Example sentences of "[prep] [det] [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 2 | Mrs Hill was right about that last point , anyway . |
| 3 | " When it was done She expressed Her complete satisfaction with the statue both as a portrait and as a work of art , — I particularly asked the Bishop about that last point . |
| 4 | If the x , y coordinates of each point are stored in four-byte units then eight bytes will be saved for each excess point removed . |
| 5 | For me painting is a never-ending search for that unique point of view . |
| 6 | For me painting is a never-ending search for that unique point of view . |
| 7 | R. A. Butler , who took over at the Board in 1941 , warned about this major point . |
| 8 | The meeting opened in fine form with the American Chairman outlining a bewildering series of statistics about some abstract point of milk production . |
| 9 | The probability that the particle , say , passes through some particular point is found by adding up the waves associated with every possible history that passes through that point . |
| 10 | While your subconscious mind is searching for some final point to include in the margins , go on to the final stage . |
| 11 | Its numerical value is the same as that calculated by Inglis for this critical point , though one should not attach too much importance to the exact numerical values in any of this work since all the presuppositions are approximations . |
| 12 | For this last point , there is better evidence from 507 . |
| 13 | We 'll leave the assertive alone for this particular point in time what are we to do to deal with aggressive , what are we to do to deal with passive . |
| 14 | And even after that high point of drama and inspiration had passed , and the French had launched their successful attack on the Castalians , Protestantism survived in pockets throughout the kingdom ; it was a fallow period , but that in itself would prepare the ground for more spectacular growth . |
| 15 | Once , it had seemed that the candle of her life would burn only till Christmas , and that it was towards that single point that she was spinning out the last hours of her life . |
| 16 | The route had been marked by the reconnaissance platoon ; even so , as they moved at speed past each key point vehicle commanders glanced at their maps to check their progress . |
| 17 | There is a ch lecture on dream symbols so why , despite this excellent point that J M Hayley made , does he still mention symbols ? |
| 18 | Starting at page A two , paragraph five and nine indicate that there is presently a gap of so of some eleven point four million pounds , between the overall spending limits of three hundred and eighty-one point four million pounds , agreed by the Policy Committee last November , and the provisional cutting limits set by the Government of three hundred and seventy million pounds . |
| 19 | After running a short video sequence , a question and answer session , or analysis of some key point , or a discussion can take place . |
| 20 | The natural expression of this external point of view is not ‘ It is the law that … ’ but ‘ In England they recognize as law … whatever the Queen in Parliament enacts … ’ |
| 21 | This has led supporters of this particular point of view to deny the premise . |
| 22 | And no doubt it needed Balfour 's subtle reasoning to convince the King of this constitutional point , particularly as there were others — Salisbury , for example — strongly urging the claims of Curzon . |
| 23 | It is important to recognise this , for an acceptance of this fundamental point leads more easily to an understanding of the reasons which caused an increase in the military significance of those who did not fight on horseback . |
| 24 | And indeed if the panel are minded to recommend erm a criteria based policy of this nature , we would recommend the inclusion of this important point of principle . |
| 25 | The consequences of this last point can be pernicious , actually encouraging a way of thinking whereby the aggressor in homophobic violence is somehow identified with his or her victim : both are homosexual , the one repressed , the other overt . |
| 26 | Kleinig is of course aware of this last point and considers further conditions required to establish the kind of participation which amounts to consent . |
| 27 | But an obvious implication of this last point is not confirmed by the observations . |
| 28 | A corollary of this last point is that the technique is likely to succeed when the signal is switched on at some moment to which the time origin may be ascribed , the inference being that the signal is zero up to time . |
| 29 | ( 5 ) Make a note of any major point in the parcels : eg the name of a house , or that the land is coloured pink on a plan . |
| 30 | They represent a triangle of forces , in which the movement of any one point affects the other two . |