Example sentences of "it [modal v] be pointed [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may be pointed out , however , that in both cases the extension beyond the horizon is not unique . |
| 2 | At the same time it should be pointed out that other initiatives along similar lines have not had the same degree of success , and that the question of initial input must be crucial . |
| 3 | It should be pointed out that despite increasing income concentration , there has been a general improvement in the quality of life . |
| 4 | However , it should be pointed out that contests between Labour and the Conservatives took place in only 91 out of 165 wards in the capped authorities in both 1986 and 1990 . |
| 5 | It should be pointed out , however , that the National Radiological Protection Board currently uses 1 km grid square resolution population data from the 1971 Census in its radiological protection studies ( Hallam et al. 1981 ) . |
| 6 | It should be pointed out , however , that — in contrast to the oil ‘ death line ’ ( at 1.35% Rm ) — the ‘ death line ’ for dry gas does not indicate the end of gas generation , or the beginning of gas destruction . |
| 7 | It should be pointed out that they were nearly always pressed into the disc at the time of manufacture , not pasted on afterwards ; so the paper and inks had to be able to withstand high temperatures . |
| 8 | The answers to both questions are yes — but before conservationist indignation takes hold it should be pointed out that if the military do ‘ invade ’ the Galapagos ( which is , of course , a province of Ecuador ) it will be at the express invitation of the Galapagos National Park Service and the scientists of the Charles Darwin Research Station : for the sole purpose of eradicating feral animals . |
| 9 | As a final note on the range of legal options , it should be pointed out that there have been several suggestions that a new form of incorporation should be introduced to combine some of the features of company and partnership but without the problems associated with limited partnerships . |
| 10 | It should be pointed out that simply deciding who decides is a decision and should be a joint one . |
| 11 | It should be pointed out that , because the employing firms are themselves not perfectly competitive but possess some monopoly power , the union 's actions will not necessarily result in losses for the firms involved ; however , it will of course reduce their profits and result in a redistribution of income from profit-earners to wage-earners . |
| 12 | Perhaps at this stage it should be pointed out that Bakker has incurred much criticism from his academic peers . |
| 13 | Helpfully , the council added that : ‘ It should be pointed out that this action would be taken against all allotment holders , whether or not any individual holder has had a bonfire prior to the service of a notice . |
| 14 | It should be pointed out that a deliberate knock-on can still be penalised by a penalty kick . |
| 15 | Before we romanticize the size , wealth and power of these guilds , it should be pointed out that in the main they were fairly small . |
| 16 | However , it should be pointed out that not every coffin-maker or funeral furnisher knew this and one could end up with the horrendous mismatch of an elderly widower being given a plate intended for a young girl . |
| 17 | It should be pointed out that the decline has not just been in evidence under the Conservative government , but was also apparent before 1979 , although it has accelerated subsequently . |
| 18 | ( It should be pointed out that , whereas the figures in columns 1 and 2 are percentages of the whole , so that the sum of the figures in each column is 100 , the figures in column 3 are index numbers — comparing GDP per head in a region with UK GDP per head . ) |
| 19 | ( However , it should be pointed out that the Welsh and Scottish figures are percentages of much higher unemployment rates and are , therefore , not as favourable as might at first seem ) . |
| 20 | ( It should be pointed out that , if a region 's GDP per head declines as a proportion of UK GDP , it does not necessarily imply that the region 's GDP per head has declined in absolute terms , but only in comparison with that of the UK . ) |
| 21 | It should be pointed out that a bigger tank may well be possible , but when the maintenance is going to suffer , and that is the major importance when dealing with larger fish which are usually messy feeders . |
| 22 | Morrissey , it should be pointed out , had absolutely nothing to do with it at the time . |
| 23 | On a note of caution , it should be pointed out that the people involved in minor marriages were considerably younger at the time of the formalization of the marriage than those involved in the major marriages . |
| 24 | It should be pointed out once again that those feminists who say that , on account of the male symbolism , Christianity is impossible for them , are not thereby necessarily ‘ anti-men ’ . |
| 25 | Although it has no bearing on our decision , it should be pointed out that had the courts had power to make the order sought , Dr. Hayes ' evidence would in any event have been circumscribed by two public interest immunity certificates issued on 13 April 1992 respectively by the Secretary of State for Transport relating to ‘ security measures ’ and by the Lord Advocate in relation to potential criminal proceedings in Scotland . |
| 26 | In this regard it should be pointed out that although article 5 makes provision in a number of cases for a special jurisdiction which the plaintiff may choose , this is because of the existence , in certain clearly-defined situations , of a particularly close connecting factor between a dispute and the court which may be called upon to hear it , with a view to the efficacious conduct of the proceedings . |
| 27 | For those who might argue that this information comes from ‘ the industry ’ it should be pointed out that such data have to be approved by government before it is issued . |
| 28 | It should be pointed out , however , that a company need only carry out such a ‘ cost of quality ’ calculation where it is unsure whether the extra effort required to improve quality ( i.e. reliability ) is worthwhile that is , where it is contemplating a trade-off in the area where Berliner and Brimson say a trade-off should not be contemplated . |
| 29 | Still , it should be pointed out that the average Soviet citizen 's contact with the courts was likely to be as unpolitical as that of his or her Western counterpart , and he or she was no more likely to be dealt with unjustly in the run-of-the-mill case ( Lane , 1985 , pp. 192–7 ) . |
| 30 | It should be pointed out , however , that the results of the Forster and Olbrei experiment do not provide evidence for a constant effect of syntactic analysis since a correlation coefficient of.65 accounts for less than 40 per cent of the variance in processing times . |