Example sentences of "[adj] to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why after the earlier failures did the military rising of 1820 , ‘ risky to the point of being ridiculous ’ in the opinion of one of the conspirators , nevertheless succeed ? |
| 2 | Thus housing in a poor state of repair can not be brought back into use and marginal property is in danger of deteriorating to the point where it ceases to be habitable . |
| 3 | ‘ What 's going on ? ’ she said , and hoped her thoughts were transparent to the point of invisibility . |
| 4 | ‘ And he is generous to the point where he would be without money himself to help someone . |
| 5 | Others , like Jon Swain and photographers Tim Page and Don McCullin , will admit to finding the war with its helicopters and guns exciting to the point of compulsion . |
| 6 | The Left was often unrealistic to the point of silliness ; it failed to appreciate that the USSR was a power with interests of its own which it would pursue , regardless of the feelings of Soviet supporters in Britain . |
| 7 | Abrupt to the point of rudeness yet fiercely protective of Althorp , Diana 's grandfather earned the nickname of ‘ the curator earl ’ because he knew the history of every picture and piece of furniture in his stately home . |
| 8 | Some of this undoubtedly derives from Niki 's background , which is proper to the point of pedantry and very much old Austria . |
| 9 | These units could then be regarded as repeatedly subdivisible to the point that the final dimension is so minute that it stands in the same relation to the highest human capacity for feeling as does the single cell to the supreme achievement of cellular development , which is the physical human being . |
| 10 | And er it was interesting to the point of view of their attitude to Britain then and er you know they were isolationists of course , you see . |
| 11 | Their habits , modes of thought , patterns of speech , style of drafting will have rubbed off on one another to the point where but a few free or tough or independent spirits resist mutation into a sludgy administrative amalgam . |
| 12 | In the light of this , it is not surprising that upper-class Indian mimicry of the British lifestyle — the clubs and golf courses , the social etiquette and refinement — now appear incongruous to the point of schizophrenia . |
| 13 | As much to the point as the previous accuracy of polling is the fact that the polls were pretty much spot on in 1979 , 1983 and 1987 at the moment the election was called . |
| 14 | Ford 's survey of the new and more difficult circumstances for chief executives in the late twentieth century was very much to the point . |
| 15 | I think this emphasis on intelligibility as the clue to reality is very much to the point . |
| 16 | Some of the best conclusions are short and very much to the point . |
| 17 | As well as Panna Cotta they do a wicked creamy chocolatey spongey thing called Tiramisu , literally translated pull-me-up , which was very much to the point afterwards . |
| 18 | Therefore , though musically it is excellent for the voice to exploit its complete range , from a practical viewpoint we should use the ‘ comfortable ’ zone more than any other , and venture into extreme ranges only rarely , and then only when it is very much to the point . |
| 19 | A more obvious interpretation , however , is that Katib Celebi 's apparently irrelevant statement about Abdulkerim is very much to the point , that he is aware of Mecdi 's assertion that Abdulkerim was Mufti in Istanbul and is contradicting it , saying rather that Molla Arab succeeded Molla Husrev in Istanbul and that Abdulkerim was Mufti in Edirne , not Istanbul , and has nothing to do with the matter . |
| 20 | ( Remember that the kind of cooking you do is very much to the point , for if you only cook simple meals you will need far less preparation area than a more ambitious cook — though here again your aspirations may change with experience . ) |
| 21 | If I mentioned it to him I could see he was bored to the point of distress . |
| 22 | She is , in fact , quite shy and unselfconfident , at times petulant and perfectionistic to the point of tears . |
| 23 | On the other hand if Wendy had deliberately misled Margaret and he himself were Svend , her chances of winning her sister away from his wiles were slender to the point of anorexia … especially if it was Suzie who had been so recently in his arms … |
| 24 | A martyr to gout , simple to the point of austerity in his personal tastes , and , contrary to liberal assertions , loved by his servants , he was a trimmer by nature , altogether lacking that fermeté which French agents found in his younger brother , Don Carlos . |
| 25 | He had been delighted to the point of euphoria when she had bought the Victorian clothes . |
| 26 | Certainly , when Richard himself wrote to the Calais garrison on 28 June , setting out his title , his claim was vague to the point of invisibility . |
| 27 | Certainly , when Richard himself wrote to the Calais garrison on 28 June , setting out his title , his claim was vague to the point of invisibility . |
| 28 | We were the first up the hill and had to break a path , so although a summer walk up Schiehallion is simple and quick to the point of disappointment , winter is a trifle harder . |
| 29 | Lead the subordinate to the point where choices must be made . |
| 30 | Andropulos , whom Grierson had reported as having a remarkable affinity for scotch , seemed relaxed to the point of garrulity . |