Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adj] at the point " in BNC.
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1 | Unlike housing and education , health policies were remarkable for their continuity in the 1980s and the NHS finished the decade battered round the edges but largely intact : still the overwhelming supplier of health care in spite of the growth in the independent sector ; still tax-funded and for the most part free at the point of use ; still growing in real terms even though that did not keep pace with demand in the view of critics . |
2 | Britain was the first country to offer health care to the entire population free at the point of use . |
3 | Although there has been a radical management shake-up and there have been improvements in organisation and efficiency , the fundamental ethos of the NHS — provision of medical service free at the point of use — has remained unchanged . |
4 | They were private individuals or partnerships , paid by the state to provide a universal service free at the point of use . |
5 | For whatever reason , the government chose to accept the case for retaining an Exchequer-financed service free at the point of use . |
6 | A service free at the point of delivery is being changed , for some , to one in which they or their relatives are asked to make what is often a considerable weekly contribution . ’ |
7 | Liberal Democrats remain steadfastly committed to the original aims of the NHS : to enable everyone to live free of the fear of illness , injury and disability ; to provide health care free at the point of delivery and regardless of ability to pay . |
8 | This problem is not helped by the provision of health care free at the point of use , which prevents the patient from knowing the cost of the treatment . |
9 | There are many who believe that the NHS , by providing care free at the point of use , is facing an impossible task in which demand can never be satisfied . |
10 | The managers believe that a social insurance system would be more responsive and transparent , while still providing care free at the point of delivery . |