Example sentences of "up to a [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Productivity increases as we spend more time and energy , but only up to a critical point . |
| 2 | This is especially significant given that , according to Lacan , ‘ Every emission of speech is always , up to a certain point , under an inner necessity to err ’ ( Seminar , ii . |
| 3 | Precisely for this reason [ the anarchic factor ] there may be errors up to a certain point . |
| 4 | Up to a certain point I was succeeding in both roles , driven as I was towards success by anxiety and the fear of failure . |
| 5 | For most teachers I have worked with , their particular stress portfolio unfolds unconsciously up to a certain point , after which they become aware of the fact that they are getting seriously stressed and need to take care of themselves . |
| 6 | Could I also say that erm again going back to Strathclyde that there is a , a social , there is a subsidy for those services erm where there is a social need up to a certain point and that is governed by the finance available , but its not as though , this is just the commercial network , in fact , er I think its erm something in the order of ninety two per cent of services in Strathclyde are commercially operated and it is Strathclyde region that fills the gaps . |
| 7 | Well , for tonight she 'd play the game by his rules — up to a certain point . |
| 8 | Up to a certain point . |
| 9 | In all cases consent goes up to a certain point only . |
| 10 | ‘ We all have to play with the hand we 're dealt , and up to a certain point we can put the blame on the dealer , but that point passed for Jamie Swift thirty years ago . ’ |
| 11 | And I would n't say that we were being fleeced , I mean I , I think we 've always been fleeced up to a certain point but they were always making a loss in the past and |
| 12 | But what you 're actually going to find is that what they 've divorced themselves from is the assistance and the technical help that comes from the County Council , and whilst you may have your teachers trained up to a certain point you therefore have at that particular time you you have them fully trained , and then you say oh well I do n't need any training for the next couple of years so I can step back and save on that area . |
| 13 | The basic characteristic of the H.T. is that the flowers are invariably double with so many petals — sometimes to their detriment in wet weather — that the centre becomes pushed up to a high point — in the classic shape that everybody likes to see . |