Example sentences of "[art] point [that] it is " in BNC.

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1 What is the real cost of degrading an entire river system to the point that it is no longer capable of supporting its most highly-evolved species ? ’
2 Having established the point that it is the patient who ultimately may set the limits to the doctor 's intervention , it is now necessary to consider the duties which arise in the usual circumstances in which treatment is consented to .
3 I hope to have established the point that it is not necessary to adopt the apocalyptic views of events put forward by the more sombre critics , nor to deserve the dismissive label ‘ puritanical ’ in order to believe that there are very good reasons why parents have to enforce rules .
4 He makes the point that it is not sufficient to ask ‘ How well does the course achieve its goals ? ’ one must consider whether the goals are worthwhile or not : ‘ How good is the course ? ’
5 This power , above all things should be the unfailing ally of the forces trying to maintain law and order but it has been allowed to become weakened to the point that it is almost non-existent in the mental make-up of a great many people .
6 This may sound frivolous , but it emphasizes the point that it is often far from clear what constitutes equivalent behavioural tasks when making comparisons between species , and this uncertainty creates problems for the comparative approach to brain function .
7 This example conveniently makes the point that it is not only women who are vulnerable to the attentions of these rebellious spirits .
8 This brief examination of the inter-relationships between family , migration and urbanization should serve to illustrate the point that it is often difficult to establish any clear pattern of causation .
9 But that is to miss the point that it is not the unions , business to manage the firms with which they negotiate the settlements , nor to manage the national economy .
10 To return to the shareholder example , having raised the point that it is in shareholders ' interests to ensure their returns are reasonable , it logically follows that there will be an incentive for them to spend a certain amount of time and money finding out about the firm 's activities and performance .
11 This brings out the point that it is not always an easy matter to determine the functional significance of any given electrocortical event .
12 Here it illustrates the point that it is the deposition of carbonate that is important and not the precise nature of the sediment .
13 There is first the point that it is the earliest source .
14 Although that has meant that not much can be done , in principle it is a good idea in that it forces underwater sites to compete with land sites for funding , and tends to keep the attention on the point that it is archaeology we are talking about .
15 or anything like that and I will make the point that it is targeted at a sector of the economy and the workforce , it is not the whole economy and not the whole workforce .
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