Example sentences of "[noun sg] point a " in BNC.
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1 | There , writers were evaluated on the comprehensive personality questionnaire , the Minnesota Multiphasic personality Inventory ( MMPI ) : the test provides scores on a number of scales , each of which has as its reference point a particular clinical syndrome ( depression , psychopathy , schizophrenia and so on ) and is labelled accordingly . |
2 | She was whirling higher and higher , her body finding for itself a rhythm it had never been taught , till unknowingly she cried his name aloud , unable to contain the feelings building to explosion point a second longer . |
3 | For the first period he took as a starting point his previously arrived figure of forty seven thousand five hundred pounds and as an end point a figure of fifty nine thousand four hundred and twenty one pounds ninety six pence , derived from Mrs . |
4 | It took as a starting point a figure of about 10 Terrawatts ( one Terrawatt equals one billion kilowatts ) for global energy consumption in 1980 . |
5 | I shall take as my starting point a television programme I imagine many of you will have seen recently . |
6 | Once a viewpoint has been selected , the subsequent CATWOE analysis is made easier by first considering the transformation that could be taking place in the selected system , using as a starting point a simple sketch of the conversion process , ie input-transformation-output ( Fig 15. 1 ) . |
7 | In 1949 , during a stay at Belle Ile , Kelly produced his first Abstract works , taking as his starting point a window frame or patches of moss on a wall . |
8 | From this starting point a series of criteria for whole numbers and a parallel set of criteria for decimal numbers have been developed . |
9 | He adds , " To help people in treating their problems may mean even to help them define their problem and select a strategy at stages where so far they are left alone by formalized services which require as a starting point a rather late stage of the process where the person in the need state consciously takes an action . " |
10 | For the first period he took as his starting point a figure of twenty thousand three hundred and seventy eight pounds to cover the parents involved . |