Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [prep] [det] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONE allowance which looks almost certain to disappear altogether at some point in the not-too-distant future , judging from its treatment in the Budget , is the married couple 's allowance , or MCA . |
| 2 | A touch of deja vu started to creep in at this point . |
| 3 | To sum up on this point : with the advent of a child or children , a woman is bound to have her attentions divided between them and her husband . |
| 4 | It all seems to come back to that point of cost-benefit . |
| 5 | That 's all he gives away ; any further questioning makes him irritable and he refuses to answer further on this point . |
| 6 | Chairman I would like to pick up on this point about the identification of sites . |
| 7 | I mean you get to this stage where a certain age you can say no you 're not having it because they 've got to start to grow up at some point and she likes using the felt tips and she 's usually not too bad with them |
| 8 | Their first attempt , however , was foiled when they lost the centre leaf and had to walk out at this point . |
| 9 | at our next meeting is there anyone else you need to consult before making the decision to proceed now at this point , it 's coming to the end of the first appointment , you 're pretty sure you 're on your way so the pressure is off , he 's feeling fairly relaxed and hopefully he 's enjoyed the whole sale process with you , so what should his re his response be ? |
| 10 | To summarise up to this point , the r.m.s. magnitudes of phasors , and have been measured by the voltmeter but not their phases . |
| 11 | For each day there is a diet sheet , more interesting key facts , and a weight and symptom chart for your to complete as you did for Stage I. It is vital that you keep this chart up to date : you will undoubtedly need to refer back at some point during the next few weeks , so the records are nothing short of vital ! |
| 12 | It is difficult to see how at that point in history it could have been otherwise . |
| 13 | But it is so vindictively cold in this ill-lit room , and my alabaster hand aches so much from the thousands of words I have put down on this unhappy day , and my head still throbs , and my stomach is so empty , and my grief is so heavy , that I think it would be wise of me to break off at this point , this hinge , blow out the once again guttering candle and for the third time today go down the stone stairs to streets where it is always February . |
| 14 | The traffic began to move again at that point , though , and to Jessamy 's relief he had to give his attention to the road ahead . |
| 15 | The temptation for teachers to cut off at this point and move on to something easier and less controversial is great , but the real value of RE lies in following the development through . |
| 16 | After a while I stopped telling myself I was n't going to be sick , and — resigned to the fact that I was going to have to throw up at some point — kept telling myself instead that I 'd manage to hold it in until I was back in the flat , and so do it in private , rather than into the gutter in front of people . |