Example sentences of "[noun] point to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This case points to a possible role for moderate hypothermia in preventing hepatitis secondary to ingestion of paracetamol , when it might be used as an adjunct to treatment with acetylcysteine or haemoperfusion in high risk cases . |
| 2 | Whether the tape is a real recording of the voices of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles or not , its existence points to a concerted effort to damage Prince Charles . |
| 3 | Whether the increase in comparatively recent times points to a third population is a subject for Chapter 8 . |
| 4 | Peter Walker points to a recent case , and advises credit managers to keep their heads |
| 5 | Evan points to a hoist that 's slowly lowering the band 's gear down to ground level : ‘ When we played here last year , we were riding up and down in that thing . |
| 6 | In support of the National Gallery 's case Mr Vlnas points to a 1946 agreement signed between Slovak officials and the gallery exchanging the altar for 380 prints , ten Gothic paintings , and twelve Gothic statues . |
| 7 | Despite the atomising tendency of fundamental physics , with its motto " divide and rule " , we have found that the EPR experiment points to a surprisingly integrationist view of the relationship of systems which have once interacted with each other , however widely they may subsequently separate . |
| 8 | This dilemma points to a central conflict of organizations — ‘ me ’ versus ‘ the system ’ . |
| 9 | By autumn indicators pointed to a higher annual growth rate and a lower increase in inflation , but the July to September growth rate of 2.5 per cent was still the lowest since 1986 . |
| 10 | Game-theoretic considerations point to a conflict between collective and individual rationality . |
| 11 | Authors point to a number of possible explanations including the lack of appropriate evaluative skills , the lack of available data and the lack of appropriate incentives . |
| 12 | With his thin old hand the stranger pointed to a place on the map . |
| 13 | The study pointed to a marked feature of the UK market that facilitated takeovers , namely the accessibility of funds to finance takeovers . |
| 14 | Montgomerie pointed to a scoreboard showing a Moroccan amateur with scores of 101 and 86 for a 43-over-par total of 187 , and a Spanish professional with rounds of 98 and 87 to his name . |
| 15 | The issue points to a more fundamental tension at the heart of professional education , which is that it is concerned not only with knowledge and skills but with norms and attitudes . |
| 16 | ‘ Soul ’ is established as a category containing phenomena as disparate as Professor Paul Davies ' conviction that what we know of the universe points to a grand design , Miriam Rothschild 's delight in the beauty of her biological subject matter , and Oliver Sacks ' realisation that his patients ' brains do not resemble computers . |
| 17 | Continuing commitment and investment by IC manufactures in developing high performance DSP chips points to a very promising future for DSP . |
| 18 | Ravenhill saw the revelations of medicine and eugenics pointing to a greater role for women , not only as mothers but as guardians of those aesthetic qualities which made for physical , intellectual and moral progress . |
| 19 | A small plastic sign fixed to the side of a building said ‘ SOUNDBACK STUDIOS ’ with an arrow pointing to a narrow alleyway . |
| 20 | Data from other countries point to a similar penalty on childbearing . |
| 21 | The conceits point to a monstrous self-perversion , the forfeiting of integrity and the living out of a lie at which , moreover , his mind or heart knowingly connives . |
| 22 | As he moved towards the table Joe noticed that , although they had been bidden to take their seats , neither Mrs Carver , nor Mick , nor Carrie did until Mr Carver was seated ; then , each pulling a chair out from under the table , they sat down ; and having done so , Mick pointed to a carved chair with a leather seat and said to him , ‘ Come , sit down . |
| 23 | Moma Parsheen pointed to a third , empty mouth . |
| 24 | ‘ We could sit on this rock , ’ Hope pointed to a jutting flat stone , ‘ and look out at the lake . ’ |
| 25 | The boy pointed to a back bedroom and Massingham pushed him gently before him . |
| 26 | Alexia pointed to a shape moving on one of the monitors , just behind Minerva . |
| 27 | A fingerpost points to a short path descending amongst trees to a footbridge over the river , flowing erratically on and under its limestone bed . |
| 28 | It will be sufficient for our purposes to point to a few of the features of the chapter as we have it . |
| 29 | Certainly both the account in the Office of his later career and the remarks he let drop in his own writings point to a friction in his situation which ultimately led him to leave the Daltons to seek a quiet place elsewhere . |
| 30 | Some psychologists point to a decline in the mid-1980s and blame new-fangled teaching methods ; others insist that things have always been this bad . |