Example sentences of "point is [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A case in point is inland and coastal flooding . |
| 2 | Otherwise ( the point is surely an obvious one ) he would have limited himself to verbal argument . |
| 3 | The point is surely that the properties of being good and being yellow are not complex properties as being a horse is , which is ( we may take him to be supposing ) a matter of having a whole lot of simpler properties , such as having a certain sort of head , a certain sort of tail , and so forth . |
| 4 | The point is simply that the account of mental processes which folk psychology provides , constitutes an explanation at an appropriate level of abstraction for the purposes of explaining behaviour scientifically . |
| 5 | ‘ My point is simply this , ’ says Vic . |
| 6 | My point is simply that once an ‘ emic ’ definition is attempted , we must go beyond looking for an ‘ essential ’ definition of an isolated concept , and discuss the whole structure of moral categories . |
| 7 | Just as the exercise of power is heterogeneous , so is resistance ; Foucault 's point is simply that ‘ there is no single locus of great Refusal , no soul of revolt , source of all rebellions , or pure law of the revolutionary ’ . |
| 8 | The point is simply that the potential benefits from regulation can be very large . |
| 9 | Quinn 's fundamental point is simply that it is foolish to try to produce a total group-wide analysis at a given time and then to go ahead rapidly implementing that , ignoring the changing external and internal environments . |
| 10 | It is likely that the important point is simply that busy junctions take longer to drive through , thus they gave rise to lower average speeds . |
| 11 | The point is simply that in all positions , other than the two attributive ones , the entity has already been identified before the adjective is brought into direct or indirect constructional contact with it . |
| 12 | My point is simply that the decision to put something in other words is a decision about style , which like all decisions about style , is constrained by the search for relevance . |
| 13 | I think the old point is anyway you ca n't make an omelette without breaking eggs . |
| 14 | If the point is finally disposed of by the European Court and if the judgment goes against the United Kingdom , then the question will arise about the appropriate response to bring the legal system into line with the State 's international obligations . |
| 15 | This point is exactly what Freud was concerned to establish . |
| 16 | The last point is already under attack with the Rochester development team looking to see whether the multiprocessor AS/400s — such as the four-way F95 — can be made more robust . |
| 17 | But this point is already clearly recognized in the legal framework through such elements as the block exemptions . |
| 18 | Each point is clearly and simply made and reinforced seven times . |
| 19 | Relations between a still predominantly oral culture and this important and growing sector ‘ within' it are then especially complex , and the point is soon reached when there is a qualitative difference between the oral area , which all share but to which most are confined , and the literate area , which is of increasing cultural importance but is at once minor and dominant . |
| 20 | The relative molecular mass of NaCl determined from the elevation of boiling point is thus approximately half that calculated from its formula . |
| 21 | The point is best made by looking at a simple inanimate , but man-made , system , which in this respect resembles a living and not a physical one . |
| 22 | The second point is best captured in Peter Hall 's 1982 defence of the enterprise zone model of urban policy , when , perhaps inadvertently , he called for the state to facilitate multinational corporations , ‘ doing in Liverpool what they already do in Singapore or Mexican border cities ’ ( 1982 , p418 ) . |
| 23 | The point is best illustrated by reference to specific examples under the existing United Kingdom constitution . |
| 24 | ‘ use threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour ’ This point is best proved by taking a statement from a witness to say that he felt the words or behaviour were threatening , abusive or insulting . |
| 25 | The second point is equally important . |
| 26 | The point is frequently made that if bus fares were set at a reasonable level , buses would be used more often and public safety would be greater . |
| 27 | The point is frequently made , quite rightly , that the American New Criticism is a development of Richards 's and Eliot 's work fused together . |
| 28 | When a playwright embarks on a new play , the starting point is frequently " What if ? " |
| 29 | For those in this happy state the point is practically made already . |
| 30 | As we shall eventually see , it so happens that the latter point is probably correct , but it is not a conclusion that follows directly from the results of the Terman project , for the following reasons . |