Example sentences of "[adv] see the point of " in BNC.

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1 He said that he did not see the point of a central control over pay beds which was a relic of the Labour governments of the 1960s .
2 I can not see the point of building up your body by eating mountains of food just to pose before an audience .
3 He did not see the point of it .
4 She told me later she could not see the point of such correspondence .
5 He decided to be nice about the whole business , though he still could not see the point of it , and offered to put the little biscuity things into bowls .
6 He was uncertain , and could not see the point of hazarding a guess before the forensic labs had reported on the pair of scissors .
7 Ca n't really see the point of hanging on to old grudges at this late stage . ’
8 Hoover could n't even see the point of intelligence reports which showed Japan 's interest in how to attack a deep harbour , and how deep Pearl Harbour might be .
9 I do n't see the point of being unhappy . ’
10 However , I decided to dispense with the hood ; I did n't see the point of hiding my face .
11 As he says , ‘ I do n't see the point of having a through neck once you 've cut a big hole out of it for the pickups . ’
12 I just ca n't see the point of trying to look good on stage if you 've got a horrible piece of yellow plastic hanging around your neck .
13 I do n't see the point of doing things that make it sound completely unlike a guitar .
14 Drew had never been extravagant , but he could n't see the point of parsimony for parsimony 's sake , so he had decided to look for a patron , some ignoramus who would pay him a long salary to coach him and look after his ponies .
15 However , I do n't see the point of fighting off one set of advances only to capitulate to the next .
16 NME news editor Chris Hutchin interviewed Elvis ' manager and found that Colonel Tom Parker had yet to see any of his charge 's films : ‘ I went to see Kid Galahad but the theatre was full an ’ I did n't see the point of taking a seat that could be sold to a paying customer . ’
17 I could n't see the point of it any more .
18 ‘ I do n't see the point of it myself , either , ’ Eileen said .
19 I could n't see the point of rushing into it .
20 ‘ And I just do n't see the point of pressing on through that muck . ’
21 When pupils complain that they ‘ do n't see the point of doing all these ’ , they are often given a remote justification — ‘ you 'll need it when you buy a carpet ’ .
22 I ca n't see the point of living in a mausoleum , just because it 's ‘ in period ’ . ’
23 I ca n't see the point of expending all that energy when I 'm perfectly happy as I am . ’
24 Professor James Drife , of Leeds General Infirmary , said : ‘ I do n't see the point of taking heavily pregnant women all that way . ’
25 He could n't see the point of the story at all , but Ellen refused to explain .
26 I do n't see the point of all this , keeping me here this way . ’
27 ‘ I just do n't see the point of it , ’ he explained .
28 He had always told me that education was a waste of time and he could n't see the point of it .
29 But , I was saying to Tracy , I ca n't see the point of going just to have a row , because that 's all it 'll end up , I do n't think they 'll get anywhere by having a meeting , I think they 'll just row .
30 Now unless you 're out with your husband I ca n't see the point of bringing your baby out on Christmas shopping
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