Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] to the point of " in BNC.
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| 1 | They regard the article as being primarily an attack on the Prime Minister , and one which is improper almost to the point of being constitutional . |
| 2 | It had been hot , humid almost to the point of unbearability . |
| 3 | In sharp contrast to most of his contemporaries , Pétain seemed unambitious almost to the point of self-extinction ; when offered the post of Commandant to the Rifle School , he refused because it would have meant his promotion over the heads of more senior majors . |
| 4 | What A View of the Present State of Ireland saves its worst condemnation for is those Old English who had ‘ degenerated ’ and gone native even to the point of abandoning their original names and taking Gaelic ones . |
| 5 | The execution is elaborate almost to the point of fussiness or mannerism , in strange contrast to the bold strength of form and movement . |
| 6 | The Lapps are a curious people , pragmatic almost to the point of unfriendliness . |