Example sentences of "[noun prp] [prep] [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Roderigo , ‘ this poor trash of Venice ’ , leaves , Iago tells us that his plan is still vague , but that he intends to bring Othello to the point where surface and reality are so inverted that he will ‘ thank ’ Iago for making him an ass , In the event , Iago succeeds in making Cassio drunk , proceeds to ‘ put ’ him into an ‘ action ’ that — just like the tribunes ' manipulation — degrades him yet ‘ approves my dream ’ ( II.iii.58ff. ) — his fantasy or plan of success . |
| 2 | Having brought Othello to the point where he proclaims ‘ I 'll see before I doubt ’ , and when he knows , ‘ Away at once with love or jealousy ! ’ ( 191ff . ) , |
| 3 | Whatever doubts there may be about Edward 's commitment to crusade , none can be entertained of John XXII's , for he did all that he could to bring England to a state of peace and Edward to the point of departure . |
| 4 | a ) The need for further attention to the footway on the north side of Lanark Road from the junction of Baberton Avenue to a point east of the Candy Box where , even after a moderate fall of rain , pools form . |
| 5 | Example 44 is from ‘ Vissi d'arte ’ in Tosca at a point where the orchestra plays the melody ( small notes ) while the singer weaves a web of narration in different ways — reciting , joining the orchestral melody , forming a decorative counter-melody , etc. — all within the space of a few bars : There is great skill here , yet nobody seems to have recognized it for what it really is — the solution for preserving melodic and formal unity while at the same time using words with freedom and flexibility . |
| 6 | Iraq is told to obey Security Council Resolution 660 and leave Kuwait at the point of American guns . |
| 7 | This time , Gina 's ‘ small , greasy artist friend ’ annoyed Nigel to the point that he had to take Eleanor into his study to talk about them . |
| 8 | I have just read the letter in the September issue of Todays Horse and have to say that I agree with the comments of Lisa Robillard on the point of using ‘ he ’ instead of ‘ she ’ . |
| 9 | And I concur with Mr on the point that he made . |
| 10 | The live anniversary performance of Messiah by George Frederic Handel ( C4 , Monday : 8.30–11.40 pm ) will be given some way from down-at-heel Fishamble Street at the Point Theatre . |
| 11 | Beyond Inverewe is Poolewe , a picturesque village overlooking the head of Loch Ewe at the point where the rushing River Ewe enters the loch . |
| 12 | The decision to use Strasbourg as a point of departure for this attempt was based upon a calculation that the strong army garrison in the frontier city would respond to the name of Napoleon , but in fact the whole affair was a disaster and ended in ridicule with the Prince 's arrest . |
| 13 | Facilities such as an iconographic databank are expected to encourage researchers to use the building as their base and help establish the institute as a rival to the Courtauld and the Getty from the point of view of new research . |
| 14 | The latest 280sq miles of fields stretch from the Red Wharf Bay area of Anglesey to a point a few miles from Crosby . |
| 15 | On the second day the Roman infantry crossed the Medway at a point between Snodland and Halling , again the villagers fleeing into the hills as the Romans passed . |
| 16 | The wader lived up to his name by conveying the mayor on his back as he waded into the Swale at the point where the boundary runs down the middle of the river . |
| 17 | We are introduced to Pemberton at the point where he is screwing up courage to say something about money , and all that happens in the subsequent two paragraphs is that the boy returns and his effort is frustrated . |
| 18 | In all I expect we were about a dozen strong before taking departure for Malta from a point to the South of the Balearics . |
| 19 | There was no decision of the Court of Appeal or the House of Lords on the point . |
| 20 | After several days of argument in this court and consideration of conflicting authorities , with no decision of this court or the House of Lords on the point , I , for my part , can not dismiss it so easily . |
| 21 | A participant is not obliged to provide currency for SDRs beyond the point at which its holdings of SDRs in excess of its net cumulative allocation are equal to twice its net cumulative allocation . |
| 22 | Others include Willard Metcalf , Theodore Butler , Carroll Beckwith , Lila Cabbot Perry and less eminent idolators , who eventually were to irritate Monet beyond the point of endurance . |
| 23 | Erm Mr Chairman on a point of information , the figures he has obtained on my figures are figures in a report issued by the director of social services and I think on a point of information he should acknowledge that they are the figures given by the officers . |
| 24 | Then ‘ View halloa ! halloa ! ’ she screamed , making sure that the pack had started to chase before she spurred Fontana toward the point in the hedge where Charley had threaded through . |
| 25 | The post-war frontier changes have brought the Alpine valley of the Isonzo ( Soča ) within the confines of Yugoslavia , and the present frontier follows the ridges to the west of the Soča to the point where the river enters Italy at Gorizia ( Gorica ) and flows across the Friulian plain to enter the Adriatic near Monfalcone ( Tržič ) . |
| 26 | Law had indeed brought Asquith to the point of conceding all that could be hoped for from Ulster 's resistance , but he was unable to seize the fruits . |
| 27 | By the time the crowd was invited to sample the barbecues scattered around the periphery of the park , and made available by the generosity of a local philanthropist and patriot , Plan Crockett , the second campaign to destabilize John Cormack to the point of resignation , was on the road . |
| 28 | Long before any of this , Kevin Brown had returned from looking at the corpse of Simon Cormack to the point where Quinn still stood . |
| 29 | The extensive settlement at Alcester lies close to the confluence of the Rivers Alne and Arrow at a point where Ryknild Street , running between Wall and Bourton-on-the-Water , crosses the road from Droitwich to Tiddington . |
| 30 | Thomas Albert Biggs , a born-deaf man employed as a coachman at Bristol , was out on bail on 13 charges of bicycle theft on 3rd June 1905 when he came upon a drama in the River Avon at a point where the river was over twenty feet deep and dangerous . |