Example sentences of "too [adj] [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not to put too fine a point on it , Washington could save millions of dollars and industry years of wasted time by privatising this snail's-pace bureaucracy . |
| 2 | But , with the weight of expectations likely to get even heavier over the next few months , I ; m sure both of them are , not to put too fine a point on it , bricking themselves . |
| 3 | ‘ Not to put too fine a point on it , your Emily is a liar , ’ said Chase . |
| 4 | Kettering , not to put too fine a point on it , is the apple of her eye . ’ |
| 5 | Scarpered , not to put too fine a point upon it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Not to put too fine a point on it , you 'd do anything for me , would n't you ? ’ |
| 7 | Not to put too fine a point on it , you were making your escape ! ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure you know , Inspector , how impossible it is for even the most committed clergy to avoid incurring — not to put too fine a point on it — hatred . |
| 9 | And er , without putting too fine a point on it , er there , there were quite a few moans coming from the bedroom , from the lady , and er , my son said , er , er , I do n't think she 's very well daddy . |
| 10 | It , it , it , it , it 's , it , it surprises me that the amount of waste er that the proportion of , of the waste is , is , is fifty percent being er , er , er being builders ' rubble not to put too fine a point on it . |
| 11 | Not to put too fine a point on it , this was his love-nest where he used to bring Lucia . ’ |
| 12 | With Senator McCarthy 's campaign against treason in the State Department having just got under way this may hardly have been the best time for dispassionate analysis although , if it is not too academic a point , one can not help comparing these propositions with an earlier assessment ( 13 October 1948 ) . |