Example sentences of "the [num ord] [adj] point be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second general point is that the discussion on Greece and Rome shows that Engels thought that the general scheme of social causation developed by Marx for capitalism applied to pre-capitalist formations , so long as these were past the gens stages . |
| 2 | The second crucial point was that Tanzania should not have television until it was really ready to make full use of it . |
| 3 | The second important point is that we must not treat the institutional population as a single group . |
| 4 | The first major point is that the text is basically in two parts : sentences 1–6 and sentences 7–15 . |
| 5 | The first significant point is that over the last decade environmentalists have learnt how to use science much more authoritatively , to bring a new professional competence to their campaigns . |
| 6 | The third major point is that the reporting of the trials marks out the boundaries of ‘ acceptable ’ behaviour not only by gender , but also by class , race and age . |