Example sentences of "[to-vb] to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | He decided to come to the point . |
| 2 | Three weeks later at a meeting I knew I had to come to the point where I said yes or no to Jesus . |
| 3 | Vaguely he wondered when Siban was going to come to the point . |
| 4 | I wish to come to the point that the right hon. Gentleman raised specifically about my role in this matter . |
| 5 | Robert decided to come to the point . |
| 6 | To come to the point , what shall we do for the rest of the week ? |
| 7 | But there is only injustice when preventable suffering is allowed to persist to the point where a person would rather be dead . |
| 8 | What I want you to do as as the person who 's being assertive is to stick to the point . |
| 9 | Ask a trainee to take the role of the professional with the intention of trying to keep to the point . |
| 10 | And it was on that basis that they decided to go to the point near Sand Hutton where provision has now been made for them . |
| 11 | And I 'd I 'd like to turn to the point that erm Professor Lock raised in in terms of the potential clash of interest if if you like between the restraint of of the policy and the er the development proposals as regards Sel Selby district . |
| 12 | That 's the part that gives you sustain and that 's the part that you do n't want to depress to the point that it touches the fret , because otherwise the fretted strings do n't have the clearance to run underneath the slide without touching it . |
| 13 | During the eighteenth century the State acknowledged his right to punish to the point of death a serf who displeased him , to enrol him in the army , to exile him to Siberia , to trade and dispose of his human property as he pleased . |
| 14 | Obviously , the thing to do is to backwind to the point where the eating of the banana comes to an end and begin the next shot from there . |
| 15 | Selecting the right sized Disc , we took a pan of milk and we allowed it to heat to the point where it was about to boil over . |
| 16 | What the widow , divorcee or sorrowing woman fails to realize is that if the grieving were to stop the interest might diminish , or if intimacy were to develop to the point of involving responsibility , comfort would be withdrawn . |
| 17 | I have nothing to add to the point that I made about the statement . |
| 18 | From this nucleus , royal territory was in the future to expand to the point at which , in 1239 , the whole county could be annexed to the royal demesne . |
| 19 | It must take him at least half an hour to get to the point of the flash and back to his own bank , even if it turned out to be a wild goose chase and he was able to return immediately . |
| 20 | Frankly , dear readers , I was getting bored waiting for the graphs to get to the point of maximum excitement . |
| 21 | And soon we 're going to get to the point where we 'll be producing strings , each one with consistently the same sound-picture — and if it 's not , then we 'll instantly know what part of the process or what inconsistency in the materials is causing the problem . |
| 22 | To get to the point , Frank & Walters are not Guns N' Roses . |
| 23 | With the conventional weighing system it took some time for the information about packet weights to get to the point where decisions could be made to adjust either the oven or the wrapping machine . |
| 24 | Keane , who is being pursued by Liverpool , Manchester United , Arsenal and Blackburn , admitted : ‘ Forest have spoken to me about a long-term contract , but I do n't want to get to the point where I am arguing over details and money . |
| 25 | To get to the point , Achtung Baby ( from the bits I 've seen ) , is a rough ‘ n ’ ready run through U2 's career from ‘ Boy ’ to Lads In Shiny Leather . |
| 26 | The cost of admission is figured at $150,000 just to get to the point of manufacturing . |
| 27 | It used to get to the point where I was completely shattered but I would n't ask her to take over and yet she would n't offer . |
| 28 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |
| 29 | He kept asking her to get to the point as he was in a meeting , while she was waiting for him to get to the point , since , as far as she was aware , he 'd made the call to her in the first place . |
| 30 | It had taken her four years to get over him ; four years to get to the point where she could tell herself with some conviction that she had shaken off the last of the memories and was really ready to get on with her life . |