Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] at the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more alien to the spirit of British law , is a recent amendment to the Directive which enables a member state to declare an object a national treasure ‘ before or after its lawful removal ’ , and therefore take retrospective action at the point of sale or at any time subsequently . |
| 2 | She took a grip on herself , physically pushed back the dark , claustrophobic horror at the point of drowning . |
| 3 | Although the emphasis gradually changes , as the child gets older , from learning the language system to using language as a resource to learn about other things , there is no reason to believe that there is an abrupt change at the point of entry to school in the learning strategies that the child employs , or in the characteristics of adult behaviour that provide the most help . |
| 4 | Added to student 's needs may be those of patients and clients , their relatives and others who clearly have much to gain from improved teaching at the point of care delivery . |
| 5 | We shall assume that a ring of radius a situated in the z = 0 plane carries a current I ( Fig. 3.6 ) and we wish to determine the magnetic field at the point |
| 6 | The TVEI programme required clear management at the point of input , at the end of each of the years of a scheme 's work ( particularly at the cross-over from the main secondary school stage to the college phase ) and at the stage of evaluation . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It is obvious , therefore , that to prevent noise entering your house , you need additional weight at the point of entry ; and to prevent the noise you make echoing around the house , you need soft linings in the room where the sounds are generated . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | This power over the working class was achieved at the economic level , through the extraction of surplus value at the point of production , and politically . |
| 13 | The summit of it curled forward like a giant wave at the point of breaking . |
| 14 | Avalanche rescue is a matter of speed , effective communication and urgent detection at the point of the accident . |
| 15 | The ant endeavoured to escape , but was held fast by the clammy juice at the points of the hairs , which was drawn out by its feet into fine threads . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Nolan 's method is to put his hands on the bare flesh at the point of the complaint for a minute or two . |
| 18 | In order to execute a good ankle-snap at the point of contact , a flexible and strong ankle must be developed . |
| 19 | Then , fold up the length of the strip to a depth of 1cm ( ½inch ) and make snips up to this folded mark at the points where the large corner creases occur — four or five in all . |
| 20 | The dreamings follow a set path as they alter the topography , leaving their potency , or ‘ Guruwari ’ , at specific points en route , before disappearing back to the non-material world at the point where they came in . |
| 21 | 13 The lost Arch of Nero at Rome , depicted on coins minted at dome ( top ) and Lyon ( left ) ( the coins from Lyon can be distinguished by the small globe at the point of the emperor 's neck ) . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Articles in the press have commented on the value the Inland Revenue places on a non-assignable agricultural tenancy at the point of inheritance . |
| 24 | One problem with this kind of editing is that you may not get a clean cut at the points where you stop and start . |
| 25 | The Insert mode , the normal mode for most programs , inserts new text at the point of the cursor , shifting the text to the right and below to make room . |
| 26 | A close look at the points listed in Table 4.1 will show the level of confusion operating . |
| 27 | You keep the line dressed and straight behind the float and a certain tension at the point where the float tip protrudes from the surface so that the slightest movement of your wrist just lifts the float fractionally without interfering with its progress downstream and you watch it lift slightly and settle and feel in your bones — if you 've executed the hold-back right — that it will surely sink to a fish before travelling another inch . |
| 28 | The Cartesian coordinates which result from this transformation describe a space which is tangential to the curved space at the point selected . |
| 29 | Thus , maximum exposure at the point of sale has become the manufacturer 's objective . |
| 30 | The intention is to achieve maximum exposure at the point of sale , and the manufacturer will sell through as many outlets as possible . |