Example sentences of "point is [conj] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is that they provide an institutional contrast to public liability companies which , unlike regulated and publicly owned companies , occur naturally ( without governmental interference ) in advanced capitalist societies . |
| 2 | The point is that they think differently from us ; and we and they make a great team . |
| 3 | One important point is that they have been able to determine the temperature profile of the gas and this shows that , within the central 75 kiloparsecs , the temperature decreases as one goes towards the centre of the cluster . |
| 4 | The point is that they examine such areas with very different specifications in mind to , say , the sociologist , the historian or the political scientist . |
| 5 | Of course , whether the Anura constitute a family , an order , or a class is an arbitrary matter : the point is that they do constitute a natural group . |
| 6 | ‘ The point is that we do not need any further research to resolve the policy issues . |
| 7 | But we did n't have to , what I mean the point is that we did n't have to tell , have to tell them , they already knew . |
| 8 | But the central point is that we need firmly to shift out of the mode of thinking that assumes that at pensionable age most people become useless burdens ; to realize that most of them have at least as much to offer as many people in their twenties , and hence actively seek ways to use their abilities positively . |
| 9 | The point is that we have a choice , in fact , a great variety of foods to choose from — many good , some bad . |
| 10 | The point is that we have a very indistinct line between the real and unavoidable problems of ageing and those which are socially and psychologically constructed and may , with care , be reducible . |
| 11 | The second point is that we have been told that we in Wales would return to the rates . |
| 12 | The point is that I made a mistake — oh , I do have a feeling for him , that helped to confuse the issue , we do like one another — what I have come to see is that my falling for Lewis was not what I took it to be . ’ |
| 13 | The second point is that I 've , the Americans I , I , it 's one of the promises about street life in second from the bottom , two weeks in the winter , four weeks in the summer , well I know to my cost erm through my ear being blasted which is why you 're a County Councillor anyway , that it 's been six weeks at the present time , we 've had a lot of lights going down , okay we 're trying to improve it , we had people walking into cars , er , er a few burglaries which I 'm pleased to say the police have helped out in , but if we 're going to change and get it down from a level of six weeks to two weeks as it is in the area I represent , is that not a question of putting extra resources in it and there 's no good putting promises unless we can deliver . |
| 14 | A further point is that I have been strongly advised that we should take out cover against the need to indemnify owners against not being able to occupy their units due to events such as fire , flood or damage by previous occupants . |
| 15 | Sophie smiled at her godmother , then , turning to Joanna , she said , ‘ The point is that I feel you 're disappointed . |
| 16 | ‘ Yes , yes , man , but the point is that I did n't leave it , and now these confounded women have taken possession of the cottage . |
| 17 | The only point is that I want that foreigner not to undersell my labour and I want him to be as competent to do the work as well as I would do it myself . |
| 18 | ‘ The point is that I want to be near you . ’ |
| 19 | But the point is that I do n't see myself as a playwright in the same way I would see myself as a prose writer . |
| 20 | My point is that I see nothing in the Gracious Speech to enable me to counter the opinions expressed by our European partners who are still proud to know us but bemused that we have a Britain which in their eyes is no longer as great as it was . |
| 21 | The only reason I make the point is that I understand ATP have rejected an appeal by the LTA to help guarantee the long term future of the November indoor tournament in Birmingham by lowering the $600,000 prize money to around the $300,000 on offer at the two competing tournaments in Moscow and Sao Paolo that week . |
| 22 | The point is that it has taken players like Wallace and Hardenberger to contradict the cliches about the limitations of the instrument and to prove how flexible it really is . |
| 23 | Er my next point is that it has t this panel has to consider the implications of the Selby go for growth approach which I would call it , and I do n't think Selby differ from that , I think Selby are embarked on a a a a policy of growth , that the implications of that policy have to be con taken into consideration in relation to housing in particular , erm and it is apparent that if the allocation is doubled then there is unquestionably going to be a housing implication arising from that , and whether that would fit in with policies H one and H two . |
| 24 | Sudjic 's point is that it exists , and any attempt to plan , ameliorate or build in it has to grasp this fact . |
| 25 | But the point is that it makes sense for him to reject such a statement as false on a given occasion , only if he is prepared to admit that in different circumstances the same statement could be true . |
| 26 | Another point is that it offends the important principle of subsidiarity . |
| 27 | But the significant point is that it underlines the United States ' determination to prevent the persistent undervaluation of the mark or the yen . |
| 28 | The point is that he has a suitable house in north London . |
| 29 | The point is that he has provided one ; and one which even Labour 's nationalist wing is little equipped to dispute . |
| 30 | The point is that you muddle her , you muddle her up . |