Example sentences of "[art] point of [noun sg] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the capital the police told employers to work their men to the point of exhaustion the day before the terms were to be made known in order to leave them too weary to protest . |
| 2 | The rural sociological literature of the 1960s of the diffusionist school has demonstrated to the point of overkill the problem of the laggard and the small farmer ( Rogers & Shoemaker 1971 ) . |
| 3 | At a time of ‘ awful crisis , when constitutions of kingdoms are on the point of dissolution the stain of the blood of Africa is no longer upon us ’ thus removing ‘ a mill-stone about our necks , ready to sink us to perdition ’ . |
| 4 | At the point of referral the system is primarily concerned with pupils whose behaviour is ‘ aggressive , ’ ‘ extrovert ’ and ‘ disruptive . ’ |
| 5 | Again the signal as to how to behave is given to drivers entering the area by remodelling junctions at the point of entry the before/after pair of illustrations show the treatment of the Konopkastrasse/main road intersection by reducing turning space , lowering light poles , emphasizing cycle lanes and planting greenery . |
| 6 | She thought again what a point of defence the tower was , commanding the countryside , and then she saw that there was a back road leading away from the tower , narrower , bumpier even than the drive to the front door , which snaked quickly down the hill and out of sight . |
| 7 | That did n't mean that it was a task to be delayed — from every point of view the identification of a dead person was of urgent importance . |