Example sentences of "of [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grain at the point of a gun during War Communism had proved a novel experience for the peasantry , but by 1922 that had been replaced by slightly more civilized methods .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 . |