Example sentences of "not the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's not the point , he said . |
| 2 | But for the moment , that 's not the point — which is rather that those who have been , legitimately or at least understandably , affronted by the pretensions of Olson as poet should not therefore write him off as anything but what he was : an exceptionally earnest and magnanimous man , and a man moreover who knew , as few poets since John Milton have known , what the polity looks like from the point of view of those who administer it day by day . |
| 3 | But that 's not the point really . |
| 4 | ‘ That is not the point of Helmut 's creation ! ’ she said loudly , stamping on his foot and turning her bum out of range of his enveloping coat . |
| 5 | ‘ Well I did n't , but that 's not the point . ’ |
| 6 | Whether overseas countries have pavilions at the show is surely not the point , what is important is the number of countries represented by the exhibits . |
| 7 | At 100–1 he was the longest-priced winner in the history of the race , but that was not the point . |
| 8 | ‘ Besides , that is not the point where it is weak , ’ Prof Pierotti added . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , this is not the point . |
| 10 | But it is not the point . |
| 11 | ‘ Ah , but that 's not the point . |
| 12 | But that is not the point . |
| 13 | But this is not the point . |
| 14 | In fact , railway bills were being passed every session which made a grosser interference , but that was not the point . |
| 15 | Further investigation may yet prove Leakey wrong and the academic experts right , but that is not the point . |
| 16 | ‘ That 's not the point . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ That 's not the point . |
| 18 | But that is not the point . |
| 19 | ( Actually , the Brits are right about the European space effort , but that is not the point . ) |
| 20 | ‘ Rubber Soul ’ had far better graphics , but that 's not the point . |
| 21 | ‘ But that is not the point . |
| 22 | But that 's not the point . |
| 23 | Like Habermas 's ‘ ideal speech situation ’ , the fact that scientific practice can never be realized is not the point . |
| 24 | That 's not the point . |
| 25 | To the perspectival appearance at that point of view being what it is it makes no difference whether or not the point of view is occupied by a viewer . |
| 26 | But that 's not the point , if Terry said something really stupid I would say ‘ Terry , that was a really stupid thing to say ’ , but if he said ‘ Hello Mark how y'doing ? ’ |
| 27 | If it strikes you this way , let me remind you that Peter 's particular values are not the point at issue , and invite you to sit down quietly and compose your own , very different equivalent . |
| 28 | That bullet would be lucky to go a hundred yards , but that was not the point . |
| 29 | But whether or not it is a completely accurate report of what actually happened is perhaps not the point . |
| 30 | But the ‘ truth ’ is not the point at issue ; what matters is that as human beings we necessarily engage in an interpretative process when we encounter others , as they do with us . |