Example sentences of "[to-vb] [det] [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible to miss this important point about pragmatism , however , and we should be careful not to fall into the trap . |
| 2 | The usual method is to write each main point and supporting information on a single card . |
| 3 | Sometimes , it can be useful to write each main point in the argument on a separate card or sheet of paper , and physically reorder them on a table in front of you , joining up the points in your mind with a linking commentary . |
| 4 | To find each new point on the graph move up the " day " line until you are level with the correct number of kg for that day . |
| 5 | It may enable him or her to highlight some salient point , or to focus pupils ' attention on a particular question as they view the next sequence . |
| 6 | A Gothic cathedral is a complex design , but when standing inside it the individual knows where he or she is and how to reach any other point in it . |
| 7 | Here are two simple examples to illustrate this particular point . |
| 8 | In Sail , Race and Win ( Macmillan , 1982 ) , Eric Twiname uses the analogy of his piano playing compared to that of his young concert pianist friend to illustrate this important point . |
| 9 | Extract ( 11 ) is representative of a common conversational situation in which each of the participants give examples from their personal experience to illustrate some general point . |
| 10 | In any case , if a writer has managed to put some key point rather well , why not both give him the credit for doing so , and at the same time avoid struggling to reinvent the wheel ? |
| 11 | It was just a quickie , I just wanted to read this little point that I actually think brings lots of what you 've been discussing about together , and it 's a light hearted , but it does have some relevance if I can just say it . |
| 12 | A failure to understand this essential point could lead to more than a trade war . |
| 13 | She was genuinely concerned to help the customer and found it difficult to see any other point of view . ’ |
| 14 | By patiently watching and recording hits we can build up a probability profile which will indicate how likely it is for a bullet to hit any particular point on the detector . |
| 15 | This is because the student asks a question about the use of some part of the library when he/she is motivated to learn that particular point . |
| 16 | We frequently consult both old and new textbooks on our shelves to check some small point . |
| 17 | But even a schoolboy 's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point ; and Blast had none . |
| 18 | The organisation 's uncertainty is shown by its decision not to have any particular point of view on the future of the European Community : a decision that makes more jaws than Mrs Thatcher 's drop . |
| 19 | However , the House will have further opportunities during the debate to clarify that important point . |
| 20 | Just wanted to clarify that little point , so you know the organs that make up the circulatory system , you know how to check it , you know the one slight difference than what you normally expect veins and arteries to be doing okay ? |
| 21 | All you do is to move that decimal point two places . |
| 22 | And now , as Stephen looked at his watch , the tide of red colour crept to touch that central point where the rune was . |
| 23 | East Northants district council wrote asking me to make that specific point . |
| 24 | Few prior to Jones had cared to admit this seditious point except in the columns of the Police Review , where disgruntled beat officers ( often anonymously ) indicate the paradox of being the revered and reviled base on which all the hierarchy is built . |
| 25 | I 'd like to make another general point |
| 26 | She considered tracking them , but did n't feel the need to make any particular point of it . |