Example sentences of "the point of [v-ing] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charlotte was in fact on the point of telephoning the undertaker to put matters in hand when she was intercepted by an incoming call . |
| 2 | On the point of framing the words ‘ Am I on Mars ? ’ she stopped , because she knew ( How ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | These , together with marksheets and LEA reports , are produced on a turnround basis ; specific computer files are created at the point of printing the forms so that subsequent data entry can be reduced to a minimum of keystrokes . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What 's the point of loading the reel with an unbranded twist that ‘ looked right ’ , when you can be sure that at some time or other the varying tensions on this material are going to produce lively snarls and inevitably weaken it , so that a line break happens just when you least want it . |
| 7 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 8 | Araminta , on the point of descending the stairs in a cream pique dress , turned round and went back to her room . |
| 9 | So you , so I , I , I do n't agree with you on that point but anyway the point of refining , the point of refining the capital programme is there is an im implication of , of , of debt repayment er , which is part of revenue , which could have an implication er , upon how we reach our reductions . |
| 10 | Australian tycoon Alan Bond was on the point of conquering the world until he bought shares in Lonrho without first checking with Rowland . |
| 11 | I had a distinct impression that many of the organisers had had professional theatre experience and that , naturally , their point of view was coloured by this , while the teachers had arrived at the point of realising the potential of drama as a tool of education . |
| 12 | And the only east European settlers from Germany who actually saw themselves , among other things , as cultural and linguistic Germans — to the point of organising the German schools teaching the standard German language — do not enjoy the ‘ right of return ’ except to Israel . |
| 13 | He was on the point of taking the key fortress of Valencia in the same year , when he fell sick and died within a matter of weeks . |
| 14 | What is the point of sending the article to learned referees if it is subsequently going to be altered without warning ? |
| 15 | As Maria Harris has noted : The point of including the nul curriculum is , of course , that ignorance — not knowing something — is never neutral . |
| 16 | Yes , it 's sad to be on the point of reaching the summit . ’ |
| 17 | I also made the point of linking the ideas of wilderness and beauty , which you lose if the place is covered in telephones and railways . |
| 18 | So Mains looked toward Southern , a senior club with which his family already had strong ties , and it was as a player for the famous club , with their black and white colours , that Mains developed to the point of gaining the Otago side in 1967 . |
| 19 | And I mean part of the point of doing the training of course is to get the hang of how to handle that . |
| 20 | Jesus , too , confronted injustice and corruption , to the point of driving the money-changers and merchants out of the temple court . |
| 21 | ( vii ) If the court reaches the point of weighing the social needs in issue , first that of securing to the council the effective means in law of protecting its reputation and , secondly , that of protecting the right of free expression of the people of this country , the court should hold that the remaining remedies for the council , if it could not sue for libel , and in particular the action for malicious falsehood , would not be a sufficient protection for the council 's reputation , and the ability of a local authority such as the council to sue for libel would not improperly or unnecessarily restrict free expression . |
| 22 | ( 3 ) What is the point of introducing the two definitions , namely ( ii ) and ( iii ) , when they express precisely the same concept ? |
| 23 | What is the point of introducing the concept of imaginary time ? |
| 24 | What would have been the point of keeping the contents of Heather 's file secret ? ’ |
| 25 | He had begun his account , intending to tell Lyn the whole of it , but now that he had reached the point of disclosing the site of the hole into the mine and of describing it and what happened there , he felt uneasy . |
| 26 | If so , what 's the point of having the conference at all ? |
| 27 | What is the point of having the ultra-powerful weapon if it is not armed with the correct ammunition ? |
| 28 | What is the point of having the Labour party ? |
| 29 | What 's the point of having the then ? |
| 30 | what 's the point of having the judge sitting up there when it 's jury that 's saying whether it 's |