Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] [det] point " in BNC.

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1 How the lighting industry got from this point in its technology to today 's sources is a tale of technical give and take .
2 However , since Osred 's reign began in 705 , no further dislocation of Northumbrian chronology occurs at this point .
3 Lord Wilberforce at pp687-688 dealt with this point as follows : This leaves one final point to be taken by the taxpayer .
4 Differences between the three main systems in use mainly concern punctuation , use of parentheses and the order of elements which must be cited ; but while these may seem small discrepancies , it is one part of the process of research to assess at some point the different conventions governing the listing and presentation of sources , and to present work accurately according to whatever set of conventions you are following .
5 This phrase is proved as at point 5 , but as the case depends on this point , such evidence is best given by a reliable witness who had a good view of the vehicles concerned .
6 Do not allow the leash to slacken at this point , but try to keep it taut as this will help to ensure the puppy adopts the required position rather than jumping up .
7 The central position of the brake section prevented anyone moving along the train without being noticed , the guard agreed to this point .
8 In fact , the Lords agreed to consider whether reference to Hansard could be made and held a second hearing on that point .
9 The manuscript finished at that point .
10 So can sort of we point the discussion in in that direction but before we do Miss Whittaker has a corollary to push with that point .
11 When he has shot and eaten his final prisoner , he begins to worry what he will do for food ; but fortunately a seaplane arrives at this point and rescues him .
12 In 1970 52 per cent of the population listened at some point during the day , but only 43 per cent in 1986 .
13 The wiper contacts of the presets should be ‘ commoned ’ together and a lead taken from this point and soldered to the centre copper pad on the main p.c.b .
14 My imagination faltered at this point ; but I lingered over it , returning over and over again to the discovery of my heroine 's and my own female body , and the male contemplation of it .
15 It is not clear what reliance the court placed on this point , which they described as ‘ an additional difficulty . ’
16 The colour developed at any point will depend on where the sonic pressure-pulse had got to when the light arrived , i.e. on the distance of that part of the scene .
17 Evidence pertaining to this point is presented in Figure 6 .
18 We should like the inspector to comment on that point .
19 In these curves the tangent at any point makes a constant angle with the radius drawn to that point from a fixed point .
20 Given an object and a point of view relative to it , the perspectival appearance the object presents to that point of view is determined mathematically .
21 Though his career had to this point suffered no check , according to Ata'i , he now fell into disfavour with the Grand Vezir Sokullu Mehmed Pasa ( Grand Vezir 972 87/1565–79 ) , who succeeded in accomplishing his removal , with a pension , in Safar 987/April 1579 .
22 Trouble arises at this point , for no country can ensure that all its ministries and agencies manage everything in a wholly co-ordinated way .
23 This makes it more likely that all of the details can be retained by LIFESPAN , without the need for external references , but more importantly , it allows the user to respond to each point by a separate SSR .
24 The eutectic mixture formed at this point is called the cryohydrate .
25 On MOTD , did they show the banner unfurled at that point which said ‘ LEEDS HAVE WON AWAY ’ ?
26 With respect to the examples of Nyquist plots shown in figure 10.2 locus L passes through the point P = ( -1 , 0 ) and the corresponding circuit therefore oscillates at the frequency corresponding to this point .
27 Land sold at auction may have a reserve price and the site will only be sold when bidding reaches the reserve , the auctioneer advising at that point that the site is ’ in the market ’ .
28 Notice also that there is an alternative and syntactically simpler way of expressing the second version , which is : ( 12 ) Haberup angered his golem We can see exactly the same type of ambiguity in : ( 13 ) Reg ran the engine dry The adverbal adjective version of ( 13 ) corresponding to the question what did Reg do to the engine ? tells us that Reg reduced the engine to a certain unsatisfactory state ( though he may at least have had the sense to stop at that point ) .
29 Here the actual process of perception by the audience is less important than the knowledge resulting from perception which the playwright wants the audience to receive at this point in the play .
30 The funds do not merely guarantee you will get the full rise in the index over the period you have chosen ; they also ensure you get the highest bid price that the fund achieves at any point while the investment is running .
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