Example sentences of "point in being " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rigidity of approach is something to be avoided at all costs — there is no point in being able to do a ‘ party piece ’ one way and be unable to take in new direction on the same material . |
| 2 | Because of the need for marketing economies of scale there is no point in being a small player , which ICI is , in the OTC market . |
| 3 | There was no point in being a mere political reformer intent on changing laws and state institutions to make social conditions better . |
| 4 | When talking about individual cheeses , I have tried to mention only those that are available in the UK without too much difficulty — I see no point in being lyrical about a cheese that you will have to travel to London ( or abroad ) to purchase . |
| 5 | The anger goes , no point in being mad , and I remember a tasty bit of gum I 've got stashed in the classroom , and I fancy it . |
| 6 | There was no point in being a skin if you simply got nicked by the police wherever you went . |
| 7 | There is no point in being able to locate something , either visually or through smell or sonar ( whatever your métier ) , if you do not possess the motor organs and behavioural patterns to deal effectively with that something . |
| 8 | In fact , since so little is known about human functioning there is no point in being complex about problem-solving . |
| 9 | I know the farm 's a long way off , but there 's no point in being nearer to it than we need . |
| 10 | There was no point in being curious about hopeless situations . |
| 11 | ‘ There 's no point in being annoyed about it . |
| 12 | There was no point in being sweet and understanding and breaking her heart all over again about it . |
| 13 | At every stage of the arms race the only point in being tall was to be relatively taller than neighbouring trees . |
| 14 | African women see no point in being integrated into Western-influenced developments in which they have no say and see that strong social movements with social cohesion between men and women interested in equality and re-distribution of wealth are required . |
| 15 | There was no point in being stuffy ; it would attract new readers , show that the paper was iconoclastic , broadminded . |
| 16 | And there was little point in being provocative for its own sake . |
| 17 | There was no point in being angry with him — he was nothing , nothing but a fool . |
| 18 | What is the point in being honest nowadays ? . |
| 19 | so erm I do n't er I would n't see the point in being too confrontational over an issue like that . |
| 20 | Your question about why are n't women angry — maybe people do n't express anger until they can see that there is some point in being angry and that being angry actually helps you to change things . |