Example sentences of "[noun sg] at the point " in BNC.
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| 31 | The body forces act directly , as the word implies , on a volume element of the system : the surface tractions however act on a surface and the direction of the perpendicular to that surface at the point of action of the traction needs to be specified . |
| 32 | But the notion of a token economy is that you reward desired behaviour at the point at which the behaviour is performed , okay ? |
| 33 | The conflagration began in the lower half of the square at the point where the houses are set back a little from the pavement . |
| 34 | Requisition of grain at the point of a gun during War Communism had proved a novel experience for the peasantry , but by 1922 that had been replaced by slightly more civilized methods . |
| 35 | If an appreciable proportion of the laser radiation is absorbed by the sample , local heating will usually result in decomposition at the point of irradiation if the sample is a solid , though efficient convective mixing will often prevent overheating in liquid samples . |
| 36 | According to Paul Rutishauser of transport consultants , Transnet , " it 's not pollution at the point of use but at the point of production that 's the question . |
| 37 | That is , the time taken to regain track , equals the time from the facility at the point where the track is regained . |
| 38 | Supervision of subordinates ‘ is focussed on bureaucratic procedures and not on the quality of service at the point of delivery to the public . ’ |
| 39 | Does engaging in the selling of materials directly related to the curriculum conflict with the principle of a free education service at the point of delivery ? |
| 40 | Contrary to the rumours constantly spread by the Labour party , such hospitals remain in the national health service and continue to provide a free service at the point of delivery . |
| 41 | If the sail edge is overhead , or nearly overhead , the cross-spar at the point where the stand-off is fitted , then a carbon rod should be used . |
| 42 | Burdened by hindsight , by a chronic fear of becoming bloated and self-indulgent , this indie generation tries to freeze-flame development at the point just before ‘ it all went wrong ’ , and so turns its back on the few things that went right . |
| 43 | He had argued that Spain and Inca Peru had reached a parallel stage of social and cultural development at the point of the conquest , allowing the possibility of fusion . |
| 44 | The current laws on all kicking should remain except that any ball caught on the full from kick in general play can be returned directly into touch with the line-out at the point where the ball goes out of play — e.g. a scrum-half kicking for touch would still need to bounce the ball into touch but , should the kick be gathered on the full , then it can be kicked directly into touch . |
| 45 | They will make signs beside the object at the point of the child 's eye-gaze , and they will even sign with the child in their laps so that each turn and movement of their bodies is transmitted to the child . |
| 46 | Avalanche rescue is a matter of speed , effective communication and urgent detection at the point of the accident . |
| 47 | But whether a reckless driver hits a pedestrian depends upon the presence of the pedestrian at the point where he recklessly passes a red light . |
| 48 | Take care not to damage the cables , and protect them with a plastic grommet at the point they will some through the knock-out in the box |
| 49 | For progressive building to be successful , it was essential that the supply of completely manufactured parts should be on the ground at the point of erection , before the building of a vehicle was commenced . |
| 50 | To ensure that this progressive building was a success , it was essential –hat a supply of completely manufactured parts was on the ground at the point of erection , before the building of a vehicle was commenced . |
| 51 | But having arrived in the chill early morning at the point of departure , I had secured a back seat pressed hard against the thin , vibrating metal . |
| 52 | Nolan 's method is to put his hands on the bare flesh at the point of the complaint for a minute or two . |
| 53 | Exodus for rock AMERICAN rockers Aerosmith are to play a one-off concert at the Point Depot , Dublin , on October 27 — but the driven rock stars ca n't make it to Belfast either . |
| 54 | Likewise , the strength of any union in the final analysis rests on the resolve of workers to oppose managerial control at the point of production . |
| 55 | We pick up the debate at the point where Hall suggests Liverpool boss Graeme Souness was under too much pressure to make rational decisions . |
| 56 | It seems unlikely that in interpreting ( 28 ) the reader postulates any exact physical distance between the mother and the baby at the point before the mother picks the child up , or that he bothers to wonder whether the mother picks the child up after it has finished crying ( and if so how long after , in terms of minutes or seconds ) or whether the child was still crying when the mother picked it up . |
| 57 | The electron velocity at the point z may be worked out by the simple consideration that the electron gains kinetic energy at the expense of its potential energy ( the same idea as in mechanics ) . |
| 58 | The Cartesian coordinates which result from this transformation describe a space which is tangential to the curved space at the point selected . |
| 59 | Drainvalves are generally fitted in the rising main just above the main stopcock and in the cold supply pipe to the hot water cylinder at the point where it enters the cylinder . |
| 60 | It is relevant to note that the river at the point of crossing was a yard deep and three yards wide . |