Example sentences of "[adv] to [art] point of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controllable : Random distribution especially to the point of use invites other problems . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It tends to encourage any tendency to the suppression of initiative , and to foster cautious conservatism , perhaps to the point of atrophy . |
| 5 | For many indigenes this meant that their once dependable resources were whittled away to the point of non-sustainability . |
| 6 | It can be fascinating , but the allure of intellectualism can carry us away to the point of deliberately courting obscurity . |
| 7 | Sometimes , a judge will be particularly impressed by a mellifluous and seductive plea put up on behalf of an accused and will sentence leniently to the point of mistake . |
| 8 | Gas from the fields in Liverpool Bay will be piped ashore to the Point of Ayr terminal , then overland to the proposed PowerGen gas-fired power station at Connah 's Quay . |
| 9 | Gas from the fields in Liverpool Bay will be piped ashore to the Point of Ayr terminal , then overland to the proposed PowerGen gas fired power station at Connah 's Quay . |
| 10 | Common action on issues at a local level seemed threatened , but at no time did the war seriously compromise the determination of labour leaders to defend living conditions ; in many instances the struggle was intensified , although not to the point of sabotaging the war effort . |
| 11 | Good critical mind , but not to the point of cynicism . |
| 12 | They resist school procedures and rules but not to the point of risking outright confrontation with teachers . |
| 13 | These cartels would protect industry against any post-war slump , and in return industry would co-operate with government economic policy , though not to the point of accepting restrictions on profits or investment . |
| 14 | Controlling production by massive ‘ bribes ’ in the form of aid to Third World drug-producing countries in exchange for specific measurable target reductions in production and controls on local drug merchants requires major intergovernmental agreements and even so will not prevent the illicit manufacture close to the point of consumption of man-made ‘ designer drugs ’ . |
| 15 | For that reason , straw as a fuel is likely to be most efficient and economical when used in heating close to the point of production . |
| 16 | The Oryx consortium will drill off Crosby while Marathon Oil and Chevron consortia will drill respective fields close to the Point of Ayr off the North Wales coast . |
| 17 | When , as is happening today , history is fragmenting politically and socially to the point of tribal conflict , culture must propose ideas with an international vision ; the moral worth of art lies in its internationalism , its capacity to weave differences together . |
| 18 | Roheim 's research in central Australia , for instance , shows that mothers will never refuse a child the breast , even if this means that a younger sibling is displaced by the elder one and suffers malnutrition — possibly to the point of death — as a result . |
| 19 | Further to the point of order , Mr. Speaker . |
| 20 | Further to the point of order , Mr. Speaker , raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Tottenham ( Mr. Grant ) . |
| 21 | Further to the point of order raised by my hon. Friend the Member for Bolton , North-East ( Mr. Thurnham ) . |
| 22 | Talks incessantly to the point of forgetting what the original question was , using long , rambling sentences which go on for so long that the interviewee ca n't remember where they started . |
| 23 | The parent becomes more dependent , and with only small increases in the time and amount of care involved , there is suddenly a multiplicity of tasks until one has progressed unawares to the point of full-time caring . ’ |
| 24 | He always saw straight to the point of an argument . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Up to the point of overload and pressure , you might say that the inexorable logic of the Hay Fever Theory does hold . |
| 28 | The existing policy is one of seeking abortion on demand , up to the point of birth and without legal or medical restriction . |
| 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 | This allowed us to explore the process of secondment more generally , from first approach to application up to the point of departure some six to 23 months later . |