Example sentences of "[conj] point [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King pressed for formal consideration , to which Baldwin agreed , although pointing out that this would involve both the Cabinet and the Dominion Prime Ministers . |
| 2 | It is unnecessary to add much to what has been said already about the horn , except to point out that owing to its conical mouthpiece and bore it is unable to produce such a loud and brilliant tone as the trumpets and trombones , which are played with a cup-shaped mouthpiece and have a cylindrical bore over the greater part of their length . |
| 3 | As to what counsel said there is a keen dispute which their Lordships can not resolve , beyond observing that there is nothing in the abbreviated note of the arguments in the district court to suggest that counsel went further than to point out that the immediate future of the B.M.F.L. prosecution was highly speculative . |
| 4 | The bureau observes that housebuilders ignore such market demands at their peril and points out that basements serve a useful ecological purpose . |
| 5 | He suggests that section 8(3) will probably be ‘ sensibly construed as an attempt to strike a realistic balance ’ and points out that there will be ‘ room for legitimate differences of emphasis among the various agreed syllabuses , as at present ’ . |
| 6 | Sioli ( 1985 ) has examined the effects of deforestation in relation to the Amazonian environment and points out that the disruption of biogeochemical cycles by burning renders nutrients susceptible to leaching . |
| 7 | But the report also says , ‘ Doctors are not prohibitionists ’ , and points out that ‘ … findings suggest that abstainers do not necessarily enjoy better health than moderate drinkers ’ . |
| 8 | Following this analysis through , Hirsch outlines the lawyer 's concept of the ‘ reasonable man ’ and the economist 's idea of the ‘ rational man ’ and points out that they are very different . |
| 9 | But it is in the employees that Parker places his faith : ‘ This is a people-intensive business , ’ he proclaims and points out that 77% of the workforce bought shares when the firm was floated in September 1989 and that 75% still hold them . |
| 10 | [ 3 ] The senator made a postprandial oration. and points out that these are variants of the original in a sense which is not true , for example , of " Columbus was brave " or " Columbus was nautical " . |
| 11 | In her review Cohen argues that there is little evidence in favour of the absolute specialisation models and points out that , as regards the nature of hemispheric specialisation , differences between the two halves of the brain have been conceptualised in terms of specialisation for different types of material , specialisation for different processes and specialisation for different stages of processing . |
| 12 | He tells how the Holy Spirit fell on Cornelius , and points out that God had given Cornelius the same gift as the Jewish believers . |
| 13 | The editorial deals with the Opposition 's topic of encouraging people to buy British and points out that the Opposition 's deputy leader has just bought a foreign car . |
| 14 | Kochan supports this view about the economic burden of industrial development and points out that ‘ industrial development and its implications … were the most potent challenge to the status quo ’ . |
| 15 | It treats with scepticism the timber industry 's claims that developing countries receive valuable foreign earnings from their timber exports , and points out that European governments receive far more in taxes from the sale of tropical timber products than is given to developing countries in aid for forestry projects . |
| 16 | The Norwegian fisheries minister , Jan Henry Olsen , says that minke whale stocks are not endangered and points out that IWC rules should manage stocks , not just preserve them . |
| 17 | The council is overbudget and points out that the workshops are facing difficult trading conditions during the recession . |
| 18 | A spokesman claims ‘ new technology ’ is helping BR win the battle against the leaves and points out that German commuters are also affected by similar problems . |
| 19 | as if to point out that they were not entirely alone , a man with a white terrier came towards them from behind the sandhills . |
| 20 | The Government are right not to rule out progress towards that , and to point out that a high degree of convergence of economies will be necessary before any single currency can be contemplated , agreed by this House , or sustained thereafter . |
| 21 | They were willing to tie wages to output by various systems of ‘ piecework ’ , which seem to have spread during our period , and to point out that the workers had best be thankful to have work at all , since there was a large reserve army outside , waiting for their jobs . |
| 22 | ‘ in a zebra controlled area proceeding towards the limits of an uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ This point is proved by briefly describing the lawful markings etc. of the crossing and pointing out that they were clearly visible and unobscured , by the observation of a prosecution witness regarding the direction of travel of the offending vehicle and by showing the absence of control at the crossing . |
| 23 | But , he rejects accusations of misogynism completely , denying the word as valid in black culture and pointing out that black women he has spoken to have no qualms about the film . |
| 24 | Arguing that Glasgow wages were already higher than those in Edinburgh , and pointing out that the Glasgow printers had successfully blacked firms trying to employ women , he went on ( in rather clotted prose ) : I am satisfied that the employment of female compositors in Glasgow , while it would increase the total volume of work done there and admit of the natural development of the Glasgow book trade , would not injure the position of the Glasgow men printers , while it would enable the Glasgow printing trade , employed as well as employers , to obtain and retain work which at present ought to come to Glasgow , or at least might come to Glasgow but now goes to Edinburgh . |
| 25 | It continued by denouncing artists ' tangos with the Arts Council , and pointing out that ‘ Change begins with you ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ If I tell — they will kill Liam and point out that he 's had to suffer for my stubborn principles . |
| 27 | ( 1981 ) list 15 predictions that they derive from their conditioned attention theory and point out that many of these have received empirical confirmation . |
| 28 | Some writers use an engineering analogy and point out that the words ‘ stress ’ , ‘ strain ’ , ‘ tension ’ and ‘ pressure ’ are used when the load becomes too great and a breaking point is reached ; it is the point where the strain is so great that metal ceases to bend and it snaps . |
| 29 | Ask her why she does it and point out that fear teaches nothing . |
| 30 | ‘ We do need to talk to the tutors and point out that the patterns of study that they are providing are not meeting the demands of the market , ’ Mr Armitage stresses . |