Example sentences of "[vb -s] to a [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is actually happening of course we know in that case what is actually happening , because nerves erm er neurones in , in the base of the brain are actually sampling the blood flow as it goes through with sugar level and when the sugar level drops to a critical point , some of those neurones start to fire and as they fire gradually the message is passed on up to the higher brain centres and eventually you get the feeling you 're hungry . |
| 2 | a ‘ Big Crunch ’ as all the matter in the Universe converges to a single point |
| 3 | And perhaps this is this goes to a wider point of what 's the magic of the definition of Greater York area ? |
| 4 | The important technique , which keeps you going as an automaton until interest and desire take over , and concentration sharpens to a fine point , is that of having a rigorous time-table of study laid down in advance . |
| 5 | The technique is to crush a diamond , select a splinter that comes to a molecular-sized point , and mount it on a pantograph system . |
| 6 | So again that comes to a hundred point six nine . |