Example sentences of "but [adv] [prep] the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is manifestly not disorganized in disorganized capitalism as a set of social relations is capital , either in abstraction or as a ‘ system force ’ in crucial locations , but especially at the point of production . |
| 2 | But soon after the point where the catwalk turns left along the centre line , I found myself high-stepping through deep , brittle nest . |
| 3 | which sounds as if parentage counts , but not to the point where it counts for everything . |
| 4 | Good critical mind , but not to the point of cynicism . |
| 5 | She wrote a long and intimate letter to Eleanor describing her state of mind and her new and disturbing sense of isolation , but Eleanor was working on the first draft of her first novel , and replied at length but not to the point . |
| 6 | They resist school procedures and rules but not to the point of risking outright confrontation with teachers . |
| 7 | Gradually , you will need to increase your pace to the point where you are walking briskly and you can feel your heart pumping away efficiently , but not to the point where you feel at all overwhelmed . |
| 8 | Where there is sharp angulation of the CBD , the upper part of the stent should be 1 cm above or 1 cm below the angulation , but not at the point of angulation itself , to avoid impaction of the metallic mesh in the CBD wall and possibly further impaired drainage . |
| 9 | He 's written you a poem in which you might well think he was describing a fox outside his window but just at the point when the fox seems most real , it might be coming through the window or it might be going into its hole , he says that the hole that this fox lives in is his head . |
| 10 | This is very astute criticism of Yeats : but more to the point is that Pound here confesses self-doubts such as he would have concealed from anyone he did not trust absolutely . |
| 11 | But more to the point , Shakespeare did n't envisage Agincourt being fully enacted in the first place . |
| 12 | The quote from the William Tell Overture in the first movement may be deliberately banal , but more to the point , I find that it actually is banal . |
| 13 | But more to the point , will they survive Courtney Love ? |
| 14 | The subject matter suggests Minoan Crete , but more to the point is the material of which the carving is made : it is gypsum , which is not found near Mycenae , but is found on Crete and was used extensively by the Knossians for embellishing their temple . |
| 15 | But more to the point , the flight and maintenance crews have great confidence in them and regard the reports they generate as being very important , contributing significantly to improved safety in the air . |
| 16 | What many islanders claim is less poetic , but more to the point . |
| 17 | but more to the point the Chicago Convention . |
| 18 | But more to the point she also hopes her children will be able to get a good education before heading off into the world . |
| 19 | The motel was made up of separate cabins wide-spaced and private among trees — but more to the point the cabin had its own phone extension and twin beds . |
| 20 | On the contrary , it added to it , and not just in terms of the quality and character of the landscape , but also from the point of view of the wildlife . |
| 21 | The case was plainly important to Mr Anderson but also from the point of view of the public . |
| 22 | Single-minded devotion to one s own advancement , or to better pay , or to just one cause , strengthens one legitimate ingredient of the complex personal equation — but sometimes to the point where it eclipses and pre-empts the others . |
| 23 | It is a retort which is sometimes given , but quite beside the point . |