Example sentences of "point [verb] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the little Peugeot has achieved something close to cult status , a point highlighted by the eye-catching TV commercial for the XS . |
| 2 | Although visiting grandparents was the basis of many significant memories and relationships , it is surprising that in the first set of interviews there are even more significant mentions of grandparents who at some point lived in the same house as their children . |
| 3 | Mr , do you want to come back on the point made on the other side of the room about your arbitrary selection of building rates ? |
| 4 | The first relates to er a point made by the senior inspector about the list in er paragraph thirty three of P P G three . |
| 5 | My Lords , the , the point made by the Noble Lord is that it is an important one erm it is important that teachers do feel comfortable with this subject and to that end the erm grant for education support and training is making money available and religious education has been added to the number of subjects for which it can be made available to help with er improving specialisms in schools , but also pr improving co-ordination for religious education in schools . |
| 6 | On the hon. Gentleman 's specific point relating to the early-day motion , Coal Products Ltd. , like any other company , is governed by strict environmental regulations introduced by this Government . |
| 7 | He had also converted the poor heathland soil of the area into most fruitful land , a point stressed by the observant Kalm . |
| 8 | Let me now go on from this point to comment on the so-called death of biblical fundamentalism . |
| 9 | It is moreover a representation that simplifies the dynamics of that action ; because of the large-scale coherent motions ( Sections 21.4 , 21.6 ) , the Reynolds stress at any point depends on the whole velocity profile , not just the local gradient . |
| 10 | He may have asked for Norman help against his enemies in 1009 , and a continental source records that he at some point appealed to the French monarch Robert the Pious for assistance , conceivably in the hope that he could exert pressure on the Normans . |
| 11 | He did not mention the point missed by the hon. Member for Dewsbury , that disconnections are now at a low level . |
| 12 | The turning point came in the 64th minute , when winger Jacques Olivier burned off the challenge of Nigel Heslop , exchanged passes with Gerber and scored a superb try . |
| 13 | The turning point came in the second quarter , he said , but loss of confidence as a result of the exchange rate crisis hit UK recruitment in the fourth quarter , although it is now starting to grow again . |
| 14 | The turning point came in the 75th minute when McGrath brought down Walsh only for the resulting penalty by Lineker to be saved easily by Spink . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Will the Minister reconsider the point made by the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) ? |
| 18 | I shall concentrate on the point made by the hon. Member for Blackburn . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I have considerable sympathy with the point made by the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East ( Mr. Snape ) . |
| 22 | I take the point made by the hon. Member for Romford — that any threshold gives rise to feelings of unfairness . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The second point made by the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed was about RECHAR and I am anxious to respond positively to him . |
| 25 | I will look again at the point made by the hon. Member for Greenock and Port Glasgow . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Erm the si the iss er the point raised by the Senior Inspector . |
| 28 | I have attempted to reply to the point raised by the hon. Member for Sedgefield by putting on record the reasons why some people may find it difficult to understand why no prosecution was pursued . |
| 29 | I also use a compass point to draw into the wet paint to reveal the colour beneath . ’ |
| 30 | My final point relates to the important work of the Audit Commission . |