Example sentences of "[v-ing] to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Returning to the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Normanton , those of us who have constituencies north of London are anxious to ensure that when the channel tunnel opens in 1993 — that is the only certainty in the project — at least some attempt has been made to provide the essential services without which areas north of London will receive no benefit from this enormous project . |
| 2 | While you , great George , for knowledge hunt , And sharp conductor change for blunt The nation 's out of joint : Franklin a wiser course pursues And all your thunder useless views , By keeping to the point . |
| 3 | ‘ Then we will go to Mrs Gracie 's ? ’ said Dinah , keeping to the point . |
| 4 | As a result he was reprimanded by Henry Ireton [ q.v. ] for airing his views unnecessarily and not keeping to the point . |
| 5 | When confronted by his mother he was propitiating to the point of servility . |
| 6 | It is already obvious that the columns vary according to the point size , you can get away quite happily with two columns across an A4 in 12 point , three would be better in 10 point and to get four you 'll need to go down to perhaps 8 point . |
| 7 | Despite lobbying to the point of laryngitis by a embryonic Preservation Society ( the narrow gauge Society proper was constituted in 1978 ) , they rapidly lifted rails with buildings and signals equally enthusiastically razed to the ground . |
| 8 | Although traditionally sprinkler systems have been resisted in libraries , it has been shown that modern systems , which open and close individual sprinkler heads in response to temperature rise and fall , would prevent fires developing to the point at which structural collapse would occur , and would restrict water damage to a relatively small area of stack . |
| 9 | Existing trade barriers prevent third world countries from developing to the point where they can afford to implement high environmental standards , the report argues . |
| 10 | Severe withdrawal symptoms ( delirium tremens ) are acute panic , delusions , exhaustion and trembling to the point of seizure . |
| 11 | The spread of the Apple Macintosh within publishing to the point where it has become an industry standard . |
| 12 | Her salary has been growing to the point where she feels she can afford to buy a home and it promises to climb much further over the next few years . |
| 13 | Turning to the point of view of the trustee ( or heir ) : all property received from the testator was subject to a tacit hypothec in favour of the beneficiary . |
| 14 | So now turning to the point which er I think you asked us to address . |
| 15 | Patients deteriorating to the point when renal dialysis is considered should be withdrawn from the transplant list . |
| 16 | To manage horses successfully , we have to prevent their anxiety rising to the point where they become very angry or afraid . |
| 17 | I 'm afraid we did not measure up to the standards set by the well-hung Spanish men who drifted around with flies bulging to the point of bursting their buttons . |
| 18 | We 're getting to the point . |
| 19 | But though silence fell speedily , Eachuinn Odhar took his time in getting to the point . |
| 20 | It was getting to the point that whenever he saw a policeman sauntering along the crowded streets he chose for his phone calls his stomach turned over . |
| 21 | It was getting to the point where it was either me or the birds ! |
| 22 | ‘ I was getting to the point of putting it behind me , but when I conceived everything changed . |
| 23 | But he 's getting to the point where I 'm ready for saying to him away you go down to your granny 's right , but my mam can nae live with him either . |
| 24 | Back in the 1940s , though , it was taken a lot more seriously , so that actually getting to the point where you popped the question was a big commitment . ’ |
| 25 | And they are now getting to the point where they are are popular as the folders in terms of |
| 26 | Getting to the point where nothing matters except hearing those words … |
| 27 | I think for a very small company this perhaps might be more complicated in computing terms than would be worthwhile , but as soon as you 're getting to the point of many orders in a week , then it can be exceedingly useful to be able to ask the computer to tell you for example what are all the outstanding orders , what are all the overdue orders , what is the stock position bearing in mind that some stock is committed for certain orders , what orders have we got with suppliers to us which are still outstanding , and questions of this sort , can make your business much more efficient . |
| 28 | I do n't see any point in repeating or emphasising to the point of boring you . |
| 29 | With his tie awry , an alert pair of eyes sparkling behind gold-rimmed spectacles , he impressed the party by coming to the point rather than indulging in what he called the prefabricated speeches he had always hated . |
| 30 | Would you mind coming to the point ? ’ |