Example sentences of "point made [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principal point made in the first discussion paper on Finance is that the United Kingdom in 1973/74 contributed £313 million towards the support of Northern Ireland services , the equivalent of £200 per annum per head of the population . |
| 2 | This rather sad quote illustrates very sharply a point made in the previous chapter , which is that a field of learning such as physics , which has great power to change our lives , is usually divorced from a consideration of moral issues . |
| 3 | Will the Minister reconsider the point made by the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) ? |
| 4 | I shall concentrate on the point made by the hon. Member for Blackburn . |
| 5 | I take the point made by the hon. Member for Renfrew , West and Inverclyde ( Mr. Graham ) , that many people are unable to pay the community charge . |
| 6 | To return to the point made by the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) , this is all about transparency and opening up the process to much greater public scrutiny , so that the public can see what is going on , the taxpayer can see what his or her money is being spent on and the customer can see the standard of service being contracted to be provided . |
| 7 | I have considerable sympathy with the point made by the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East ( Mr. Snape ) . |
| 8 | I take the point made by the hon. Member for Romford — that any threshold gives rise to feelings of unfairness . |
| 9 | As to the capital allowance , I was interested in the point made by the hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne , and I agree with the comments made by my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield ( Mr. Smith ) in his intervention . |
| 10 | The second point made by the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed was about RECHAR and I am anxious to respond positively to him . |
| 11 | I will look again at the point made by the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow . |
| 12 | Such contacts can reinforce the effectiveness of our views on the point made by the hon. Gentleman , which is that the death sentence on Salman Rushdie is an unacceptable infringement of his rights as a British citizen . |
| 13 | We apologise both to Dr. Langellier and to readers ; and summarise here some of the points made in the first article , for clarity 's sake . |
| 14 | A brief review of some recent experience in the field will serve to amplify in specific and practical detail some of the more general points made in the foregoing section . |
| 15 | Spatial linkages also feature prominently in Brown 's discussion which amplifies many of the points made in the earlier contribution from Openshaw in Chapter 3 . |
| 16 | I have debated several prayers over the years , but I have never participated in a debate in which the points made by the Labour party were so bogus . |
| 17 | I had not intended to speak on the motion , but I feel that I must bring to the attention of the House certain points made by the Select Committee on Procedure in two reports to the House on the passage of legislation . |