Sentence examples for on the point of retiring from inspiring English sources
Mr Takeshita, now a bedridden 76 and on the point of retiring, emerged as the godfather of Japanese politics during the latter half of the 1980s.
He was on the point of retiring a second time, when the track head coach, Shane Sutton, suggested a move back to the team sprint.
Gordon, who was on the point of retiring from the army, expressed powerful disapproval of Gladstone's intention to withdraw from the Sudan and abandon its people to the godless Mahdi.
"I can't see the point of retiring," he said.
No Country for Old Men, a harsh thriller set in West Texas in the wake of the Vietnam debacle, presented America as a run-down society where only a few decent men, retired or on the point of retirement, have any sense of moral responsibility.
Her husband is on the verge of retiring.
Consider, as one "Millionaire" pointed out, the cost of retiring is often estimated to be about $700,000.
Hamilton is four points behind the German on account of retiring from the season-opening Australian Grand Prix.
Based on this information, the probability of retiring within one year was calculated.
Di Resta seemed poised to lose a further place to Button, but the Briton's McLaren suffered a puncture with three laps to go and dropped out of the points, before retiring on the penultimate lap with a broken exhaust.
What's the point of carrying on?
