Example sentences of "[conj] it [be] point [adv] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | The People 's Republic of Kampuchea ( PRK ) , proclaimed in January 1979 following the invasion by Vietnamese forces supported by the troops of the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation ( KNUFNS — replaced in 1981 by the Kampuchean United Front for National Construction and Defence — KUFNCD ) , was renamed the State of Kampuchea ( Roat Kampuchea ) in late April 1989 [ see p. 36589 , where it is pointed out that " Kampuchea " and " Cambodia " are transliterations of the same Khmer word ] . |
| 2 | When the subject of education was brought up and it was pointed out that the girl had not been going to school he said that she was not learning anything at school anyway , that she was much safer here than at the school she had been to , where she had been threatened with knives in the playground and that she could learn all a wife needed to know better at home . |
| 3 | She was persuaded to concede on that point , then proposed to share everything with the production team — until it was pointed out that if just one penny , or a single biscuit was diverted in that direction , and it became known , we 'd be lynched . |
| 4 | If it was pointed out that in mixed-ability classes too little was now being expected of the very clever child , teachers tended to reply that such children could look after themselves , and required , or deserved , no special consideration . |
| 5 | This was a difficult doctrine to establish , particularly since it was pointed out that my own activities were not remunerated in any such way ; but nevertheless I found an impossible inconsistency in remaining an adviser to a profession that outraged this important principle . |
| 6 | However , this is easily corrected when it is pointed out that the Bible refers to God , himself , as a helper . |
| 7 | The appropriateness of that kind of question for understanding the nature of science in a fundamental way is brought into question when it is pointed out that there is what would seem to be a fairly straightforward distinction between some state of affairs and judgements about that state of affairs made by individuals or groups . |
| 8 | When it is pointed out that a number of Labour programmes have been markedly radical , as in 1945 and 1983 , then it is claimed that the leaders have failed to be behind them and give them their solid backing and support . |
| 9 | This became evident when it was pointed out that Monet 's famous haystacks are in fact grainstacks . |
| 10 | This was noted as long ago as 1975 ( Hughes ) when it was pointed out that the administrator had to present an acceptable change , " for today only acceptable schemes are operable . |
| 11 | When it was pointed out that he would need a telescope to see it from there , he replied that being an ex-naval man , he never looked at anything without the use of a telescope . |
| 12 | When it was pointed out that the figure of £274 million had come from the Government 's Supply Estimates , he said he was not familiar with such a figure in relation to the jetty . |