground between speaker and hearer and gives the latter a reference point to which s/he can relate new information . |
| 9 | On the one hand — and this is a point to which I shall return — there is a dual claim against Lukács ' evolutionism ( to the effect that different levels of a social formation are relatively autonomous : crudely , if bourgeois society is decadent this does not necessarily mean , as Lukács thought it did , that its art is too ) , and in favour of the possibility of being able to pass a positive ‘ aesthetic judgement ’ upon a particular work however questionable the general category under which it has been produced ( a position related to Brecht 's polemic against Lukács ) . |
| 10 | Most importantly , this brotherhood was seen as extending laterally across a generation , vertically to fathers , grandfathers , sons and grandsons , and ultimately to God — a point to which I shall return . |
| 11 | This idea that relatives will acknowledge their responsibilities more effectively if alternatives are kept to the minimum has retained a strong hold on British social policy — a point to which I shall return . |
| 12 | One important distinction between the two writers is that Bentham became much more favourably disposed towards the prison as a medium of criminal reformation than Beccaria appeared to be ( a point to which I shall return later ) . |
| 13 | The problem is not length as such but the infrequency and brevity of meetings at which the scientific work is conducted , a point to which I shall return towards the end of this paper . |
| 14 | This is a point to which I shall return in the concluding chapter . |
| 15 | The Hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ( Mr. Graham ) who is just out for a moment , made a particular point to which I should like to respond . |
| 16 | There should be one point at which we can put it and put it in just that one place . |
| 17 | Crown lands had been so much reduced in size that the most efficient management could not have increased their yield to the point at which they might have made any significant impact on royal finances . |
| 18 | First , internecine rivalries ensured that his opponents would never join forces to oust him ; for that reason alone , they would be allowed to continue , though never to reach a point at which they might get out of hand and overwhelm him . |
| 19 | To our surprise it was only possible to predict in half the patients the point at which they would block their coronary artery . |
| 20 | Aberconwy Borough Council said the damage figure passed the point at which they could make requests for financial help to the Government . |
| 21 | They have reached the crucial point at which they can save because they have discharged other liabilities , but they will find such saving difficult . |
| 22 | Guidelines have been issued to them on the point at which they must desist from the chase because of danger to the public . |
| 23 | He was playing with her like a predator , judging the point at which she would lose control . |
| 24 | And she was well past the point at which she might have stopped her headlong dive into that dizzying state . |
| 25 | The point at which Draper categorically said ‘ You ca n't do this ’ would be the point at which he would have to leave . |
| 26 | Often Morton had told himself savagely that there would soon be a point at which he would lose interest in the prospect of salvaging them . |
| 27 | Start at the new radiator position and work back towards the point at which you will connect into the existing pipework . |
| 28 | Those on board were aware that they were approaching the point at which it would have to swing east and head inevitably back to Europe . |