Example sentences of "[noun pl] point to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Warlow and his supporters point to the fact that certain quasars ( highly energetic galaxies ) have jets of material emerging from their cores : could it not be that stars and big gassy planets can behave analogously ? |
| 2 | Certainly such pressures and demands point to the need to make both prevention and treatment of chronic diseases a priority . |
| 3 | Half empty shops point to the fact that the devices were discovered during one of the busiest periods of the week … |
| 4 | The Conservatives point to the cash provided this year for an extra thousand police officers as evidence of their commitment to tackling the problem . |
| 5 | The Croats point to the fact that they retained their own chief executive — the ban ; their own assembly , the Sabor ; and their own judicial system . |
| 6 | For example , related experiments which measure elastic collision cross-sections of ultracold caesium atoms point to the feasibility of using evaporative cooling of magnetically trapped caesium to reach the temperatures required for the observation of the much-sought Bose-Einstein condensation of atoms . |
| 7 | Systematic evidence from the US ( Hall 1980 , Hamermesh and Silk 1979 , Buzzell and Wiersema 1981 ) together with observations among British and European firms point to the success of strategies based upon product quality , good design , complementary services , innovation and brand awareness . |
| 8 | Thus , contrary to the mythology propagated by the ‘ popular ’ Press , these user histories point to the fact that , at street level , heroin use is more likely to spread along friendship and family networks ( 90 per cent ) , than via the ‘ evil pusher ’ ( 10 per cent ) ( see also Pearson 1987 ) . |
| 9 | In addition , these user histories point to the fact that the receptionists of some surgeries were instructed to turn away ‘ addicts ’ or , at least , segregate them from the rest of the patients . |
| 10 | For this reason one or more indexes may be used in a hierarchy , with the lowest-level index pointing to records while higher-level indices point to the index next below them . |
| 11 | All explanations for the rise in suicides point to the destruction of old ways of life . |
| 12 | Opponents point to the example of the Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow , also run by the multinational Group 4 . |
| 13 | For instance , interactionists point to the evidence in the Kinsey report on sexual behaviour that over one-third of male adults have had a homosexual experience to the point of orgasm , and that only one in twenty goes on to adopt a continuing homosexual role . |
| 14 | Interactionists point to the fluidity of human sexual conduct ; to the changes that can occur within an adult 's lifetime ; to the movement back and forth between different types of sexual conduct . |
| 15 | Critics point to the disservice to the public of allowing the self-interest of organizations to determine welfare outcomes . |
| 16 | These critics point to the discontinuity which followed changes of government in the 1970s in such areas as industrial policy , incomes policy , secondary education , industrial relations and law . |
| 17 | Automobiles point to the importance of investment in novel NFP structures to enhance design and production capability , product quality and the linkage between the factory and the market . |
| 18 | In the foregoing sections several features of the results point to the fact that , in the vicinity of T g , rate effects are closely associated with changes in certain thermodynamic properties . |
| 19 | Implementing these models requires much further study but these results point to the importance of ideology ( in this case , possible misunderstandings of the principle of normalization ) as well as skills among the staff group as factors influencing staff performance . |
| 20 | Christianity bites deep into the culture of pre-industrial societies , and in 1700 life may be full of pain and suffering and hardship ( which are not good in themselves ) but these life-experiences point to the mystery of life in Christ and the reality of his suffering for the world . |
| 21 | Others point to the effect E has on the clotting mechanism of the blood and how it can cause internal bleeding , haemorrhaging and death . |
| 22 | Sceptics point to the tax incentives the commission wants to offer to companies adopting the Eurostatute and wonder how ’ optional ’ it would really be . |
| 23 | Similarly , secondary education librarians point to the lack of continuity between primary and secondary education , The lack of continuity between the various sectors and the poor transference of skills from one to the other is partly a consequence of lack of co-operation between the different sectors , but also the dilemma of librarians at different levels as to whether they should focus on short-term or long-term information needs . |
| 24 | Analysts point to the fact that far more beer is drunk at home on the Continent , which provides a more conducive atmosphere for low-alcohol products than a pub or bar . |