Sentence examples for point of overcoming from inspiring English sources

By early 1809, however, with most of the Grand Army thrown into Spain, Napoleon seemed on the point of overcoming the revolt.

"Carp were introduced to American waters in the 1880s and proliferated to the point of overcoming native fish and fauna," Ms. Kamps said.

The argument would be that a person who is suffering from a harmful or a dangerous kind of love should first make a point of overcoming her feelings using what one might call "traditional" or non-biomedical methods.

The findings point to ways of overcoming the temptations of the food aisles and throw fresh light on the rise of obesity over the past 30 years.

The study will enable the identification of gaps between policies and practice, and point to strategies of overcoming these gaps.

In that respect, such proteins are desirable to be measured at the point of care, overcoming the shortcomings of current instrumentation.

This work is expected as an example in point to overcome problems of traditional chemical synthesis and pioneer a new way of controllable biosynthesis depending on fermentation industry.

Saariaho often describes turning points in her career in terms of overcoming fear.

Alonso, also seeking his third title, needs at least a podium finish to have any chance of overcoming the 13-point deficit in the standings.

Inspired by Brad Barritt, Saracens looked capable of overcoming an 11-point deficit and the departure to the sin-bin of Irish's scrum-half, Paul Hodgson, for the same offence as Goode, looked likely to help them.

But a sixth-place finish in the race by Castroneves fell short of overcoming the 25-point lead Dixon held since the Houston double-header races earlier in the month.