Example sentences of "the important point [is] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The important point is that if one ultradian peak is missed then the baby waits until the next peak . |
| 2 | Of course , this can only be verified by a complete inventory , but the important point is that the sampling methods used , and the way in which the results were extrapolated to apply to the whole collection , are based on a sound mathematical theory which is widely used and tested in other fields , and therefore carried sufficient weight to satisfy the Museum and its auditors . |
| 3 | For our present purpose , however , the important point is that a hierarchical pattern is what we expect to see if the objects being classified have originated by a process of branching . |
| 4 | The important point is that , if energy is supplied , a homogeneous spatial field can become inhomogeneous . |
| 5 | The important point is that it should be used at a time when for some reason pressure is to be taken off members of the class — putting them in what is virtually a ‘ spectator ’ role can give them time to recover from what had perhaps been inadequate non-projected work . |
| 6 | In an indefinitely long game , the important point is that we can both win at the expense of the banker , rather than at the expense of one another . |
| 7 | The important point is that you do make the attempt and gradually refine the questions to a point where you are reasonably satisfied with the answers . |
| 8 | The important point is that the words are directed at the trustee . |
| 9 | The important point is that librarians may at least be aware of its existence . |
| 10 | The important point is that a basic awareness of body language enables us not only to recognize danger signals from other people but also to tell those around us that we do n't intend to submit meekly to being attacked . |
| 11 | The important point is that , while being helpful and polite , you must stay out of kicking or punching range , and you must make sure that the stranger is then unable to narrow the gap between the two of you . |
| 12 | We can each supply our own particulars but the important point is that Rich has set us going with her place — her place that grows out of memory . |
| 13 | The important point is that none of these beings is referred to as evil , nor their harmful acts as aggressive or violent . |
| 14 | For them , the important point is that these figures are produced by the state . |
| 15 | The type of notes you make are personal but the important point is that you can follow them with only a glance . |
| 16 | For our purposes , the important point is that variants of these intermediate or compromise schemes were propounded by both Protestant and Catholic scholars . |
| 17 | Whether or not methodological individualists subscribe to such views , for them , the important point is that the levers of power are to be found in the hands of strategically placed individuals or groups . |
| 18 | The important point is that there should exist a set of laws that completely determines the evolution Of the universe from its initial state . |
| 19 | The important point is that the animal learns an association between its behaviour ( pecking ) and a consequence of the behaviour ( being fed ) , and modifies its behaviour appropriately . |
| 20 | But he does , for instance , insert a brief aria-like refrain four times in a recitative scene in Act III for Arsete , the counsellor of the enchantress Falsirena : The important point is that Mazzocchi feared the tedium of recitative , and the theory has been advanced that his score originally contained less of this element , the male alto hero 's part being –full of canzonette' which at the singer 's request were replaced with recitatives by another composer , the monodist and late madrigalist Sigismondo d'India . |
| 21 | The important point is that targets do not shift — they have to be shifted to match the reality that has shifted . |
| 22 | It is difficult to understand why Clemens Alexandrinus called him a Peripatetic ( Strom. 1.72.4 ) , but perhaps the important point is that he was assigned to a philosophic school at all , because this was quite unusual for a Jew of the second century B.C. Aristobulus quoted Greek writers — authentic or forged — to support the truth of the Bible and the dependence of the Greeks on Jewish wisdom . |
| 23 | The important point is that by Interpretation 2 we mean that , on the whole , the deltaic deposits shown in the centre of the diagram were laid down later than the fluviatile deposits but earlier than the offshore deposits . |
| 24 | We shall not now make the point that contradictions and tautologies are often socially acceptable ; the important point is that we can only see that there is a contradiction in ( 29 ) because , as users of the language , we know how to interpret the rules of intensional combination , and those rules have not been broken . |
| 25 | The important point is that the optimal number of residents for a local authority can be determined only when the ‘ appropriate ’ quantity of the local public good is determined . |
| 26 | For us the important point is that the timescale on which continents have drifted about is the same slow timescale on which animal lineages have evolved , and we can not ignore continental drift if we are to understand the patterns of animal evolution on those continents . |
| 27 | The important point is that the two-stage sampling process involves a sample of the primaries from each member of which is taken a sample of secondaries . |