Example sentences of "[vb infin] at [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | The secular decline in the Sinn Féin vote — from a peak of 13.4 per cent in 1983 to 10 per cent on April 9 — meant that Mr Adams ' seat would surely fall at some point . |
| 2 | This is why all of us will doubt at some point , whatever it is that we believe . |
| 3 | So what we can do at this point here , Mr Prospect if you cast your mind back to when we first met , tell me how you feel , how , how do you , how , how do you feel today has gone now what should he say ? |
| 4 | Do you feel at this point in time that it 's all been worth it ? |
| 5 | Historians , of course , might feel at this point that they are in some sense losing control over what material is selected for future use ( Zweig 1992 : 181 ) . |
| 6 | Can downbeat Dalglish — ‘ Our position does n't matter at this point ’ — earn himself a half-share of Clough 's record ? |
| 7 | The only bed he could claim at this point was in his penitential cell , but he went to it eagerly , glad to have a locked door between himself and the world . |
| 8 | ( We will look at this point again in Chapter 8 . ) |
| 9 | I did n't understand at that point . ’ |
| 10 | One might suggest at this point that the level and module metaphors are not really opposed , because there could be a module that did the translation between the uppermost level and the one below it , and so on downwards . |
| 11 | ‘ And I suggest that Diana will remarry at some point . |
| 12 | But the argument would not even stop at that point . |
| 13 | Most people need about three weeks of daily training to achieve a useful level of skill , but do n't stop at that point . |
| 14 | It should be noted , however , that the symbolism does not stop at this point . |
| 15 | In general , however , we would stop at this point and accept as an explanation that he killed himself because he found his personal circumstances intolerable and sought to escape from them . |
| 16 | ‘ You can stop at any point and be satisfied with the level you 've explored . ’ |
| 17 | We simply do not know the answer to this question but brief mention of the complexity of a human individual 's environment may suffice at this point to indicate how elaborate the considerations will have to be . |
| 18 | For example , the worker may pause at one point and scratch his nose , this may indicate that a critical decision is being made or it may indicate simply that his nose was itching . |
| 19 | There is little other reason why President de Klerk should decide at this point to include two coloured politicians and an Indian in his cabinet . |
| 20 | Section 739 would not apply at that point because no income is paid to an overseas person . |
| 21 | Many ongoing difficult social circumstances , whether or not a direct result of the person 's approach to life , may also erupt at some point into major crises . |
| 22 | Olson , for instance , does admit at one point that all we can really be sure of is that some academics have made claims for objectivity while the question of assessing those claims is a different matter : |
| 23 | And the other two things I could mention at this point is that erm this activity , this useful time-structured activity , brings you into contact with other people . |
| 24 | First simply lift the boat into the water but do n't let go at this point because you 'll find that the boat will drift faster than you can swim after it , then you lift the daggerboard here , halfway down because you 'll be sailing off wind . |
| 25 | In both cases , involvement does not end at that point . |
| 26 | If the play did end at this point , the real anticlerical joke would be that the Interludium does not go on to the successful trick as the audience might have expected and the clerk might have hoped . |
| 27 | Old Lincolnshire folk claim that in the 1920 's one could stand at this point and see no less than sixteen windmills noiselessly at work . |
| 28 | One should perhaps just add at this point that Proust also underlines the very flexible nature of this existential time . |
| 29 | Curiously Nithard does not reveal at this point ( though he does so later ) that Lothar stood godfather to his little half-brother . |
| 30 | Adam did not want at this point to speculate , it made hi– feel sick . |