Example sentences of "pointed to the fact " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later , in the 1980s , conclusive evidence pointed to the fact that lead in the environment was affecting children 's development . |
| 2 | He pointed to the fact that in recent months the Institute itself had appointed two women , both chartered accountants and ‘ from the ranks ’ of Institute staff , to senior positions within the secretariat for the first time . |
| 3 | Both agreed that there would seem to be no rational explanation , but everything pointed to the fact that Aubrey Clark was revisiting his old signal box . |
| 4 | He pointed to the fact that with respect to Korea the United States had associated itself with others of the United Nations in support of Korea 's cause and , in that sense , therefore , Korea 's position transcended a definition of interest by a line drawn in any direction . |
| 5 | Everything pointed to the fact that something at an extremely high altitude looked favourably on Branson 's endeavours . |
| 6 | Has my right hon. Friend had an opportunity to look at the study in The Financial Times on 6 January which pointed to the fact that the northern region has very much benefited from the economic restructuring of the 1980s and is now coming out of recession faster than any other part of the country , due to the success of the regeneration programmes that the Government have put in place in the region ? |
| 7 | The advisers did not always accept these arguments and pointed to the fact that they were comparing what they had seen with other schools . |
| 8 | I pointed to the fact that I was younger than when he took over . |
| 9 | Hughes pointed to the fact that there are only 12 nitrogen oxide monitoring stations in the UK , compared with 200 in Germany , and 1,337 in Japan . |
| 10 | I 've not had the experience perhaps of teaching so many dyslexic children to be able to comment on this , but certainly when I was making the videotape at Brickwall School and I asked the headmaster about that and he pointed to the fact that they certainly have a very wide intake , a complete social mix , and Professor Miles at Bangor University says that in his experience of dealing with dyslexic children they come from all walks of life , and it 's really quite inaccurate — I suppose there 's a sense in which , if we 've got to use these phrases , that middle class people have always been very concerned about the education of their children and so they may be the parents who will ask questions about their children 's lack of development , but I think it 's only , you know , more significant in middle class terms because of that . |