Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clear the soil down to the point of origin , take a firm hold and wrench the growth away — never cut , no matter how resistant it is . |
| 2 | Satisfied that it would bring them exactly down to the point he wanted on the starboard side of Lord Jim , he asked — " How do you feel about your husband ? " |
| 3 | from right next to the needle down to the point and just go round it and then you weave it in and out like basket stitching and out over the cotton and under the cotton |
| 4 | We got votes against our proposals with no reasons given at all , you 've now got down to the point of having no reasons at all for opposing what we want to do . |
| 5 | Titch steered close in to the point and Wycliffe could see the broad path of the Wheel and the mound of turves by which it had been shot into the air before its final plunge into the sea . |
| 6 | Once again it brings me in to the point where er double glazers have to go and measure up then do their , I know they 've got lovely lap tops I 've seen them now with their lap top comp their little samples there special catches here . |
| 7 | This in itself created a double problem because the action of this scene moves from a point where Nicholson is talking normally right through to the point where he is stoned and slurred through smoking marijuana . |
| 8 | What I 've done now is taken you through to the point where , we 're asking ourselves what is it that management make a mess of ? |
| 9 | If the scores are tied , then the referee panel will award the victory on the basis of their appraisal of both contestants ' performances up to the point where injury occurred . |
| 10 | Sandhurst , which has performed dreadfully under Tootal 's control , made a £2m loss up to the point when WH Smith was persuaded to buy it , and three out of the four ongoing Tootal businesses showed disappointing results . |
| 11 | The planning officer is an employee of the council who handles the application up to the point when it is put to the planning committee , made up of elected councillors , for a decision . |
| 12 | But they are prepared to act on the political stage according to a script which permits pragmatic compromise up to the point where further compromise would endanger the fundamental evangelical principles of the background . |
| 13 | Another criterion that works well is to continue delegating up to the point where subordinates either actually object , or begin to fail to deliver successful results . |
| 14 | If animals in the sea have fared well , all considered , up to the point when they are harvested , and if they are harvested humanely , then we do nothing wrong when we kill them . |
| 15 | Under the old system , it was possible , if a shortage of any one part occurred , to complete a large number of bodies up to the point at which this particular part was required , and even if the whole of the body shop floor eventually became taken up by partially built bodies , it was still possible to keep the body makers employed in splicing bottom sides and cantrails and fitting the pillars in position alongside the partially erected bodies . |
| 16 | The profit-maximising firm will , therefore , hire additional workers up to the point at which the MRPL = W. |
| 17 | Apart from the obvious water-carrying pipes , be sure to lag the expansion pipe up to the point it bends into the cold water storage tank . |
| 18 | The first six steps of Part 3 , Objective 1 , have been completed , up to the point where an intervention programme has been written . |
| 19 | ‘ It all builds up to the point where it affects your game . |
| 20 | Less than cheery playwright Mike Leigh 's vicious attack on the nouveau riche starred his wife Alison Steadman ( for a change — not ! ) as dinner-hostess Beverley , wound up to the point of implosion with niceties , niggles and appearances . |
| 21 | They have put forward their nine-year coach Laurie Mains , and are winding themselves up to the point of wanting him as coach , first-up . |
| 22 | Up to the point of overload and pressure , you might say that the inexorable logic of the Hay Fever Theory does hold . |
| 23 | The existing policy is one of seeking abortion on demand , up to the point of birth and without legal or medical restriction . |
| 24 | Criticism and discussion must , therefore , be solicited and encouraged , but never for its own sake , and only up to the point that decision is taken . |
| 25 | If output could be expanded up to the point unc where price equals marginal cost , there would be an extensive gain in social welfare , namely the shaded area. , Making the simplifying assumptions that there are no income effects and that any effects on the distribution of income are unimportant , this area may stand for the true change in social welfare . |
| 26 | Presumably , the rational shareholder would do this up to the point at which marginal benefit was equated with marginal cost . |
| 27 | Employees are therefore paid a fixed wage whatever the state of the world , boom or slump , and , at least in some models , compensated for being laid off , up to the point that they are indifferent between working and not . |
| 28 | The division heads concur that the message is credible up to the point that a very important issue is at stake and they want to prove their mettle ; then headquarters begins to interfere . |
| 29 | It 's a matter of recognizing the anger in me on an everyday basis so that I do n't bottle it all up to the point of explosion . |
| 30 | A profit-maximising firm under conditions of perfect competition will expand production up to the point at which the additional cost of producing the last unit of output ( ’ marginal cost ’ ) is equal to price . |