Example sentences of "[adv] to the point of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controllable : Random distribution especially to the point of use invites other problems . |
| 2 | It tends to encourage any tendency to the suppression of initiative , and to foster cautious conservatism , perhaps to the point of atrophy . |
| 3 | For many indigenes this meant that their once dependable resources were whittled away to the point of non-sustainability . |
| 4 | It can be fascinating , but the allure of intellectualism can carry us away to the point of deliberately courting obscurity . |
| 5 | Sometimes , a judge will be particularly impressed by a mellifluous and seductive plea put up on behalf of an accused and will sentence leniently to the point of mistake . |
| 6 | Gas from the fields in Liverpool Bay will be piped ashore to the Point of Ayr terminal , then overland to the proposed PowerGen gas-fired power station at Connah 's Quay . |
| 7 | Gas from the fields in Liverpool Bay will be piped ashore to the Point of Ayr terminal , then overland to the proposed PowerGen gas fired power station at Connah 's Quay . |
| 8 | Controlling production by massive ‘ bribes ’ in the form of aid to Third World drug-producing countries in exchange for specific measurable target reductions in production and controls on local drug merchants requires major intergovernmental agreements and even so will not prevent the illicit manufacture close to the point of consumption of man-made ‘ designer drugs ’ . |
| 9 | For that reason , straw as a fuel is likely to be most efficient and economical when used in heating close to the point of production . |
| 10 | The Oryx consortium will drill off Crosby while Marathon Oil and Chevron consortia will drill respective fields close to the Point of Ayr off the North Wales coast . |
| 11 | When , as is happening today , history is fragmenting politically and socially to the point of tribal conflict , culture must propose ideas with an international vision ; the moral worth of art lies in its internationalism , its capacity to weave differences together . |
| 12 | Roheim 's research in central Australia , for instance , shows that mothers will never refuse a child the breast , even if this means that a younger sibling is displaced by the elder one and suffers malnutrition — possibly to the point of death — as a result . |
| 13 | Further to the point of order , Mr. Speaker . |
| 14 | Further to the point of order , Mr. Speaker , raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham ( Mr. Grant ) . |
| 15 | Further to the point of order raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton , North-East ( Mr. Thurnham ) . |
| 16 | Talks incessantly to the point of forgetting what the original question was , using long , rambling sentences which go on for so long that the interviewee ca n't remember where they started . |
| 17 | The parent becomes more dependent , and with only small increases in the time and amount of care involved , there is suddenly a multiplicity of tasks until one has progressed unawares to the point of full-time caring . ’ |
| 18 | He always saw straight to the point of an argument . |
| 19 | While the Kerry is naturally small in its native environment , the Dexter has been deliberately bred small , often to the point of being a true dwarf . |
| 20 | The child 's inborn proclivity for feeling powerless , deserted , ashamed and guilty in relation to those on whom he depends is systematically utilised for his training , often to the point of exploitation . |
| 21 | The most obvious is thinness : anorexics are not slim , but thin , often to the point of appearing almost completely fleshless . |
| 22 | Many men detained , both briefly by the OMON and in Azerbaydzhani prisons , claim they were beaten and otherwise ill-treated ; allegations refer to regular daily beatings with truncheons , often to the point of unconsciousness ; rape and insertion of bottles into the anus ; and deprivation of food and water . |
| 23 | The factories are rife with diseases needing attention and routine dosing of the animals with vitamins and drugs takes place , often to the point of dependency . |
| 24 | Weber also gave more emphasis to status as a factor which , in some circumstances , could override the effects of class on social behaviour and ideas , often to the point of diminishing them entirely . |
| 25 | A bout of sickness and diarrhoea exacerbated the problem intensely to the point of Darren refusing to eat at all and becoming extremely weak and debilitated . |
| 26 | BS is like a man who knows all about swimming , even to the point of being able to train the Olympic team , but who can not swim himself , and V is the man with the normal talent for swimming . |
| 27 | Much attention has been given to the seemingly altruistic behaviour of dolphins , with various authors citing such examples as the way cetaceans will assist or stand by other ill , injured or stranded animals even to the point of their own death . |
| 28 | They also need physical change in routine to provide mental stimulation , even to the point of excitement . |
| 29 | To be used in any way they see fit , even to the point of humiliation . |
| 30 | Thus have governments and their interests pre-empted perception , even to the point of dragooning the commodities of the world 's markets into nationality — Japanese cars , Pakistani cricket bats , German steel . |