Example sentences of "[prep] pointing to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Topknot , who had been muttering to himself , stood up suddenly and spoke very sharply at great length , with a lot of pointing to the ground and to the sky . |
| 2 | This , I think , is an illuminating way of pointing to the prototypical role of sensations , accompanying as they do ( but not constituting ) our developed language-games such as those of pain or memory . |
| 3 | It seems clear that , no matter how those at risk may be identified and quantified , social workers will , in practice , increasingly want to ensure that their actions are directed by legislative requirements , both as protection for themselves and as a means of pointing to at least some external criteria for the validity of the protective actions taken in respect of children . |
| 4 | This desire , Hilton says , is the " love of Iesu " which is the ground of salvation whether or not man experiences the joy and love in the kind of illuminated understanding which is the special gift of the contemplative : Hilton spends some time at this stage of the book finding imaginative ways of pointing to the goal of contemplative discipline — the finding of Jesus who is lost in man 's soul as a treasure buried in a field ( c.49 ) but who also is a joy beyond all that desiring can encompass ( c.46 ) . |
| 5 | Table 7 shows the result of a t-test ( related , 1-tailed ) which shows the difference in error between pointing to a non-auditory target before and after the adaptation phase in experiment 1 . |
| 6 | While it is most certainly the case that black sportsmen try to present the image of being cool , calm and unaffected by tension , I doubt if there is any foundation for pointing to psychological states . |
| 7 | With a Newtonian reflector , therefore , the observer looks into the tube rather than up it , so that for pointing to a planet or a star it is usually helpful to have a small refracting telescope mounted on to the side of the tube to act as a finder . |
| 8 | We are not being wise after the event in pointing to the reasons why Imperial consolidation was foredoomed . |
| 9 | Four minutes later , Ferdinand was floored in the area by Moore and referee Durkin had no hesitation in pointing to the penalty spot . |
| 10 | I will return briefly to these considerations in the next chapter , where their importance in pointing to the source of doctrines of the authority of the State will appear . |
| 11 | Because we encountered similar accounts repeatedly I am justified in pointing to shared models or myths . |
| 12 | Barth suggests that in pointing to the delusional nature of ideology he is indulging in an idolatry of science characteristic of his time but equally delusional ( Barth 1977 : 110 ) . |
| 13 | Rather , it is to say that Gusfield 's theory may continue to have explanatory power , particularly with regard to the initial motivation of participants in such a movement , and that where Wallis ' work is important is in pointing to the cultural concerns that may also underpin the rise of specific moral entrepreneurial groups . |
| 14 | This is helpful in pointing to long-term shifts in sexual norms in the last century ( though its dating is misleading ) , but it combines both an evolutionist teleology ( with the present appearing as little more than a culmination of ineluctable historical trends ) and a use of the metaphor of repression which in the end is emotive rather than analytical and obscures more than it reveals . |
| 15 | Again reformers were undoubtedly right in pointing to precarious tenures as removable hindrances ( estorbos ) : many Castilian and Andalusian tenures made improvement by the tenant equivalent to economic suicide and encouraged short leases and rack renting . |
| 16 | In pointing to the large element of rates paid by local industry or commerce , the government had a stronger case . |
| 17 | The response was encouraging and helpful in pointing to detailed improvements which could be introduced . |
| 18 | Michael Fallon , who is defending Darlington for the Tories , joined Mr Leigh in pointing to industrial success stories in the town . |
| 19 | Mick Quinn does n't have to say too much in his own defence apart from pointing to an average of 20 goals a season for 13 years , and 13 in 10 starts since August . |
| 20 | They merely assumed that inhibition generates the incest taboo without pointing to any behavioural mechanism that could translate one into the other . |
| 21 | However , beyond pointing to the dramatic increase in rape reports , we also began to speculate on the reasons for the shift by practically all the newspapers . |
| 22 | If we told them to point to the empty box they would do so ; but would revert to pointing to the baited box again on the next trial . |
| 23 | I restrict myself to pointing to the human misery that follows on such events and our human and Christian responsibilities in the face of such hardship . |
| 24 | While advocates of community policing express confidence in its ability to effect improvements ( Alderson 1979 , 1982 ; Scarman 1981 ) , research contradicts this by pointing to resistance from those constables who are responsible for it or to organizational constraints ( Fielding et al . |
| 25 | By pointing to my ears and making signs I eventually elicit the response from the projectionist , ‘ I 'll turn it down when I 've had my tea . ’ |
| 26 | By contrast , the Reagan Administration justified its invasion of Grenada by pointing to the danger faced by a small group of American medical students , a rationale that was rebutted by international law bodies . |
| 27 | We may try to explain them by pointing to the place they occupy in the larger narrative . |
| 28 | Instead , the more legitimate approach is to demand that those who maintain the existing system in the face of scientific development must justify their position by pointing to these considerations of reason and policy . |
| 29 | Jocelyne Saab , the Lebanese director , interestingly nuanced the question of what it actually means to be a woman film-maker by pointing to the need , for her , to make connections with other Oriental women . |
| 30 | Huddersfield 's Clem Stephenson had the ability to beat the offside trap of the old-style full-backs ; that it was possible to beat the stopper Chapman showed by pointing to the example of Robert Gurney . |