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Example sentences for "other points"

  • A diversion of these tributaries from their present beds, so that they should enter the main stream at other points and in different directions, might modify the whole course of that great river.

  • Strength at any one point of an Empire is not increased by discreditable surrenders at other points.

  • These pushed on the onset, hewed their way through all obstacles, and soon met the smaller storming parties which had penetrated at other points.

  • Defeat comes more slowly now that quick-firing rifles quadruple the power of the defence; but all the same it must come if the assailant has enough men to throw on that point and then at other points.

  • Had the Russians, while making feints at other points to hold the Turks there, concentrated their efforts either on the two Grivitza redoubts, or on those about the Kavanlik work, they would almost certainly have succeeded.

  • In other points, with a style rather strong and loaded with shade than pleasing, he shewed himself an excellent artist, both in his naked parts and his draperies; which he designed and coloured at the same time in the academies.

  • In other points, however, they differed from them.

  • Cleveland was then but a small town, and most of the trading was done with the teamsters that came from Wooster and other points south, bringing pork, grain, and other products, and taking back merchandise.

  • He also opened and carried on mining extensively at other points, such as on the Ohio, below Steubenville, also in Orange county, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere.

  • At such points the surface was being built up; at other points, abrasion was taking place, and the surface was being cut down.

  • Other points of difference developed as the years passed, but the main distinction was as given.

  • While damage was done at other points, none equaled that at Charleston.

  • A great many years nearer the present day, but still possibly a thousand or more years ago, men were digging busily in the flint quarries 19 miles north of Hebron and 12 miles northwest of Dodge and at other points on the Knife River.

  • Heavy rains prevented extensive fighting at other points south of the Dniester.

  • At other points on the line the British had also made substantial gains, capturing by storm, on the road to Cambrai, Boursies, Demicourt, and Hermies.

  • German gunners at other points had by this time observed the red lights that went up, the signals of distress, and thus learned that the position had been captured.

  • By the 27th it had reached the Ourcq, whence the 3d and 4th Divisions were already advancing, while the French divisions with which we were cooperating were moving forward at other points.

  • They had gained a foothold in Kirlibaba, the key to the Rodna Pass and the plains of Hungary, and were attacking successfully at other points on the 250-mile front.

  • But such a difference involves a relation, between A and B, which is independent of other points on the line; for unless we have such a relation, the other points cannot be distinguished as different.

  • So long as these are considered without reference to other points or figures, they are all qualitatively similar.

  • Now projective Geometry can only take account of qualitative adjectives, and can distinguish between different points only by their relations to other points, since all points, per se, are qualitatively similar.

  • At other points, however, offensive movements were kept up, even if they were restricted in extent and force.

  • At other points, too, the Austrian resistance stiffened perceptibly, especially in the region of Torgovitsa, and on the Styr below Lutsk.

  • In Volhynia, especially in the region of Linievka, and at other points on the Stokhod, the desperate fighting which had been in progress for quite a few days continued without abatement.

  • Here he was in an enemy's country with but a handful of men, and in utter darkness as to what was going on at other points.

  • Falling back on his original position at Fort Erie, he there learned that the United States Government had stopped the movement at other points, and arrested its leaders.

  • In other points, he was a liberal, worthy man, and a perfect gentleman, but extremely choleric in disposition.

  • At other points, especially in the northern part of the battle area, the Germans surrendered freely.

  • By the 27th it had reached the Ourcq, whence the Third and Fourth divisions were already advancing, while the French divisions with which we were co-operating were moving forward at other points.

  • All the more liberal spirits saw that Massachusetts could henceforth be no home for them, and made haste to other points.

  • Various disaffected and uneasy souls had wandered off to other points, and Winthrop gives the results, at first quietly and judicially, but rising at the close to a noble indignation.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    for such; infantile paralysis; other artists; other bird; other causes; other composers; other course; other dogs; other employments; other hands; other individuals; other kings; other knights; other mammals; other occasions; other provinces; other races; other self; other side; other troops; other varieties; other woman; other work; other world; other years; quick motion