Example sentences of "[pron] points [adv prt] [that] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writing in the British Medical Journal recently , she points out that between a quarter and a third of 15-year-olds smoke . |
| 2 | She points out that at present local authorities have no duty to investigate alleged abuse , as in child abuse , and suggests this should be remedied . |
| 3 | She points out that at the size S 1 the marginal benefit of the last inch is less than the marginal cost to you , which is also the amount you must be compensated for that last inch on the tree . |
| 4 | She points out that after battling against the booze for some years it only took a short relapse to destroy much of what she 'd worked for . |
| 5 | She points out that in specialties where the quality of the front line services is a matter of life and death — such as intensive care medicine or accident and emergency work — they are not provided by preregistration staff . |
| 6 | It points out that in 1989 government revenue was £18.1 billion , made up of £2.9 billion from road tax , £1.5 billion from car tax , £5 billion from VAT and £8.7 billion from fuel taxes . |
| 7 | It points out that in February 1990 European Community " aid " to Poland took the form of pesticides worth about US$60 million , some of which were banned or severely restricted in Western countries . |
| 8 | He points out that on April 24th , 1906 the Emperor Nicholas II addressed the deputies of his first Duma , stating that the Duma represented the ‘ rebirth of her best forces ’ . |
| 9 | And he points out that on the day in question , there were several serious emergencies , including the case of an eight year old boy who died . |
| 10 | He points out that at present some two-thirds of output by value is of commodity materials as opposed to the more profitable effect chemicals . |
| 11 | He points out that under John Akers , IBM has built its desktop computing business to $8,500m in worldwide sales in 1991 , giving it 19% market share ; remained the worldwide leader in information technology revenues , at $62,800m last year up nearly 30% from $48,500m in 1985 when Akers took over ; and avoided the worst crisis that could have befallen it — which would have been to sacrifice investments in research and development for the sake of a fast buck — it spent $6,600m last year . |
| 12 | He points out that of some 200 applications of force by the United States , only five have been ‘ solemnified ’ ( his word ) by a declaration of war . |
| 13 | Tracing this back to the seventeenth century , he points out that in such times , it is ‘ always those crimes that are associated with the materially disadvantaged underclass which have provided the continuing thread within this history of respectable fears … |
| 14 | He points out that in 1960 , married black women could have expected to have 3.49 children ; if they had continued to reproduce at this rate , the out-of-wedlock rate among black women would have increased from 23% in 1960 to just 29% in 1987 , and gone almost unnoticed . |
| 15 | He points out that in many areas , especially service industries , organisations have improved their efficiency and effectiveness and increased the perception of quality by getting the clients to do the work — self-service outlets are an obvious example . |
| 16 | Nevertheless he points out that in Britain we appear to have industrial malaise , adversary politics and a society that is different in quality compared to other developed European countries . |
| 17 | He points out that in times of national emergency the public turns automatically to the BBC . |
| 18 | Er doctor says not only was the taxing officer right in what he did , but he should of gone further and as I say he should of erm disallowed more interest , the basis of which erm doctor puts forward that submission before me seems to be two fold , first he points out that in fact the plaintiffs failed to perfect the order of Mr Justice er , er sorry Mr Justice erm , until the twenty fifth of May nineteen ninety three and that was a , I think he would say a probable failure on part of the plaintiffs and their solicitors to do with what his solicitor had asked them to do in the letter of the twenty third of April nineteen ninety one . |