Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] the point [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However that is resolved ( and opinion seems now to be in favour of the admissibility of others too ) it does not affect the point at issue here . |
| 2 | Can I just make the point of clarification in what said there , that as far as staffing additional works spread through for example we are assuming that staff costs are within the figures you are looking at and the the work that was referring to was was after you made your decision to will need to take some element of that cost into the start of the budget there is no staff figures that would occur after you 've formalised this budget we are not aware of so there there will be . |
| 3 | The laibon still could not understand the point of hanging such a man . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I can not see the point of building up your body by eating mountains of food just to pose before an audience . |
| 6 | He did not see the point of it . |
| 7 | She told me later she could not see the point of such correspondence . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He was uncertain , and could not see the point of hazarding a guess before the forensic labs had reported on the pair of scissors . |
| 10 | I simply can not see the point in having things I do n't need . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not see the point in raking over old coals , ’ he said philosophically . |
| 12 | They are all great prospects , not just for Lancashire but for England , and I do not see the point in getting depressed when there is such a wealth of promise for the future making its presence felt in the club . ’ |
| 13 | Well , I mean I take the view that if we are going to erm have something on the agenda , I can telephone his secretary , I can write to him , anytime , which I 'm quite willing to do , I can not see the point in sending things through the post at twenty five P a time when we shall never see the man , and if he comes here |
| 14 | It may be conceded that these cases do not put the point beyond argument , although they clearly point towards non-liability in the assignee . |
| 15 | And in any case , this sort of information will hardly prove the point in question ; for while it is true enough that capital can influence the filling of government posts , the formation of foreign policy and so on , this simply shows that the state is swayed by an interest group which may be one among many . |
| 16 | As we 're doing this we should also consider the point of view from which those events are seen . |
| 17 | Ca n't really see the point of hanging on to old grudges at this late stage . ’ |
| 18 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
| 19 | Moreover , physical contact , if it proceeds at all , will almost inevitably reach the point of physical stimulation of their sexual parts , so that now the reflex component also comes into play . |
| 20 | If you ca n't make your point in thirty seconds , then you should n't make the point at all . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I do n't see the point of being unhappy . ’ |
| 23 | However , I decided to dispense with the hood ; I did n't see the point of hiding my face . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I do n't see the point of doing things that make it sound completely unlike a guitar . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | However , I do n't see the point of fighting off one set of advances only to capitulate to the next . |
| 29 | 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 . ’ |
| 30 | I could n't see the point of it any more . |