Example sentences of "by point to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By contrast , the Reagan Administration justified its invasion of Grenada by pointing to the danger faced by a small group of American medical students , a rationale that was rebutted by international law bodies . |
| 2 | We may try to explain them by pointing to the place they occupy in the larger narrative . |
| 3 | Jocelyne Saab , the Lebanese director , interestingly nuanced the question of what it actually means to be a woman film-maker by pointing to the need , for her , to make connections with other Oriental women . |
| 4 | Huddersfield 's Clem Stephenson had the ability to beat the offside trap of the old-style full-backs ; that it was possible to beat the stopper Chapman showed by pointing to the example of Robert Gurney . |
| 5 | At Broomstreet Farm Hazlitt called ‘ The Ancient Mariner ’ to their minds by pointing to the bare masts of a ship , outlined against ‘ the red-orbed disk of the setting sun ’ . |
| 6 | Focusing more particularly on forgiveness , Jesus defended the woman who had poured myrrh over his feet by pointing to the same reason : ‘ Her great love proves that her many sins have been forgiven ; where little has been forgiven , little love is shown . ’ |
| 7 | Its March 1992 bulletin , though , took a surprisingly simplistic approach to ethnicity and religion , justifying the setting up of the Muslim Parliament by pointing to the racist press coverage it had received . |
| 8 | He explained his change of mind by pointing to the danger that if Stockholm went ahead without the Allied socialists , the case for the Allied war effort would be lost by default : |
| 9 | Both the philosophy of Kierkegaard and the novels of Dostoievsky spoke directly to his own questions by pointing to the tyranny of power , the pretensions of institutionalised Christianity , and contrasting both with the vital depths of human experience and need and the infinity of God . |
| 10 | Mr Karimov justifies his hard line by pointing to the chaos in neighbouring Tajikistan , where a war between rival clans has left about 20,000 dead and displaced some 600,000 people from their homes . |
| 11 | Aerospace officials , however , are hoping to change the government 's mind by pointing to the new activist policies of and by citing evidence that the US government is spending considerably more than the three per cent of turnover accepted as a limit under a trade agreement signed with the European Commission last July . |
| 12 | This has created a temptation to explain the passing of the radical reforms by pointing to the absence of the ‘ conservative ’ Kimon and his 4000 ‘ conservative ’ hoplites . |
| 13 | Accusations of ‘ doctored ’ oval pitches were countered by pointing to the away victories and especially to the number of wickets taken by Laker and Lock on ‘ away ’ soil . |
| 14 | By pointing to the three sections of each finger , plus the tip , sixteen can be counted on the right hand . |
| 15 | Arguments that PR works well in countries such as West Germany are countered by pointing to the experience of italy , where turnover in governments is rapid and a significant fraction of the population vote for a party that is consistently excluded from government . |
| 16 | He played down the adverse conditions that had led to low lambing rates by pointing to the limit of 205,000 tonnes that could be sent to Europe under the voluntary restraint agreement . |