Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] pointed out " in BNC.
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| 1 | One social scientist pointed out that the weighting of the two subjects does not have to be equal : |
| 2 | Despite the high profile launch , just a few months later the audience of Eldorado was only 2.4 million people , ‘ fewer than Gardeners World , ’ as the Daily Express pointed out . |
| 3 | As the Daily Mail pointed out , Scott 's inestimable contribution to television is mystery . |
| 4 | But , as one eminent Scottish judge pointed out in MacCormick v Lord Advocate ( above ) , why should it be assumed that successive reconstituted Parliaments at Westminster have inherited the attribute of ‘ sovereignty ’ peculiar ( and , as is above suggested , perhaps with a limited meaning even then ) to the English Parliament . |
| 5 | As one senior chartered accountant pointed out , the faculty would open up the whole system , raise the technical standard of auditing , and provide a centre of excellence to help people improve their skills . |
| 6 | As my hon. Friend pointed out , Labour played a disreputable role in relation to trusts . |
| 7 | As my right hon. Friend pointed out from the Dispatch Box yesterday , only £1 in £3 of agricultural support goes to farmers , which we do not think makes much sense . |
| 8 | There are also implications for the steel industry and , as my hon. Friend pointed out , there are implications for electricity consumers . |
| 9 | As the right hon. Gentleman pointed out , we made new arrangements on 5 November to ensure that income support payments can be paid directly to the lender . |
| 10 | I am grateful that the hon. Gentleman pointed out that the closure of pubs , which was a common feature of the industry before the orders were thought of , has nothing to do with the Government 's policy or the MMC inquiry . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman pointed out that the soldier returned at one point when Mrs. X and her husband were still at the base . |
| 12 | The right hon. Gentleman pointed out exactly what has happened : a substantial body of opinion in the Labour party supports his amendment . |
| 13 | As the Foreign Secretary pointed out this afternoon , it increasingly takes a co-ordinated view of foreign policy issues . |
| 14 | The Daily Telegraph pointed out in Natwick 's obituary , ‘ Sex was her raison d'être . ’ |
| 15 | Then the old man pointed out the path that Giles must take to reach Fablan Fawr . |
| 16 | The horizontal part of the total demand for money curve shown in Fig. 4 is sometimes referred to as the liquidity trap , a theoretical possibility pointed out by Keynes in the General Theory . |
| 17 | As my right hon. and learned Friend the Chief Secretary pointed out , when the Labour party was in power the fastest-growing item of Government expenditure was debt interest . |
| 18 | The chief officer pointed out : ‘ In circumstances where it would prove uneconomic to apply the full rigours of building regulations , it is reasonable for the council to grant relaxations . ’ |
| 19 | But as one leading ecologist pointed out , close-knit communities and their traditions tend to stay in greater harmony with the environment than modern urban society . |
| 20 | A brief discussion pointed out that his principal role was that of liaison between the Commission and the Association of Catholic Headteachers . |
| 21 | ‘ As the great man pointed out , we ca n't theorise without data , ’ cited Sergeant Bird , who spent most of his evenings alone with a book . |
| 22 | A speaker at the International Congress pointed out that there are two approaches to handicap — either we can adapt the environment ( e.g. by providing wheelchairs , ramps , etc ) or we can make the individual do the adapting . |
| 23 | Take the example of Belgium where , as the Prime Minister pointed out on Thursday , PR has created a political culture of backstairs deals and perpetual campaigning . |
| 24 | As its great historian pointed out , " French became the language of states because it had become the language of courts and aristocracies " . |
| 25 | More prestigious universities , showing a surer touch than the Royal Society of Chemistry , had refused to get involved with Elena , but the Romanian Embassy pointed out that she would have taken the Central London Poly for a much grander institution than it really was . |
| 26 | As the Select Committee pointed out , last year 's autumn statement was out of date by March . |
| 27 | As The Athletic News pointed out , City 's future now seemed more assured , with the growing popularity of soccer in Leeds and a ‘ progressive manager ’ in Chapman . |
| 28 | The mischief of a contrary course pointed out . |
| 29 | From the lack of overlap between the patrons of the two ventures , it seems likely that the progressive bourgeoisie of ESPEW were not disposed to back the printing initiative supported by a more conservative section of the upper class , nor apparently was the venture connected to the NAPSS , which , as the Scottish Typographical Circular pointed out , " so far as Scotland is concerned , declined to have anything to do with the attempt to introduce women into the printing business " . |
| 30 | Early this week the general secretary pointed out that the recession has thrown almost half a million building workers on the dole . |