Example sentences of "point [adv] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beneath this was an arrow pointing down and the words , TO MOLLY . |
| 2 | The person was even at pains to point out while the interview was being conducted that they had no time or interest in politics at all . |
| 3 | The circular goes on to point out that the list is not exhaustive and suggests other courses may be appropriate . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 ’ . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | But he was also at pains to point out that the wind is 2–5 per cent down on historical averages and that the water temperature is five degrees higher , producing softer winds than his boats had been designed for . |
| 12 | SIR — Having been in the ‘ think-tank ’ of the Cheltenham rebels after the initial selection of John Taylor as Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate ( article , April 11 ) , I feel obliged to point out that the best of us are not motivated by knee-jerk racism . |
| 13 | Not only were viewers outspoken in their complaints but the athletics writers , who rely on TV coverage , were quick to point out that the London Marathon is not one of the BBC 's happiest events . |
| 14 | Clearly it is no mere anthropomorphism to point out that the functional relation between these two and their capacity in man to render the species largely independent from and a controller of his natural environment has become a prime factor in the advance of man over other primate species . |
| 15 | My aim is only to point out that the situation is more complex than a simple division between ‘ Western monotheism ’ and ‘ Eastern polytheism ’ . |
| 16 | We should , however , like to point out that the extra beds will usually be fold-away or camp bed style and that you may find floor and drawer space cramped . |
| 17 | Dr Maria Hari was , however , keen to point out that the training was not simply a summary of these professions but that conductors were unique products of a complex system . |
| 18 | However , it is only fair to point out that the population distribution is uneven , and any swamping will take place in urban areas . |
| 19 | Other land may , therefore , be available although the Department is at pains to point out that the Circular does not give the green light to a development free-for-all in the countryside . |
| 20 | Defending Marinello , a local solicitor Mr Richard Hewitt was at pains to point out that the accident was not a by-product of ‘ Swinging London ’ nor the result of a reckless bender . |
| 21 | However , he failed to point out that the same trends could equally be the result of a large variety of other factors . |
| 22 | When Yorkshire Television 's documentary on asbestos showed a 10-year-old boy dying horribly of mesothelioma probably ( or even possibly ) caused by the asbestos he breathed while watching his father change asbestos-lined brake shoes , it does the asbestos industry no good at all to point out that the risk of contracting mesothelioma is quite low . |
| 23 | However , the BRE is careful to point out that the table attributes types , not numbers of faults to the trades concerned . |
| 24 | Even now Michael Heseltine , Britain 's Secretary of State for Defence , is at pains to point out that the installation of cruise need not go ahead ( see p 885 ) . |
| 25 | It does not dispute such continuity to point out that the emergence of recombinant DNA was at least equally descendent from confluent broad and powerful scientific currents in genetics , cell biology , biophysics , biochemistry , etc . |
| 26 | It is essential to point out that the Primary Control relationship is not one of position , but one of freedom . |
| 27 | In this respect , it is important to point out that the test of control to determine parents and subsidiaries is applied differently by the Commission from the test of decisive influence which is applied in determining the existence of a concentration . |
| 28 | Further to the letter from T. Jenkins in the February issue , I would like to point out that the AAA has had minimum ages for road races for at least 30 years . |
| 29 | This is not to say that the world dictates the pattern for the Church to adopt , but to point out that the Church must be constantly examining itself to ensure that it is remaining true to the gospel and that the only barrier is the inescapable offence of the atoning message of the cross which stands at the centre of that gospel . |
| 30 | It omitted to point out that the story had come entirely from Nigerian , and mainly official , sources . |