Example sentences of "[noun] point [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like the implicit analogy between the Nixon pardon and a cleaning product , the comparison between denazification and the action of washing powder points to the arbitrary nature of the performative act and questions the authority on which it is based . |
| 2 | Using the mouse or cursor keys the user points to the main heading of the menu he or she wants and the menu pulls ( Windows ) or drops ( GEM ) from the heading . |
| 3 | Life for you right now is a crossroads : one direction points to the safe , secure and conventional , the other to the road less travelled , signifying the unexplored . |
| 4 | Drivers of Italian heavy goods vehicles began a blockade of customs posts at the border with Austria on Sept. 13 , 1989 , causing tailbacks of several thousand lorries at the Brenner Pass and other crossing points over the next eight days . |
| 5 | He said similar numbers had crossed farther north at Bostan and Mehran , and thousands more at minor crossing points along the rugged frontier . |
| 6 | By using arcs struck about the assembly points and passing through the other attachment points on the intermediate link , the member may be Positioned initially to a chosen point on the locus of point P ( see Figure 7.42 ) and then rotated to generate an attachment point on the locus of point Q ( link C ) . |
| 7 | Mr Morse points to the ageing and unpleasant sanitary point where boat users dump their waste next to the town 's bus station . |
| 8 | In particular , I am pleased to note a number of important developments stemming from action points in the first Plan . |
| 9 | ( Research by Lynda Grattan and Tim Morris on effective succession planning in organizations points to the considerable importance of feedback to men and women early in their careers . |
| 10 | Every one of his books points to the same thing — unless we apply inhibition in our lives we will never be able to use intelligence in the way it was designed — to assist fulfilment . |
| 11 | We had just passed over a gaggle of eighteen-thousand-foot volcanoes , great slag heaps of ash with gaping vents pointed at the clear blue bowl of the heavens , when he finally shifted in his seat and leaned across me to look out of the window , blinking his eyes . |
| 12 | His supporters pointed to the chaotic state of the economy — beset by strikes among workers resisting government austerity measures — and argued the need to preserve confidence among foreign investors . |
| 13 | My contention that the functioning of the courts was a consequence of the implementation of specific judicial policies in a unique cultural and social setting points to the historical approach of the book . |
| 14 | Keep the rig as upright as possible An upright rig presents more sail area to the wind and keeps the driving force pointing in the right direction — horizontally forwards . |
| 15 | Its authors point to the relative rarity of hysteria nowadays when compared with its frequent occurrence before the First World War : |
| 16 | However , ERM fans point to the limited volatility of currency markets compared with , say , shares during the election campaign because of the floor under sterling . |
| 17 | Colebrooke pointed to the surrounding carpet of snow . |
| 18 | Meredith pointed at the third child , a pretty little girl with dark hair and an engaging , impish grin . |
| 19 | The defendant pointed to the close relationship of those witnesses and Paulette , the background of tension and domestic strife and the animosity of each of them towards the defendant and stressed the ease with which their evidence could have been fabricated and the absence of corroboration . |
| 20 | Corbett pointed to the one stained glass window in the room where the artist had painted a graphic vision of demons , their eyes glaring fiercely , their mouths and nostrils poured forth fetid breath as they tore the flesh of sinners with red hot pincers and pierced their bodies with glowing iron nails , whilst others beat the unfortunates with spikes and scourges . |
| 21 | Corbett pointed to the arbalest which swung from his saddle horn . |
| 22 | Molly pointed to the bright bunch on the scrubbed table and Giovanna gathered them up and strode to a hook on the dresser where they dangled with all their labels . |
| 23 | While optimists pointed to the downward trend , pessimists noted the sixth year with a deficit in excess of $100,000 million and an overall increase in oil imports . |
| 24 | Dhani pointed to the wooden door in the wall of the St Manicus chapel . |
| 25 | Ladner 's work points to the suppressed uneasiness and inadequacies within this approach , by linking young black girls ' socialization to the social , economic , and political relations which conventional socialization psychology ignores . |
| 26 | Some 200 people watched the showjumping , other took interest in the dressage , and the more adventurous found vantage points around the cross-country course . |
| 27 | But for hundreds of sightseers who took up vantage points in the nearby mountains and on the main deck of an Urnersee pleasure boat , it was the disappointment of the year . |
| 28 | The arrow points from the first node a of the pair ( a , b ) towards the second , b . |
| 29 | Eva points to the sofabed . |
| 30 | Twenty five signs inscribed ‘ To the Trams ’ and bearing an arrow pointing in the appropriate direction , were fixed to lamp standards in streets adjoining those served by the trams . |