Example sentences of "[art] [adj] point [is] that the " in BNC.

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1 The interesting point is that the really quite moderate and bourgeois position of the DUP is often over looked , not just by its critics ( one would expect that ) , but also by its supporters .
2 The interesting point is that the Greeks were certainly able to see Merope with the naked eye , whereas today this is virtually impossible .
3 The central point is that the range of different patois spoken reflects both the complexity of the linguistic situation in the Caribbean and also the modifications to these being made by children growing up within the overseas speech communities in London .
4 But the crucial point is that the history of Christianity is completely interwoven with the history not just of this country but with that of Europe and America as a whole .
5 The crucial point is that the non-time-related organisation requires a conceptual grasp of the content and a level of linguistic ability which allows the writer to realise the concepts successfully in the text .
6 The crucial point is that the English department was to be elevated , not so much by virtue of its importance within the institution , but because of the role it might be made to occupy in leading , coordinating , and sustaining extra-mural initiatives :
7 The crucial point is that the very potent symbol of Einstein was not a representation of the theory of relativity .
8 The crucial point is that the structure of the bourgeois family flatly contradicted that of bourgeois society .
9 The basic point is that the language of conscious states has its primary ground in the interaction of humans , and of other beings that behave like them , and the question of the inferential access to inner worlds of ‘ subjective feelings ’ is not raised .
10 The key point is that the old , regulated financial systems stopped people from borrowing as much as they wanted at a given level of interest rates .
11 The key point is that the studies did not contain any specific evidence that the drug was harmful ’ , said the minister .
12 But the key point is that the criteria by which academics approach theories , or artefacts or human actions , are criteria which are part of the discipline itself .
13 Unemployment is one third lower than in 1987 but the key point is that the number in work keeps going up .
14 Of course , this can only be verified by a complete inventory , but the important point is that the sampling methods used , and the way in which the results were extrapolated to apply to the whole collection , are based on a sound mathematical theory which is widely used and tested in other fields , and therefore carried sufficient weight to satisfy the Museum and its auditors .
15 The important point is that the words are directed at the trustee .
16 Whether or not methodological individualists subscribe to such views , for them , the important point is that the levers of power are to be found in the hands of strategically placed individuals or groups .
17 The important point is that the animal learns an association between its behaviour ( pecking ) and a consequence of the behaviour ( being fed ) , and modifies its behaviour appropriately .
18 The important point is that the optimal number of residents for a local authority can be determined only when the ‘ appropriate ’ quantity of the local public good is determined .
19 For us the important point is that the timescale on which continents have drifted about is the same slow timescale on which animal lineages have evolved , and we can not ignore continental drift if we are to understand the patterns of animal evolution on those continents .
20 The important point is that the two-stage sampling process involves a sample of the primaries from each member of which is taken a sample of secondaries .
21 In any case , the essential point is that the government 's running costs greatly exceed its income , if you exclude the money gained from selling fishing licences .
22 The essential point is that the use of numerical data should be adapted to the need .
23 The essential point is that the introduction prepares for what is to come , and is a unified part of it .
24 Despite these caveats , the essential point is that the buying and selling of derivative assets is a process by which risk bearing is transferred between individuals .
25 The essential point is that the draftsman always has the choice .
26 The general point is that the mindless conformist implementation is rarer .
27 The general point is that the colleges would be free to make whatever arrangements seemed best for the provision of services .
28 The critical point is that the four stages are progressive : educators move along from one to the other .
29 The other point is that the guitar is left-handed and therefore is wired to work counter-clockwise .
30 The worrying point is that the England squad had never been so well prepared generally , but were specifically ill-prepared to counter the decisive factor — spin .
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