Example sentences of "[art] point is that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Of course , whether the Anura constitute a family , an order , or a class is an arbitrary matter : the point is that they do constitute a natural group .
2 The point is that they think differently from us ; and we and they make a great team .
3 The point is that they provide an institutional contrast to public liability companies which , unlike regulated and publicly owned companies , occur naturally ( without governmental interference ) in advanced capitalist societies .
4 The point is that they examine such areas with very different specifications in mind to , say , the sociologist , the historian or the political scientist .
5 The point is that we do not need any further research to resolve the policy issues .
6 But we did n't have to , what I mean the point is that we did n't have to tell , have to tell them , they already knew .
7 The point is that we have a choice , in fact , a great variety of foods to choose from — many good , some bad .
8 The point is that we have a very indistinct line between the real and unavoidable problems of ageing and those which are socially and psychologically constructed and may , with care , be reducible .
9 The point is that he has a suitable house in north London .
10 The point is that he has provided one ; and one which even Labour 's nationalist wing is little equipped to dispute .
11 The point is that I made a mistake — oh , I do have a feeling for him , that helped to confuse the issue , we do like one another — what I have come to see is that my falling for Lewis was not what I took it to be . ’
12 The only reason I make the point is that I understand ATP have rejected an appeal by the LTA to help guarantee the long term future of the November indoor tournament in Birmingham by lowering the $600,000 prize money to around the $300,000 on offer at the two competing tournaments in Moscow and Sao Paolo that week .
13 Sophie smiled at her godmother , then , turning to Joanna , she said , ‘ The point is that I feel you 're disappointed .
14 But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer .
15 ‘ Yes , yes , man , but the point is that I did n't leave it , and now these confounded women have taken possession of the cottage .
16 The point is that I want to be near you . ’
17 The point is that it has taken players like Wallace and Hardenberger to contradict the cliches about the limitations of the instrument and to prove how flexible it really is .
18 But the point is that it makes sense for him to reject such a statement as false on a given occasion , only if he is prepared to admit that in different circumstances the same statement could be true .
19 The point is that you muddle her , you muddle her up .
20 The point is that you do not in this ‘ original position ’ know how to be biased and hence have to be fair : justice in this context would have to be ‘ blind ’ .
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