Example sentences of "[not/n't] to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Common action on issues at a local level seemed threatened , but at no time did the war seriously compromise the determination of labour leaders to defend living conditions ; in many instances the struggle was intensified , although not to the point of sabotaging the war effort . |
| 2 | which sounds as if parentage counts , but not to the point where it counts for everything . |
| 3 | Good critical mind , but not to the point of cynicism . |
| 4 | She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point . |
| 5 | They resist school procedures and rules but not to the point of risking outright confrontation with teachers . |
| 6 | Gradually , you will need to increase your pace to the point where you are walking briskly and you can feel your heart pumping away efficiently , but not to the point where you feel at all overwhelmed . |
| 7 | He suddenly felt horribly drunk , but his wits had not altogether left him and he had a nasty inkling that his speech was not to the point . |
| 8 | A /t/ which occurs before the recognition point must be used for the purposes of recognising the spoken word : but it appears not to be used for making phoneme-monitoring decisions , since monitoring latencies are related to the word 's recognition point , not to the point at which the target occurred . |
| 9 | I think our union has changed dramatically over the last few years , not to the point that our great history has been lost , but we have adapted to the world in which we live . |
| 10 | These cartels would protect industry against any post-war slump , and in return industry would co-operate with government economic policy , though not to the point of accepting restrictions on profits or investment . |