Example sentences of "[adv] point to an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she was only pointing to an overflow culvert . |
| 2 | And if these explorations conclusively point to an amalgamation with the T & g or any other union , then so be it . |
| 3 | Language in poetry does not point to an object beyond itself , nor does it carry any emotional weight from its speaker ; it is entirely self-sufficient , or , as the Formalists would say , ‘ self-valuable ’ . |
| 4 | The fiscal evidence also points to an increase in its wealth in relation to the country as a whole : between 1334 and 1515 the assessed wealth of the city increased fifteenfold in absolute terms , and from 2 per cent to 8.9 per cent of the assessed wealth of the nation as a whole ( 101 ) . |
| 5 | They also pointed to an incident during which a patient had to wait for four hours for an anaesthetist . |
| 6 | ‘ Laura will often point to an illustration and say , ‘ That 's like me . ’ ’ |
| 7 | He would never expressly suggest that one or two might go down , but would rather point to an accumulation of profits as deriving from several shares and not just one . |