Example sentences of "point for " in BNC.
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| 1 | These forms of art , however , can generally be believed to have only a friendly connection with their inspiration , which , indeed , is normally only the starting point for the exercise of the talent of the musician or the poet . |
| 2 | The backwater village of 3,000 inhabitants , 250km south-east of Paris , was once an obligatory stopping-off point for travellers headed south for the Riviera . |
| 3 | Geoffrey Smith profiles trees both native and exotic , and explains how a garden tree and its companion planting forms a focal point for the eye and , just as importantly , for wildlife . |
| 4 | Then , when the first big shower starts , rather than stand under the wings in the rain everyone will desert the launch point for a cup of tea , leaving the gliders apparently well parked and weighted with tyres but , in fact , vulnerable to a change in the wind direction . |
| 5 | If a break does occur the wire tends to coil up , and it is easy to make the mistake of just tying the broken ends together and towing it straight back to the launch point for the next launch . |
| 6 | Sometimes the alert referee will award a full point for your combination , though this is rare . |
| 7 | The briefing note which the CPC has sent to local Conservative associations gives Age Concern England as a contact point for further information . |
| 8 | It was a convenient gathering point for all non-trainload traffic to and from South Wales , and also became the gateway to south-west England with feeder services to Bristol , Exeter , Plymouth and so on . |
| 9 | His exposed starting point for the ascent was the strategically positioned rock ledge now named the Bower . |
| 10 | My home is a shrine to them and a talking point for my friends , who think I 'm completely nuts . |
| 11 | And it should be noted that the actual breaking point for Raskolnikov in the novel is the illness which induces his apocalyptic science-fiction nightmare of germs and Possessed -type madness and destruction , bringing him literally to Sonya 's feet and both of them to ‘ the dawn of a new future , of a full resurrection into a new life ’ which will be the subject of another story . |
| 12 | Welch is the first to admit that when the Theatre Royal opened in 1982 it was widely regarded as a white elephant , which quickly became little more than a stopping off point for second-rate touring products . |
| 13 | Maclean was docked a penalty point for dissent in the second game by the Australian referee , Chris Sinclair , the only woman officiating at this level of the men 's game . |
| 14 | Another hotel that would make a good starting point for a weekend — or longer — in East Anglia is the Black Lion at Long Melford . |
| 15 | With representatives arriving in Blackpool for today 's opening session of the most critical of Conservative conferences for many years , the former Cabinet minister finds himself the focal point for public and party disaffection with Mrs Thatcher . |
| 16 | Its attractive format appeals to the BBC but , more to the point for Suntory , Japanese television shows three hours of play a day . |
| 17 | Secondary data provide an excellent starting point for many international marketing research projects . |
| 18 | In the summer of 1986 , the legacy of Westland and local-government losses led to a relatively low point for the government . |
| 19 | And he had another point for moving Ramsey . |
| 20 | The Conservative Party was thus preserved intact , and the fact that it was able to provide a rallying point for the middle and lower middle classes was arguably one of the main bulwarks against political extremism in the 1920s and 1930s . |
| 21 | The idea is that while undersized fish will still be returned , their capture will earn a consolation point for the captor . |
| 22 | Marks around Torrs Point and Gypsy Point for decent catches of codling to 4 lb . |
| 23 | As we have seen , this was a key point for Morgan because all his evidence about kinship came from kinship terms . |
| 24 | When he has inspired sympathetic coverage , the results tend to be not so much an exposition of Gironella 's achievements but belong to that particular branch of literature which uses works of art as a starting point for literary excursus . |
| 25 | Drawn to the fact-is-stranger-than-fiction aspects of Spanish history , Gironella found in Veláquez 's portraits a perfect starting point for a detailed investigation of the contradictions which go to make up modern Mexico . |
| 26 | That hospital visit marked a low point for Philippa . |
| 27 | This large display ( right ) in a cool , fresh , green and white colour scheme , provides a central focal point for the table , but it is not so large that it obscures the guests ' view . |
| 28 | It was something of a turning point for the Prince too . |
| 29 | ‘ You can not make peace with dictators , you have to destroy them , ’ Nelson asserts at one point for the benefit of inattentive members of the audience . |
| 30 | A peculiarly bad film which is made all the more dreadful by scattered shots of Greek swains sitting beside ancient pillars and playing their pipes , Ships with Wings represented a turning point for Balcon , who had supervised the film 's production at his Ealing Studios . |