Example sentences of "i point out " in BNC.

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1 But the rally is going ahead , I point out , and the police have it on their duty-roster .
2 Defensively , I point out that she was very attractive as Cleopatra with Morecambe and Wise .
3 As I point out in chapter 12 , there are exciting possibilities for initiatives in knowledge about language , particularly in the areas of social and developmental linguistics .
4 I hope I do n't add to the confusion of the Borrowdale guidebook editions when I point out that their detailed account of what occurred on the first ascent of Prodigal Sons is in fact what happened on a totally different route named Déj ‘ a Vu .
5 Without impugning the motives of any believer in this , I point out that it reeks of a vile and dangerous racism .
6 I point out the empty ‘ shells ’ of others on the grassy cliff-top , and explain that this is the work of the local great black-backed gulls , who seem to enjoy cracking open these echinoderms ( which are really modified starfish ) to get at the small amount of ‘ meat ’ inside .
7 When I point out that this hardly squares with his claim to be a ‘ fucking dedicated policeman ’ , Coetzee says he ca n't help it .
8 BECAUSE DUDLEY MOORE has starred in what can be collectively described as a ‘ crap ’ of movies since his twelve-year-old big Hollywood hits 10 and Arthur , his own personal jerky series of ‘ Carry On ’ movies — films that in my mind have no titles and are n't short enough — it seems only fair that I point out to Moore that he has made a ‘ crap ’ of movies since his twelve-yearold big Hollywood hits and I ca n't remember their titles .
9 I point out some nice pink stocks and he does this huge shudder and goes ‘ Uuuuuugggh . ’
10 Still looking at section 3(1) , I point out that ‘ any later assumption of a right to it ’ ( that is , a right to the property ) amounts to an appropriation of a right to it and that normally ‘ a right to it ’ means a right to the property and not a right in it . ’
11 Miserably I point out that Cymbeline has not behaved well .
12 Innocently I point out that we 'd better return the key to him , since if we leave the flat unattended he could say we stole his best furniture .
13 I point out that I 'm paying for my half , but they both ignore this .
14 Although , ’ I point out with a wicked twinkle , which shows up as a flash of prismatic light on the edges of the glass , ‘ Rainbow has — recently — been entertaining the flicker of a wild fantasy about returning to religion .
15 I point out to the hon. Gentleman that the 1981 Act is now steadily being made more effective , that more resources are being made available every year and that parents are becoming more and more aware of their rights under that Act .
16 Before the Minister gives us , once again , the sterile old argument about the number of empty council properties , I point out that the number of empty council properties is far fewer than the number of empty properties owned by the Government .
17 I respect my hon. Friend 's strong personal feelings , but I point out to him that Parliament has expressed its view very strongly .
18 The Opposition bitterly opposed the right to buy council houses when it was first introduced ; now they are in favour of it — or , perhaps , not quite in favour , for they become very cross when I point out what a huge success it has been .
19 I point out to the hon. Member for Ogmore that the Sunday trading laws could be suspended only by primary legislation .
20 Longman the least seasonally biased of the three struggled to break even in the first half and this removed the normal pattern of Longman 's half-year profits helping to offset the first half losses of the other two businesses but before we get too depressed er I point out that Addison Wesley s sales were up by eleven percent and the size of the first half loss reflects the company 's decision to gear up in advance er , for what we w believe will be a very strong er , second er , half performance .
21 Now if I point out that it 's in bold erm and it preempts a question that generally comes up and that is if we er we will pay thirty percent up to a hundred miles one way away from home and er if we had to send you , and it 's a big if I have to say it 's a big if in especially in the medical practice side , if we had to send you more than a hundred miles we will pay another five percent .
22 I point out the difference as many people with mental health problems are now being cared for in the community and I feel that the community needs to understand these people rather than doubly stigmatise them by thinking that they have two illnesses rather than one .
23 ‘ If I point out all your mistakes , I 'll shatter your confidence . ’
24 erm So that there are a large number of tropical foresters now who 've been here and gone back to their own country , and one of the things which I point out to them these days is the need for public relations in their own countries , and getting information across to governments and being able to talk to economists and finance people in their own countries .
25 SIR — In answer to Martyn Harris 's recent suggestion that the tie was a passing fashion fad , may I point out that on March 30 the tie celebrated its 106th birthday , and its popularity is as high as ever .
26 SIR — Having read each of Sebastian Faulks 's ‘ Essex Watch ’ articles , may I point out that Essex Man noted that Kinnock is an atheist and that Major is a cricketer .
27 But may I point out to you , Dr. Briant , that I for one — and I think it likely that the audience feels much as I do — find the material you are giving us in so admirably concise and ordered a manner is not as intelligible as it might be , since we are ordinary simple souls ?
28 And incidentally may I point out that the proper term for the external female genitalia is vulva .
29 ‘ May I point out that you 're sitting on his shoulder , not him on yours , ’ said the Thing .
30 Also , while I have the chance , could I point out that in spite of the FRCC guide crediting me with the first ascent of the bolt ladder route named Fiery Cross ( Dry Grasp ) on Upper Falcon Crag , it has nothing to do with me or B. Henderson , listed as my second .
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