Example sentences of "pointed [adv prt] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pointed out that since 1974 , Wirral had lost five pools New Brighton , Derby Pool , Wallasey , New Ferry open air pool , Livingstone Street , Birkenhead , and Hoylake . |
| 2 | He also said the Government was spending more on law and order and pointed out that since 1984 the length of prison sentences had increased by 31pc for robbery and 73pc for rape . |
| 3 | He pointed out that despite the increase in the quantity of grain collected ‘ the food reserves are in danger of drying up , and against this no improvement in the requisitioning machinery can help . ’ |
| 4 | He pointed out that as the three former impressions had sold out and as there had lately been a new edition of the main Dictionary , ( the sixth , 1752 ) , with many alterations , he judged it proper to include them in a new abridgement . |
| 5 | Counsel for the plaintiff pointed out that under the private Act the corporation had a power of absolute and immediate distress in the event of non-payment of dues , though the court did not advert to this . |
| 6 | The union pointed out that under the Merchant Shipping Act , the loss of a ship terminated a seaman 's contract and that newcomers would expect the wages which they had previously enjoyed ; since these varied from port to port and ship to ship , domestic peace on board would be unlikely . |
| 7 | He also pointed out that under item 25 Appointment of Auditors , a quotation at a much lower figure had been accepted from a new firm of Auditors . |
| 8 | He pointed out that under the proposals an extra 42 places would be reserved for the disabled in Abbot 's Yard , near High Row and Skinnergate . |
| 9 | He pointed out that during previous planning permissions for Sunday working the plant had only worked on two Sundays in three years . |
| 10 | The Independent of May 2 pointed out that with two minor cases concerning Urbatechnic going through the courts the commission " would probably have to declare most of Urba 's affairs sub judice and thus spare the socialists themselves " . |
| 11 | Lucie McKenzie , speaking for Age Concern in Scotland , pointed out that about one third of elderly people did not claim the income support they were entitled to and therefore would not receive any extra money to help with additional heating costs . |
| 12 | Warren pointed out that for the first time Britain was aiming to carry out speculative research . |
| 13 | He also pointed out that for years waste from 7,000 tons of asbestos a year had been dumped in quarries near Athy and Drogheda . |
| 14 | In response , the guardians pointed out that for the previous thirty-four years the infirmary had received patients suffering from the same class of disease as William Joseph C. from the workhouse , in accordance with the arrangement whereby the guardians were currently paying £202 per annum to the infirmary . |
| 15 | There was even some attention to gender : the ILEA report pointed out that for every ethnic group in its area the mean performance of girls was better than that of boys ( ibid. , p. 19 ) . |
| 16 | The Jerusalem Post of Dec. 29 pointed out that for first time the USA had backed a resolution in the Council ( as opposed to the General Assembly ) which referred to " all the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967 , including Jerusalem " . |
| 17 | Critics pointed out that at the time of the White Paper and in the process of polytechnic designation there had been little or nothing in the shape of academic planning . |
| 18 | And no one pointed out that at the Chelsea game , the programme had a huge 2-page spread entitled ‘ Stop the Munich song ’ in which Strach , Macca , Speedo , and others suggested that singing this stuff is a dumb thing to do . |
| 19 | He pointed out that on 3 March 1942 , his original recruits were down to three officers and thirteen men , and if brought up to strength they could be far better employed as a raiding force than as instructors for the proposed Indian units . |
| 20 | First of all I think we have worked out the importance of establishing a very good relationship with the media and that 's developing and that means that , that the views of the trade union movement are beginning to be heard , er , when we , when we spoke to the editor of the local paper for example , we pointed out that on the business page there 's nothing about trade unions and did he think that business er existed without er on , just on one side . |
| 21 | Birth Control Trust spokeswoman Madeleine Simms pointed out that after last year 's survey was published , the DHSS said it was unlikely the results of a single poll would be a suitable basis for new and highly controversial legislation . |
| 22 | He pointed out that in many countries of Eastern Europe , Communists had been forced into coalition or out of government . |
| 23 | In defence of his claim that there was ‘ no evidence to suggest that people are prepared to abandon their traditional party allegiances ’ , Stott pointed out that in two recent elections , candidates supported by the Campaign for Labour Representation polled badly : |
| 24 | In support of his view , Weismann pointed out that in most animals the cells which are going to give rise to germ cells are set aside very early in development . |
| 25 | As we wandered across the Széchenyi Bridge towards my hotel , László pointed out that in the last days of the Nazi occupation , Admiral Horthy had protected the Budapest Jews . |
| 26 | The report pointed out that in Germany the role of channelling knowledge and technology from HE to industry is fulfilled in part by the Fraunhofer institutes , bridging the divide between the aspirations of academia and industry . |
| 27 | Carvajál pointed out that in rural areas such as those around San Carlos there were schools without functioning water pumps or sanitary services . |
| 28 | The following paragraphs pointed out that in unlimited competitions , although successful competitors can reasonably expect to be employed , the Government can not bind itself to employ them , but in this case they should be employed on the new Foreign Office . |
| 29 | In Chapter 1 , we defined inflation as a persistent rise in the average level of prices and we pointed out that in the UK the rate of inflation is normally measured as the annual percentage increase in the Retail Price Index . |
| 30 | They were past Jedburgh by noon , and Ramsay , who now was in country he knew fairly intimately , pointed out that in another ten miles they would be out of Teviotdale , with Teviot joining Tweed at Roxburgh and Kelso . |