Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] on [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) reported in mid-February that Kurdistan was on the point of collapse and that hundreds of thousands of people were facing starvation as a result of the Iraqi blockade and the cutting of supply lines to Iran by snow and to Turkey by a lorry strike . |
| 2 | Gaston was on the point of making her his heir . |
| 3 | Longing for revolution , they convinced themselves that the peasantry were on the point of a mighty revolt . |
| 4 | Drilling operations had meanwhile been shifted to the south , and oil was finally struck in Masjid-i-Suleiman on 26 May 1908 , just as D'Arcy and Burmah were on the point of giving up . |
| 5 | Australian tycoon Alan Bond was on the point of conquering the world until he bought shares in Lonrho without first checking with Rowland . |
| 6 | ‘ Now , Rune , now … ’ she pleaded when she felt her whole universe was on the point of disintegrating . |
| 7 | M.J. talked a lot , and Donald said I encouraged her too much , and that I.C.B. was on the point of being more personal and interesting if I had let her — but I was rather shy of it . |
| 8 | Republic of Ireland .. 3 Northern Ireland ..... 0 THE celebrations were on the point of becoming a full-blown ceilidh when the score was corrected : Spain had not won 2-1 in Budapest , but the Hungarians had equalised eight minutes from time , and a bizarre set of circumstances could yet deny the Republic their first appearance in the World Cup finals . |
| 9 | For another , the ‘ war party ’ may already have taken over within the Vietminh : at least when Sainteny , attempting his last act of mediation , saw Ho for the last time before the war started , he complained about the moderate elements who had been eliminated from the government to the benefit of the notorious Francophobes ; and as the war was on the point of beginning , and as attacks on French soldiers and civilians had not ceased , nor had French retaliation , Sainteny 's exasperation was to be seen in his demand that culprits should be punished within 24 hours . |
| 10 | Lily was on the point of having what might yet prove to be only the first stage of a thoracoplasty . |
| 11 | The Beagle was on the point of leaving when he found out that the natives could tell which island a tortoise came from merely by looking at the shape of its shell . |
| 12 | Two main points about Britain at this time : the science unions were putting pressure on the government to shift economic policies from an industrial to a scientific base , and the health service was on the point of collapse . |
| 13 | De Craon started forward , his face flushed with anger , and Corbett drew back , believing that de Craon was on the point of striking him . |
| 14 | Some of the veterans were on the point of giving tongue but young Donald McCulloch was on his feet and moving into the middle of the ring , he was full of himself , sparkling with mischief but with an undertow of ardour . |
| 15 | She saw that the Dane was on the point of following him , so she hurriedly caught his arm and guided him into the laundry house . |
| 16 | Several times that evening at Therese 's house , Flavia was on the point of saying , Rosette Fournier turned up with an apparition — who can she be ? |
| 17 | Just as Emily was on the point of replying , the hammering stopped and Mr Zamoyski emerged from the entrance to his workshop . |
| 18 | Morton was on the point of killing the Dragoon when the soldier begged for quarter , adding that he had been forced into the army and had not wanted to be a soldier . |
| 19 | Just when their creditors were on the point of issuing writs the Tecks left England for the continent , insolvent and heavily in debt . |
| 20 | Time and again , sons or hired hands were sent vaulting over the dry stone walls to Low Birk Hatt when it became obvious that the Hauxwells were on the point of dropping with exhaustion as they struggled to finish their haymaking or sheep shearing . |
| 21 | The fingerprint bureau was on the point of collapse . |
| 22 | Our earlier discussion had reached a satisfactory breaking-off point and his attention was beginning to wander to the outer office where pandemonium was on the point of breaking out . |
| 23 | This was important , for Bonar Law 's health was on the point of finally breaking up . |
| 24 | Just as everyone took it for granted that the young Scot was on the point of fulfilling the potential she had shown in the amateur game , so she stopped in her tracks . |
| 25 | The crowd was on the point of becoming a lynch mob , but were still linked in a human chain . |
| 26 | Benjamin was on the point of replying when we heard the clip-clop of horses ' hooves and saw Doctor Agrippa making his way slowly towards us ; his mount , a gentle cob , ambling along as if it was a balmy summer 's day . |
| 27 | We chattered a while and Benjamin was on the point of leaving when the Queen stepped forward . |
| 28 | It 's a wonder I did n't kill Benjamin but , when I opened my eyes , two of the rogues were dead of huge gashes between shoulder and neck whilst Benjamin was on the point of driving his sword straight through the breast of a third . |
| 29 | The home itself was pillaged often , and by 1957 both Mary and Terry were on the point of collapse after months existing on half-nights of sleep . |
| 30 | George and Elizabeth were on the point of going to bed when they heard a knock on the door . |