Example sentences of "point [adv] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This debate is important because it points up that ‘ the facts ’ are not necessarily as simple and straightforward as they might at first sight seem . |
| 2 | I leap outside into the snow , stand ankle deep in the snow and strain frantically at the same time trying to remember which direction I am pointing so that I can give instructions about where not to get the snow for tomorrow 's tea . |
| 3 | I interpose that merely to point up that when Jackie talks of ‘ guilt ’ and ‘ conscience ’ and ‘ pain ’ , these were perfectly real things to him . |
| 4 | It is important to point out that these expressions which interpret Irish social reality and events are also used by the high clergy . |
| 5 | WHILE complimenting David Tarpey on an interesting article on tourism in Dublin ( Caterer , 22–28 August ) , I would like to point out that Dublin 's millennium was in 1988 not 1989 . |
| 6 | The circular goes on to point out that the list is not exhaustive and suggests other courses may be appropriate . |
| 7 | Before you get the idea that such a bias occurs only in national competitions , I would like to point out that the worse case of this I ever saw was in a world championship . |
| 8 | We would like to point out that we manufacture a range of acrylic varnishes and acrylic floor coating for domestic and industrial use , which are completely safe to use and are non-hazardous . |
| 9 | It is useful to point out that when using such materials choreographers must know their vocabulary very thoroughly and select movements through which they can emphasise the moment when disaster strikes . |
| 10 | While I agree heartily with Cameron McNeish 's praise of the Scottish Mountaineering Club volume ‘ The Corbetts ’ ( May issue , p.58 ) , I feel constrained to point out that Stac Pollaidh and Suilven are not Corbetts , as he records . |
| 11 | However , Mike Roberts , now director of the Natural Environment Research Council 's Institute of Terrestrial Ecology ( South ) , is quick to point out that acid deposition does exacerbate the problem , in particular by washing magnesium from an already nutrient-poor soil . |
| 12 | Sir : As a Tuscan expatriate in Britain , I feel duty bound to point out that five out of the eight Italians included in the '50 mastersingers of Europe' were from Tuscany : Dante , Michelangelo , Leonardo , Machiavelli and Galileo . |
| 13 | It is unfashionable to point out that for most of his two decades in office Marcos enjoyed considerable grass-roots favour . |
| 14 | Ford 's employees are also wont to point out that their mortgage payments have rocketed over the past year and negotiations will take place against a background in which interest rates seem to be moving in one direction only . |
| 15 | as if to point out that they were not entirely alone , a man with a white terrier came towards them from behind the sandhills . |
| 16 | It is to point out that there is nowhere in existence a set of ‘ records ’ which could prove that Christ was either a lunatic or ‘ precisely what He said ’ He was . |
| 17 | I realize that this was done without any intention of hurting anyone , but maybe it would be good to point out that this term can and does offend . |
| 18 | It was preceded by lengthy backbench Opposition speeches which prompted Mr Christopher Chope , junior environment minister , to point out that he was the first government speaker for some four hours . |
| 19 | Construction News : ‘ We would like to point out that the name of Balfour Beatty 's project manager [ at a site in Edinburgh ] is Mike Izzy . ’ |
| 20 | Observers are quick to point out that the main church , the Romanian Orthodox , is well under the control of the secret service and constitutes no threat to President Nicolae Ceausescu . |
| 21 | IN THEIR rather cheerful new outlook for the world economy , published late last month , forecasters at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development were careful to point out that the risks of error were ‘ on the downside ’ . |
| 22 | It seems churlish to point out that most such carrots cause a diversion of savings from taxed to untaxed channels , not an increase in the absolute amount . |
| 23 | A few years ago Japanese-Americans were compensated for being interned during the second world war , and some ( mostly white ) people have begun to point out that blacks have yet to be compensated for centuries of slavery . |
| 24 | It was useless for me to point out that the proposals were not those of the Government but of a group of advisers whose only power was to suggest . |
| 25 | Later in the election campaign , he was driven to comment again : ‘ I wish to point out that the SDLP were only admitted to the Socialist International by my credentials . |
| 26 | Dot wanted to Point out that Baby had died anyway but remembered Gloria 's warning to mind her P's and Q's . |
| 27 | Compiled by the KLF , who featured sheep on the cover of their ambient house LP , ‘ Chill Out ’ , and wish to point out that The Farm are n't the only ones into woolly coats . |
| 28 | Elice , ever a harbinger of gloom , was ready to point out that Athena Gardens was but one sector of Arcady . |
| 29 | It tries to point out that it is a common , though devastating , experience ; that most people do survive it , but their lives are changed by it . |
| 30 | If Nonconformists were slow to start , once they had they were eager to point out that while in England the Church outnumbered them ( as far as baptized members were concerned ) , in the Empire and America it was a different story as regards active members . |