Example sentences of "starting point for [det] " in BNC.

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1 For schools looking to develop a whole-school approach this diagram can provide a starting point for each department to articulate its position and , from these deliberations , find and build common bridges across subject departments to meet individual needs .
2 We have therefore produced a standard working definition for the Compact as the basic starting point for each section , which then continues to deal with responses to the questions and concerns which are raised by each group .
3 The starting point for each of them is to ascertain from the appropriate table of retail price indices covering the period between service of writ and trial what would have been the equivalent of those damages in the money of the day at the date of service of writ , reckoned in pounds sterling at the higher value that they then stood at at the very beginning of the period for which simple interest is to be given .
4 Secondary data provide an excellent starting point for many international marketing research projects .
5 Situated a little off the beaten track , the Hahnenhof is 15 minutes walk from the town centre , and is a good starting point for many pleasant rambles .
6 The truck took us to where the Imlil-Toubkal road branched off at the market town of Asni and there we swapped to the normal ‘ shared taxis ’ into Marrakech for a merry night at the Hotel Ali — famous for its buffet dinners and the starting point for many adventures .
7 The fairground goldfish has been the starting point for many hobbyists .
8 The Weberian concept of bureaucracy is perhaps the most explicit statement about the purposive and rational nature of organization , and has been the starting point for many major contributions to organization theory .
9 The inclination of historians may be to begin with their stock-in-trade , the arguments , but this is unlikely to be the best starting point for many , especially those who are new to the profession .
10 Although the local area will often be the natural starting point for many topics , even for the core history topics , it is very important that primary pupils be encouraged to look beyond the local area at the wider scene .
11 The square mile around the school can be the starting point for many enquiries , including investigations of a historical nature .
12 Cellulose is the structural part of all vegetable matter and it is the strength and stiffness of cellulose which displays leaves and greenery to the sunshine so that photosynthesis can take place and become the principal chemical starting point for all forms of life .
13 For example , the concentration of crime in the lower social class , which was the starting point for all the main sociological theories , could be explained simply by the fact that members of the lower social class were more likely to be selected for labelling .
14 The French capital was used as the starting point for all the races and the first , from Paris to Rouen , was organized by the Paris newspaper Le Petit Journal in 1894 with a £200 prize on offer .
15 I 'd say that composition is the main starting point for all our work , because the nature of composition involves performance at the end , and of course the whole process involves various ways of listening … so composition is the crux of all our work here .
16 The post has been vacant for months and the lack of suitable candidates puzzled officials as the job proved the starting point for such politicians as Mr Chris Patten , Mr Iain Macleod and Mr Reginald Maudling .
17 The post has been vacant for months and the lack of suitable candidates puzzled officials as the job proved the starting point for such politicians as Mr Chris Patten , Mr Iain Macleod and Mr Reginald Maudling .
18 Adorno offers one starting point for such a history .
19 For economic libertarians , the starting point for such a reform is the licence fee itself which they have lung regarded as an outdated imposition on the public and a regressive tax to boot .
20 Dr Martin Knapp , Deputy Director , Personal Social Services Research Unit , University of Kent I am going to talk about the programme of pilot , projects described in " Care in the Community : The First Steps The starting point for that was the 1983 Care in the community circular which referred only to England and built on the Department of Health 's Care in the community consultative document of 1981 .
21 Well certainly the starting point for that must be to look at what has been happening in the past as evidence .
22 However , in spite of all these sources of ambiguity the comprehensive task description is the essential starting point for most human factors work .
23 Stage 1 Generic Sciences modules provide a starting point for those students with little or no science background and will be particularly useful for programmes being developed for adult returners or for those with Standard Grade at Grade 5/6 who wish to continue in science .
24 This was the starting point for those cattle drives .
25 Clear introductions to each topic make this an ideal starting point for those interested in following the birth of plate tectonics .
26 I have already considered in some detail the starting point for these studies — Lawrence 's ( 1949 ) experiment .
27 The starting point for these conclusions is the plaintiff 's parents .
28 The starting point for any action will be the aims of the school ; these may need agreeing anew .
29 The starting point for any Christian view of economic life is our view of the physical world .
30 Therefore , a starting point for any discussion of community care must be a realistic appraisal of informal systems .
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