Example sentences of "be [vb pp] at one point " in BNC.
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| 1 | His uncle , sister , and brother can all be described as nationalists and although Ho seems to have been attracted at one point to the China of the 1911 Revolution , he chose instead to make his way to France where , having led an intellectually enriched but materially impoverished existence in Paris , he achieved some fame , or notoriety , among his fellow expatriates by attempting to present a list of Vietnamese grievances to Woodrow Wilson and the European statesmen who had gathered in 1919 at Versailles . |
| 2 | Decisions are made at one point , and so easier to coordinate . |
| 3 | The defences at Alcester have only been found at one point on the north-west side by the river , and are of two periods with a wall supported by timber piles , close enough to the river bank as not to need a ditch system at this point . |
| 4 | The team of 28 medical , nursing and technical staff at Great Ormond Street , feared both children would be lost at one point in the operation . |
| 5 | Thus the boy is seen at one point in relation to Pemberton ( " his little charge " ) , at another in relation to Mrs Moreen ( " her son " ) , and at another in relation to both ( " their companion " ) . |
| 6 | The current value of the land is estimated at one point five million , but the land at the time of any sale would be determined by the most favourable planning consent which can be obtained at the time . |
| 7 | Quails are mentioned at one point , but this story is otherwise concerned with the gift of manna . |
| 8 | The abbot of Hailes , who kept a flock of 900 head at Longborough , was accused at one point of harassing his tenants there preparatory to enclosure , though he never went through with it . |