Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] point out " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Association of British Insurers points out an increasing trend among major insurers to offer selective cover for people who already have some elements of cover under existing household and life policies , or free with their credit and charge cards ( NatWest 's Gold card offers the only truly standalone , comprehensive travel cover ) . |
| 2 | May I on behalf of my right hon. and hon. Friends point out that the disgraceful barracking and shouting which came from the mob opposite during the reply was clearly an exercise orchestrated by the Labour Whips ? |
| 3 | As one of my hon. Friends pointed out today , it is typical that , when finally pushed into a corner and forced to be specific , the Leader of the Opposition picked for unqualified Labour party support the one area of European Community policy that would cost this country . |
| 4 | The government 's information-technology advisers pointed out that British householders will not find it as easy to receive satellite signals as many believe . |
| 5 | Philip of Valois 's claim , however , had the virtues of clarity and logic , whereas Edward 's claim , as French lawyers pointed out at the time and French historians have not hesitated to remark since , rested on the unsatisfactory assumption that a woman could transmit a right which she could not exercise . |
| 6 | We may have a system of " one person one vote " , but Liberals and Social Democrats point out that we do not yet have a system of " one person one vote one value " since some votes are more equal than others . |
| 7 | Mr Wilson added : ‘ When many of the developments were being built tenants associations and public representatives pointed out that publicly-owned areas were prone to vandalism but it was never envisaged they would be subject to such official neglect . |
| 8 | The following paragraphs pointed out that in unlimited competitions , although successful competitors can reasonably expect to be employed , the Government can not bind itself to employ them , but in this case they should be employed on the new Foreign Office . |
| 9 | Later , he made some corrective statements pointing out that although he had made these observations , he was certainly not advocating the use of any drugs , although he continued to ridicule some of the US government 's attempts to stem the tide as being the wrong way to deal with the problem . |
| 10 | Corporate strategists point out that there is no single right answer . |
| 11 | Some Slovenian bankers pointed out that it would have made better sense to have carried out a ‘ consolidation ’ , which would have preserved more of the assets of the firm than the policy of attacking it from all sides ( Politika , 1 October 1987 ) . |
| 12 | But unions at Corporate Jets point out they have no such assurances and are anxious to have a meeting with Raytheon to find out their long-term plans . |
| 13 | But unions at Corporate Jets point out they have no such assurances and are anxious to have a meeting with Raytheon as soon as possible to find out its long-term plans . |
| 14 | The captain showed them a rough map drawn crudely on tough , brown vellum and with a stubby finger and guttural comments pointed out the coastline of Fife , the manor of Kinghorn and the possible place where the French could dock to pick up a party from the beach . |
| 15 | In their enthusiastic welcome for the referendum result , Lithuanian leaders pointed out that many ethnic Poles and Russians ( who made up 20 per cent of Lithuania 's population ) must have voted for independence , contradicting Soviet allegations that Lithuania 's minorities felt persecuted and needed to be defended by Soviet troops . |
| 16 | This was once thought to be a productive and praiseworthy way to make the best of almost useless land ; but now environmental groups point out how this practice can involve the destruction of important wet-land and wilderness . |
| 17 | The guitar inlay — which , as the maker is at great pains to point out , has the pickups exactly right since this is the famous Peter Green Les Paul with the reversed neck pickup polepieces — has a flamed sycamore body , pickup surrounds of holly , volume and tone controls of harewood and mahogany , a real ebony fingerboard , frets and position markers of boxwood and real silver tailpiece , bridge , pickups , machines and Gibson logo . |
| 18 | A number of companies have gone to great pains to point out to the shareholders that the goodwill adjustment does not affect the company 's net asset value , but Company Reporting named a number of companies that have actively avoided showing the full extent of losses on disposal . |
| 19 | For example , you went to great lengths to point out that Merit is a cigarette , whereas your magazine is available in many parts of the world where Merit is not . |
| 20 | Some sole practitioners pointed out their accountants already visited twice a year at the firms ' request , but the majority complained about the cost of the proposal and queried whether or not the whole profession would be required to comply . |
| 21 | An article in Nursing Times points out that ‘ it is very easy for nurses caring for older people , especially in hospitals , to develop a rather jaundiced view of ageing . |
| 22 | Richard struggled stubbornly on , but the effective end of the civil war came on 13 July when William the Lion , King of Scots , was captured at Alnwick , just one day after as numerous chroniclers pointed out — Henry had done public penance for those hasty words which had led to Becket 's murder . |
| 23 | Veterinary surgeons point out the problems associated with feeding horses too much grain . |
| 24 | As numerous objectors pointed out , the amount spent annually by the government on research into renewable energy has been less than a tenth of the spending on nuclear research . |
| 25 | I accept that the principle of non-discrimination on grounds of nationality does , as the United Kingdom maintains , presuppose the existence of the concept of nationality and that , as the Belgian , Greek and Danish Governments point out , the prohibition of discrimination set out in Articles 7 , 52 and 59 of the E.E.C . |
| 26 | We have tended to speak as if it existed in some obvious and consistent way in higher education , but as some of the above quotations pointed out , the undergraduate curriculum may be influenced by other manifestations of organized knowledge , in particular research and professional practice . |
| 27 | Conservation groups pointed out that the Commission was studying the wrong forests ( its own and its younger plantations ) and had deliberately excluded the trees which , on the basis of continental experience , would be most at risk . |
| 28 | But , as Conservative Members pointed out in Committee , to talk about a single pensioner premium is to concede the principle behind discounts . |
| 29 | From the first days of August , the president has had trouble even articulating the war aims , as not a few American commentators pointed out before ‘ supporting our boys ’ , prayer breakfasts , and a patriotism that may be more anxious than it yet seems , silenced them . |
| 30 | Central-bank insiders point out that Mr Fazio 's views have changed considerably since 1984 , and that safeguards against political meddling with the Bank have been considerably strengthened . |