Example sentences of "could point to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you were caught you could point to the cucumber and deny responsibility . |
| 2 | To legitimise their activities in Lebanon , the PLO could point to the 1969 Cairo agreement , a dubious document drawn up in Egypt between Arafat and the Lebanese army commander which permitted any Palestinian in Lebanon ‘ to participate in the Palestinian revolution ’ and to assist in guerrilla operations by safeguarding ‘ the road to the Arkoub region ’ , the great volcanic escarpment in south-east Lebanon that was now largely controlled by Arafat 's Fatah gunmen . |
| 3 | Whenever attempts were made to distinguish between means and ends , he could point to the crimes committed in the name of religion on the grounds that the end justified the means . |
| 4 | While they could point to the fact that the town might have a poor bus system , could have better public amenities and that in winter it was dull , they could also point to the good health they enjoyed compared to when they lived in a large industrial city . |
| 5 | Thus if we want signs of low morale in the civil service , for example , we could point to the 1981 civil service strike . |
| 6 | However , this says nothing about coordination between agencies and it is here that one could point to the possible role of networks as well . |