Example sentences of "been [det] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , there may have been little point in devising an ‘ inner area ’ and allocating resources to it . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) Some of the express provisions of section 10(9) — for example paragraphs ( c ) and ( d ) ( i ) — as to the matters to which the court is to have particular regard in deciding an application for leave to apply for a section 8 order would be otiose if the whole application were subject to the overriding provisions of section 1(1). ( 3 ) There would have been little point in Parliament providing that the court was to have particular regard to the wishes and feelings of the child 's parent , if the whole decision were to be subject to the overriding ( paramount ) consideration of the child 's welfare . |
| 3 | They have been so pervasive and so self-evident that there has been little point in articulating them . |
| 4 | Mackie denied he had been told that and said that if he had been told the meeting was confidential from the start there would have been little point in him , as an analyst , being there . |
| 5 | There must have been some point of contact . |
| 6 | ‘ There would n't have been much point in fusing only half the lighting system , would there ? ’ |
| 7 | Neath , the leading Welsh club side of the moment , were more or less ignored because although their forwards could get around better than anyone else 's there would not have been much point if they could not win the ball in the first place . |
| 8 | There would n't have been any point anyway . |
| 9 | ‘ There would n't have been any point would there ? |