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

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1 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 .
2 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 ’ .
3 The Cloud-author points out that they can not be pursued simultaneously .
4 Marcuse points out that :
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 The drug industry points out that either course could harm more people than it helps , particularly if thousands are benefiting from the treatment .
10 But the association points out that the government already spends £12 300 on each job it creates through its regional incentive scheme .
11 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 .
12 Kley points out that conservative accounting represented an added charge of more than Dm400 million to the 1990 figures .
13 Delphy points out that if one jettisoned the idea of the family as unit of stratification , using economic criteria to classify individuals instead , most wives would come out below their husbands .
14 As for energy saving , the study points out that the oil shocks of 1973 and 1979 cut consumption by only 12 per cent .
15 Ninagawa points out that his style , combining East and West , ritual and freedom , in many ways mirrors life in Japan : ‘ I get up and listen to Bach on my compact disc and have Japanese rice for breakfast . ’
16 Nigel Haigh of the IEEP points out that in 1979 the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution reported that evidence for the other major health worry — the potential for nitrite , which is formed from nitrate in certain conditions , to create ‘ nitrosamines ’ and cause stomach cancer — was only ‘ weak and equivocal ’ .
17 It is relevant to the theme of this chapter to point out that they have also been called " epieugeosynclines " , that is to say , fault-bounded geosynclines developed on top of old eugeosynclines .
18 However , concern over the accountability aspect of the appraisal led the head of department to point out that he was torn between being brutally honest and papering over the cracks .
19 When the latest decision became known last night , Peter said that it was encouraging for Mansell , the Ferrari lawyer pointing out that this was the first time that the FIA had not confirmed a decision .
20 In the second place , Mr. Glick for the revenue pointed out that in the State Trials report , 20 St.Tr. 239 , it appeared that the Crown did not suggest that if the duty was not payable in law it nevertheless could not be recovered .
21 In July , when Nationalists protested at the failure of the corporation to appoint Nationalists to committee chairs , the mayor pointed out that fifteen or sixteen years ago the Nationalists had said that they would refuse to take such chairs and that they would only take part in corporation affairs in order to disrupt them .
22 He was obliged to reverse his decision yesterday , however , when the Northern Ireland Football Association pointed out that FIFA rules insist that international managers have first claim on players for World Cup matches .
23 With regard to access to Art as a subject in the school curriculum , the Head of Department pointed out that he and his colleagues made special provision for some pupils , asking it if was generally known that pupils who opted not to do Art ( i.e. whose option choices precluded Art ) could still do it after school as an additional subject and that we do get some of them through ( verified note of meeting ) .
24 The administration pointed out that Cheney had referred specifically to " force structures , bases and weapons systems affecting the US-based military " , and had also said that " defence contracts would be terminated " .
25 The practice pointed out that the criteria upon which Mr. Thorpe 's referral was turned down are invalid and says : ’ The NHS changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments , otherwise ’ , it asks , ’ how can pioneering work and advances take place ?
26 Quoting from a conference held at Aberdeen in 1973 , the plan points out that community facilities and housing are likely to be the subject of much inter-community wrangling .
27 ‘ The national campaign points out that over the past year as more and more hospitals have opted out of health authority control a two-tier system in health care has developed .
28 As for the release of information , the stock exchange points out that it already requires price-sensitive information to be published through its regulated news service .
29 In a letter to Companies House , the Institute points out that the different filing regimes would complicate matters .
30 In its recent working party discussion document , entitled Freeing Up Small Business Enterprise , the institute points out that the replacement of the present mandatory audit by an annual accountant 's report ‘ would not only give business better value for money but would also reduce the number of small company failures as more time could be devoted to the survival and growth of small business enterprise ’ .
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