Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] on [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gaston was on the point of making her his heir . |
| 2 | Longing for revolution , they convinced themselves that the peasantry were on the point of a mighty revolt . |
| 3 | ‘ Now , Rune , now … ’ she pleaded when she felt her whole universe was on the point of disintegrating . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The fingerprint bureau was on the point of collapse . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | This was important , for Bonar Law 's health was on the point of finally breaking up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The crowd was on the point of becoming a lynch mob , but were still linked in a human chain . |
| 13 | But for the fact that the rioters supported the Government , itself widely believed to regard the riots with tacit approval , it could have been said that the country was on the point of revolution . |
| 14 | Achebe , Ngugi , Ekwensi , Kwei Armah , Ali Mazrui … 30 years ago this month , a new world literature was on the point of emerging . |
| 15 | Guinea-worm infestation , however , had been dramatically reduced , with under 3,000,000 current sufferers , and the disease was on the point of being eradicated in several countries including India and Pakistan . |
| 16 | An air of gloom descended over Labour party headquarters at Walworth Road , South London , early today as it became clear that the party 's quest for power was on the point of failure . |