Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] at the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Raybestos had succeeded in carrying on despite the intense opposition of two communities , it was unable to survive the actions of its own workers fighting the hazards of asbestos at the point of production . |
| 2 | The rope beside Grant went taut and began to give off creaking noises of friction at the point where it disappeared over the edge of the stone coping , as it took the weight of the climbing man below . |
| 3 | In this case , the DCSL exercised some kind of influence at the point of selection and provided some help with cataloguing and processing of the new resources once purchased . |
| 4 | Non-marketed services include all those public services which are provided free of charge at the point of consumption — health , defence , civil service , most schools , police , etc . |
| 5 | Requisition of grain at the point of a gun during War Communism had proved a novel experience for the peasantry , but by 1922 that had been replaced by slightly more civilized methods . |
| 6 | Supervision of subordinates ‘ is focussed on bureaucratic procedures and not on the quality of service at the point of delivery to the public . ’ |
| 7 | Over the years , portable devices of greater and greater sophistication have been devised to facilitate easy and accurate recording of information at the point of collection . |
| 8 | The critical question , the acid test of socialism , is the distribution of power at the point of production . |
| 9 | Moreover , it is difficult for anyone but the manager to have available all the information he or she has taken into account at the point of decision , and hence it is difficult to monitor the manager . |
| 10 | The apparatus is then pumped out and sealed under vacuum at the point A. Sufficient mercury is then added to enclose the polymer and extend into the capillary , after which the tube is sealed at B , and placed in a thermostat at a temperature somewhat higher than the melting temperature of the polymer . |
| 11 | The refuges symbolise the renewal of militant self-help by working with women in crisis at the point where their sex and class oppression meet . |
| 12 | If an appreciable proportion of the laser radiation is absorbed by the sample , local heating will usually result in decomposition at the point of irradiation if the sample is a solid , though efficient convective mixing will often prevent overheating in liquid samples . |
| 13 | It was not possible , however , to ‘ convert ’ the Saracens ; they had a policy of religious expansionism too — seeking to convert all unbelievers to Islam at the point of the sword . |
| 14 | With the record-machine on stop , locate the shot to be assembled on the source machine ; hold it on play-pause at the point where its assembly onto the copy tape is to begin , ie the edit-in point . |