Example sentences of "[noun] point [adv] [that] " in BNC.

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1 While Adorno confines this category to ‘ serious ’ music , Paddison points out that there seems no reason why it could not include a good deal of avant-garde jazz and such rock groups as Frank Zappa 's Mothers of Invention the Velvet Underground , and — he might have added — some post-punk bands .
2 Alexandra points out that men often find it hard to empathise with their partner 's fear of crime .
3 In Roffey it was held that a procession was an ‘ assembly ’ for the purposes of the Air Navigation Order 1954 , and the commentary on that case points out that a procession was regarded as an assembly for the purposes of the old offence of unlawful assembly .
4 Farmer Colin points out that this selfless operation is always carried out with a complete lack of regard for personal safety and reminds the committee that Josh has several times fallen off his load just outside the King 's Head .
5 As proof of his point , Aston Martin 's chairman points out that one of his 155mph product 's soundest markets was Hong Kong , an island so small , says Gauntlett , that the only things moving at more that half that speed ‘ were taking off from Kai Tak airport ’ .
6 US management guru Peter Drucker points out that while blue collar productivity has increased some forty-fold over the past 100 years , white collar productivity has remained static .
7 The Cloud-author points out that they can not be pursued simultaneously .
8 Vauxhall points out that many companies are at present replacing company car schemes with a cash alternative .
9 The 1987 SORP points out that local authorities do not generally accrue for capital expenditure and sales and disposals of capital assets .
10 Geoff Esland points out that since the 1946 National Health Service Act levels of pay and conditions of work in the medical profession , and spending on medical research , have been largely determined by central government .
11 It may seem odd that a music publishing company would want a photograph , but Doyle points out that the look of an artist may be important to develop an act 's recording career .
12 Marcuse points out that :
13 Editor , — In her article ‘ Teaching the teachers ’ Stella Lowry points out that few medical teachers in Britain have any formal training in educational skills or theory .
14 Bohm points out that science 's very participation in formulating these so-called ‘ laws ’ may change them , and more deeply , there can be no fixed laws of nature because Nature is essentially creative .
15 In its defence the computer points out that the problem lies not in its answer but in the question it was asked in the first place .
16 In 1833 , of 5,020 antislavery petitions the Wesleyans provided 1,953 and other nonconformist bodies 873 , though Drescher points out that a higher proportion of signatures came on community petitions .
17 An article in Nursing Times points out that ‘ it is very easy for nurses caring for older people , especially in hospitals , to develop a rather jaundiced view of ageing .
18 Dr Hardiman of Stirling points out that the Veterinary Record 's formula for estimating the weight is , if not necessarily a bummer , slightly flawed .
19 Curran points out that a rough woodland canopy is likely to be more affected by variations in the solar angle than is a smoother grassland canopy .
20 Curran points out that the difference between red and NIR bidirectional reflectance gives a better estimate of LAI then either band alone and , within certain limits , is theoretically independent of variations in the solar irradiance and in the type of soil .
21 The response points out that there is little point in improving regional road links if traffic can not move at the beginning or end of its journey — inevitably this must involve a public transport solution within urban areas , with some form of limitation on car usage .
22 Bovis Homes points out that the exterior and lobby area were used for location shots , but not the interiors .
23 Some manufacturers are removing the sugar and alcohol from their products and alcohol-free gripe water is a safer choice , although the HVA points out that there 's no hard scientific evidence that gripe water actually works in any case , whatever it may contain .
24 The trial was streamlined : Mr Dixon 's own lawyer points out that in a $1.3 billion S$L failure , the government came up with charges involving only $600,000 .
25 Gilligan points out that Kohlberg thus divests his moral actors of the history and psychology of their individual lives .
26 Thus , Walker points out that , in 1981 , 66.8 per cent of all pensioners lived at or below the 140 per cent supplementary-benefit level , compared with one-fifth of the non-elderly ; and the risk of experiencing poverty is three times greater for those over retirement age than it is for those below it .
27 The drug industry points out that either course could harm more people than it helps , particularly if thousands are benefiting from the treatment .
28 But the association points out that the government already spends £12 300 on each job it creates through its regional incentive scheme .
29 However , the Freight Transport Association points out that Vehicle Excise Duty for a 38 tonne lorry in France is £690 a year compared to £3,100 in this country .
30 In a strongly-worded opinion , endorsed by Peter Thornton QC , barrister Stephen Irwin points out that if Lewis was knocked out by falling on his back , the whole case against Wallace was destroyed .
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