Example sentences of "up to the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the scores are tied , then the referee panel will award the victory on the basis of their appraisal of both contestants ' performances up to the point where injury occurred . |
| 2 | Sandhurst , which has performed dreadfully under Tootal 's control , made a £2m loss up to the point when WH Smith was persuaded to buy it , and three out of the four ongoing Tootal businesses showed disappointing results . |
| 3 | The planning officer is an employee of the council who handles the application up to the point when it is put to the planning committee , made up of elected councillors , for a decision . |
| 4 | But they are prepared to act on the political stage according to a script which permits pragmatic compromise up to the point where further compromise would endanger the fundamental evangelical principles of the background . |
| 5 | Another criterion that works well is to continue delegating up to the point where subordinates either actually object , or begin to fail to deliver successful results . |
| 6 | If animals in the sea have fared well , all considered , up to the point when they are harvested , and if they are harvested humanely , then we do nothing wrong when we kill them . |
| 7 | Under the old system , it was possible , if a shortage of any one part occurred , to complete a large number of bodies up to the point at which this particular part was required , and even if the whole of the body shop floor eventually became taken up by partially built bodies , it was still possible to keep the body makers employed in splicing bottom sides and cantrails and fitting the pillars in position alongside the partially erected bodies . |
| 8 | The profit-maximising firm will , therefore , hire additional workers up to the point at which the MRPL = W. |
| 9 | Apart from the obvious water-carrying pipes , be sure to lag the expansion pipe up to the point it bends into the cold water storage tank . |
| 10 | The first six steps of Part 3 , Objective 1 , have been completed , up to the point where an intervention programme has been written . |
| 11 | ‘ It all builds up to the point where it affects your game . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Up to the point of overload and pressure , you might say that the inexorable logic of the Hay Fever Theory does hold . |
| 15 | The existing policy is one of seeking abortion on demand , up to the point of birth and without legal or medical restriction . |
| 16 | Criticism and discussion must , therefore , be solicited and encouraged , but never for its own sake , and only up to the point that decision is taken . |
| 17 | If output could be expanded up to the point unc where price equals marginal cost , there would be an extensive gain in social welfare , namely the shaded area. , Making the simplifying assumptions that there are no income effects and that any effects on the distribution of income are unimportant , this area may stand for the true change in social welfare . |
| 18 | Presumably , the rational shareholder would do this up to the point at which marginal benefit was equated with marginal cost . |
| 19 | Employees are therefore paid a fixed wage whatever the state of the world , boom or slump , and , at least in some models , compensated for being laid off , up to the point that they are indifferent between working and not . |
| 20 | The division heads concur that the message is credible up to the point that a very important issue is at stake and they want to prove their mettle ; then headquarters begins to interfere . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A profit-maximising firm under conditions of perfect competition will expand production up to the point at which the additional cost of producing the last unit of output ( ’ marginal cost ’ ) is equal to price . |
| 23 | And what about you ? 3 Now tell the story of what happens in the labyrinth , up to the point where you find the Minotaur . |
| 24 | Conventionally , we would expect people to borrow up to the point where the utility gained from the last pound borrowed is just equal to the cost of borrowing it . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | But you paint only up to the point on which your own marginal benefit equals the marginal cost of the paint you buy and the time you spend . |
| 27 | One reason is that , if each firm were charged the same price or tax for a marginal unit of pollution , then every firm would pollute up to the point at which the marginal cost of reducing pollution was equal to the price of pollution . |
| 28 | However society decides to value the benefit of saving human life , an efficient allocation would adopt health and safety regulations up to the point at which the marginal social cost of saving life by each and every means was equal to the marginal social benefit of saving life . |
| 29 | Suppose we assume that each regulation is enforced up to the point at which the marginal cost and marginal benefit of saving life are equal for that activity . |
| 30 | Competitive equilibrium would ensure that each industry expanded its output up to the point at which price equals marginal cost and therefore social marginal benefit equals social marginal cost . |