Example sentences of "point [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At this point I shall return to Hirsch , who argues that there can be no intrinsic understanding of literature , only a variety of understandings : ‘ Aesthetic categories are intrinsic to aesthetic inquiries , but not to the nature of literary work . |
| 2 | At this point I might as well confess to being what is called in the trade a ‘ megalithomaniac ’ . |
| 3 | Yes , I mean this is the point I 'll be developing later , later in , in , in the lectures , I 'm currently spending a lot of time kind of researching and thinking about this , but i i it 's ultimately the question of genes affect behaviour and more and more I come to the to the view that they probably do so erm through what we call our emotions , that our genes kind of erm guide us to do so and things through various subjective feelings like when we 're hungry , we , we know we 're hungry and it 's a subjective feeling of hunger . |
| 4 | Shut up that 's a point I wo n't be knackered at all . |
| 5 | But at this point I ca n't decide if the evening 's cabaret will consist of , ‘ Deep down , I 'm just the same old Lil you knew before , so how about it ? ’ or ‘ I 'm a star now , baby , and I can make or break you , so let's do it my way . ’ |
| 6 | The second point I ca n't just er |
| 7 | It needs to be done now and it 's going to cost us more if we leave it till later , on that point I ca n't agree with your budget , so , I 'm afraid , it 's roads that put me against it . |
| 8 | But the time has come to admit that in my efforts to explain this one valid point I may have misled the reader in other ways . |
| 9 | At this point I would like to stress that the tank was overstocked but the number of water changes I made helped avoid any problems . |
| 10 | The only point I would make is that you must wait until they are willing reflectively to turn around before you start operating with the abstractions . |
| 11 | At this point I would like to say how great Steffi Graf is , and how her loyalty to her fans , and genuine great attitude to the game shows up the likes of Monica Seles . |
| 12 | There is one final point I would like to make and I know that many people may not accept it , but I think there will not be any significant improvement here while violence persists . |
| 13 | The point I would like to put over is , I 've listened to one or two erm , radio programmes , and television programmes about this and I personally would like to have more evidence of what actually happens to the animals . |
| 14 | I I have only one point I would like to raise , Mrs , and this is whether or not er you are in a position to give me any comments er in relation to the er colony of Great Crested Newts in this pond . |
| 15 | The next point I would raise , and this is er by looking at item three on page one , is the income split by business and profit |
| 16 | I think the other point I would want to make is that it 's quite significant that in the week that we celebrate the forty fifth anniversary of the , the N H S , for the first time ever erm waiting lists within this country will have , will exceed one million . |
| 17 | The last point I would wish to make about this sonnet is one of rhythm and structure . |
| 18 | At one point I would have to answer a long-distance phone call , which would keep me out of the room for half an hour . |
| 19 | The second point I would make is as to timing . |
| 20 | Er the point I would like to make if I may is with er regard to the question of a a positive statement er that car dependency should be reduced and er more emphasis given to the availability and use of bus transport erm as well as t er rail transport . |
| 21 | The other point I would like to make is the question of the impact on the er highway system . |
| 22 | Er the other point I would make about the the figures under H One , really is that erm the twelve thirty figures that you 've seen in the tables is our best estimate at the present time , based on the site survey we 've carried out . |
| 23 | The s the point I would make is that first of all I do n't accept that twelve thousand seven hundred is er a tenable figure but that , probably the more important point is that there has to be a policy response , and a policy response to this issue demands that there is at least some response to the mi to the level of migration er you know my my my view has been put forward very clearly about that , but I would simply make make the point for the record that even accepting one hundred percent migration , there is no statistical case for a new settlement . |
| 24 | The other point I would make is the further that the new settlement is from York itself , then the greater would be the dependency upon the motor car , this has been born out by the paper that has been submitted by York City Council in table one where one can see that within the urban area within the O R R the travel to work by car is forty six point four percent , travel to work in the Greater York area at the moment is sixty seven point five percent , further than that I do believe it would be even greater . |
| 25 | And therefore , the point I would make is that I disagree with the weighting or the the two ticks given to the A sixty four south in in Mr 's assessment . |
| 26 | One final point I would make is is that there has been a a little bit of an impression given I think in some comments this morning that we have a a virtual free for all as regards the availability of agricultural land and er the marked change that it has been said to occur since nineteen eighty . |
| 27 | The second point I would make on the criticism that Selby make of the need erm assessment is they say that it does n't erm take adequate cognizance of manufacturing and service employment . |
| 28 | Erm the point I would like to make is is is in part made by Mr Girt , and that is that er with particular reference to Selby . |
| 29 | The point I would like to make is that while we 're thinking of international relations , that we do bear in mind that United Kingdom is still a United Kingdom . |
| 30 | I I think the the the point I would I wish to make is that in whilst er its multi role capability would have enabled it to replace a number of roles and possibly a number of er aircraft and er as Mr Evans said earlier , that 's still being looked at . |