Example sentences of "[adj] point is [conj] " in BNC.

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1 The interesting point is that the really quite moderate and bourgeois position of the DUP is often over looked , not just by its critics ( one would expect that ) , but also by its supporters .
2 An interesting point is that these often become more detailed the lower down the ‘ hierarchy ’ we look .
3 One interesting point is that signals for both directions pass through both microphones and both earpieces .
4 An interesting point is that the tendency to fracture by the spreading of cracks is relatively little affected by temperature whereas the viscosity or shearing stress is very dependent upon temperature .
5 The interesting point is that the Greeks were certainly able to see Merope with the naked eye , whereas today this is virtually impossible .
6 Another interesting point is that measurements of the velocity dispersion of the galaxies in HCG62 suggest that they have drifted inwards by a factor of about three compared with the dark matter .
7 An interesting point is that in the three leading models , those of Cournot , Bertrand , and Stackelberg , the NE outcomes are identical to those traditionally derived ; only the reasoning underlying the derivation of those equilibria changes .
8 An interesting point is that the words " yielding and paying " actually imply a covenant to pay the rent , but it is more usual to have a specific tenant 's covenant in this regard .
9 The crucial point is that having a great sound is one thing , but being a good subject for an article may be something else entirely .
10 But the crucial point is that the history of Christianity is completely interwoven with the history not just of this country but with that of Europe and America as a whole .
11 A more basic and crucial point is that the logical conclusion of the Marxist approach would be that the introduction of socialism will lead to a society without crime , where collective interests and responsibilities are all important .
12 The crucial point is that such expressions should be warranted by conceptual and communicative purposes recognized as having point in classroom activity .
13 But the really crucial point is that although the strong international position of UK services reflected comparative advantage , it was comparative advantage in a low productivity growth sector .
14 The crucial point is that rewards are important in determining an individual 's life-chances ; in other words , inequalities of reward are accompanied by and produce inequalities in all areas of life : conditions at work , health , housing , education , mortality , and justice .
15 The crucial point is that the non-time-related organisation requires a conceptual grasp of the content and a level of linguistic ability which allows the writer to realise the concepts successfully in the text .
16 The crucial point is that the English department was to be elevated , not so much by virtue of its importance within the institution , but because of the role it might be made to occupy in leading , coordinating , and sustaining extra-mural initiatives :
17 The crucial point is that the very potent symbol of Einstein was not a representation of the theory of relativity .
18 The crucial point is that , in most cases , group identity is expressed by the people concerned in the language of kinship .
19 The crucial point is that the structure of the bourgeois family flatly contradicted that of bourgeois society .
20 It is doubtful if the corridors of Whitehall and the British civil service will quite match this record , but the simple point is that a host of records of potential interest to the historian that would have manifested themselves on paper will no longer do so .
21 For the Liberal Democrats , Sir Russell Johnston said : ‘ The simple point is that where there is a political will , there is a legal way . ’
22 The real point is that Tolkien 's theories about nature , evil , luck and our perception of the world generated as a sort of by-product modern applications and political ones .
23 The real point is that everything should be in proportion .
24 But the real point is that , in contemporary Western society , the network of relations within the domestic household is built on an evaluation of exchange transactions which is , in certain respects , just the converse of that which operates in the capitalist world of wage relationships outside .
25 But it is n't actually the real point , the real point is that we will continue , well it
26 The central point is that he and his advisers recognise that this is now the main task .
27 The central point is that Descartes conducts his philosophising alone and immobile in his study , arguing as though that frozen quality characterised all language use .
28 Yet the central point is that it is absurd to assume that any woman is less competent to direct her life than any man she marries .
29 The central point is that by controlling the moving pictures of dissent , governments believe that they can not only minimize the dissent itself but also completely remove the major source of criticism .
30 But the central point is that we need firmly to shift out of the mode of thinking that assumes that at pensionable age most people become useless burdens ; to realize that most of them have at least as much to offer as many people in their twenties , and hence actively seek ways to use their abilities positively .
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