Example sentences of "[adv] a [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | For Codron it was very much a turning point . |
| 2 | A closer look at this challenge will be afforded in Chapter 5 but suffice it here to say that the military 's vested interest in the established planning system , long a fixed point on the compass , may be changing . |
| 3 | It is perhaps a technical point whether we regard this work — with its fragmented associations and obscure , perverse and personalised allusions , as an example of schizophrenic language or , as Brain argues , evidence of manic flight of ideas . |
| 4 | Graduation day symbolizes no end-point ; merely perhaps a getting-off point , or an interlude , or a marker in the continuing process . |
| 5 | Whether or not they must have a common purpose to constitute a procession is perhaps a moot point , g but it will be remembered that unless the procession is to be held which is ‘ intended ’ to fulfil one of the purposes mentioned in section 11(1) , no notice is required . |
| 6 | There is obviously a major point of policy involved in this matter , so let us look at the organisation and training of these people who play such an important part in the safety of the travelling public . |
| 7 | This is only a small point , the Fun School 4 products have enough going for them to be recommended and are certainly good value for money — BUT to continue to compete with other quality software that is now appearing , this lack of consistency will need to be addressed . |
| 8 | BSL therefore stores story information and re-tells it in a way which would occur for all languages , but spoken language surface structure ( reflecting only a specific point in time and context ) would tend to hide this in its effort for reconstruction of meaning . |
| 9 | Once more , we are given only a masculine point of view . |
| 10 | It seems a pity that the gun does not come with a reflector nozzle ( to work near window panes without cracking the glass , for example ) , but this is only a minor point . |
| 11 | The aggravation did not seem to upset Jansher yesterday as he conceded only a single point to Frank Ellis as the title holders , Pakistan , started the world team championships here yesterday with a 3-0 win over Scotland . |
| 12 | The work of Diggle et al. ( 1990 ) examined only a single point source , though it generalizes to multiple sources and to linear hazards as well . |
| 13 | Lastly a simple point of style , which affects the impression gained of an essay . |
| 14 | Mr , just a just a general point . |
| 15 | Well just , just a final point , would it be worthwhile er informing the District Council of the history of the site , Chairman , because they may not be aware , as the , as the new owners of the site , they took it over from the Southwell District Council on reorganization . |
| 16 | Oh , and just a small point : when did music and football ever mix ? |
| 17 | Just a small point , but I think when people arrive that they they perhaps feel isolated , and that we 're a little unfriendly . |
| 18 | Just a small point on this amendment , er the forty thousand figure we should be aware could be a Conservative figure . |
| 19 | So that 's just a small point . |
| 20 | He actually corrected it later on when he has to go back into it but , you know , just , just a wee point there erm you did , did it initially but corrected it later on when you , you came back into it . |
| 21 | Just a little point |
| 22 | Just a little point of interest , how many people are on this thing nowadays ? |
| 23 | But just a minor point , erm if we 're going to settle for one third the job initially , is that going to improve the bollards to the front and rear ? |
| 24 | Which was already a sore point . |
| 25 | It was always a debatable point with us when working our way from west to east , or vice versa , in the north of Scotland , whether to take the open sea route northabout , or to undertake the canal route . |
| 26 | It is still a sore point with both grandparents that neither Alice nor Henry have been baptized . |
| 27 | However , as Didcot church is no more a precise point than the Bishops Cannings church , the case for a precise alignment must remain unproven . |
| 28 | On top of Falkenhayn 's natural indecisiveness , the Crown Prince now knew enough of what lay behind his frequent references to ‘ bleeding the French white ’ to suspect that , even once a critical point had been reached in the battle , the C-in-C could not be relied upon to provide replenishments for ‘ heavy sacrifices ’ involved . |
| 29 | I thought this was rather a shrewd point . |
| 30 | The 1960s was the decade of Vietnam , but it was also a high point of the mid-century Golden Age of Science . |