Example sentences of "was [art] point in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did n't know about the device of the hearing-aid , but that was a point in Charles 's favour ; it made his feat of getting through the part even more remarkable . |
| 2 | However , this was too much for Attlee and Cripps : they flatly declared , ‘ Unless agreed conclusions were reached there was no point in negotiating . ’ |
| 3 | So there was no point in marking . |
| 4 | There was no point in delay , nor any in waiting until darkness ; the relief should be seen by the English to be effected and effective . |
| 5 | There was no point in stealth now . |
| 6 | There was no point in dwelling on that . |
| 7 | " You 're tired , " she said , and added that there was no point in gloom because gloom made everything worse . |
| 8 | There was no point in kid gloves ; she had to know sooner or later . |
| 9 | Well because the postman had come to empty the letter box , right , so there was no point in mummy putting her letter in cos he 'd of just taken it out again |
| 10 | There was no point in argument and denial . |
| 11 | Don was low , little more than bare bones , and there was no point in fishing for salmon ; so we had decided to trout fish . |
| 12 | By promising the Jacobites that he would seek to get James Francis Stuart acknowledged as Anne 's successor , he not only won Jacobite support at home , but was also able to neutralise the Jacobite threat abroad , by making it appear that there was no point in St Germain or the French attempting an invasion . |