Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [adv] the point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another aspect of this extravagance is the large amount of unanalysable recorded data ; this is presumably the point Labov is making when he remarks that the ( technical ) quality of participant-observation data is often poor ( 1981 : 4 ) . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , this is not the point . |
| 3 | But this is not the point . |
| 4 | This is not the point that the only checks we can make on what we are tempted to say are fallible checks . |
| 5 | The polar bear argument turned out to be almost too easy to demolish but , in an important sense , this is not the point . |
| 6 | This is also the point at which access to the upper-floor studio and store is obtained via an iron spiral staircase . |
| 7 | If it is at this point that Freud 's theory exceeds itself and is forced beyond the realm of the verifiable into that of speculation , this is also the point at which Such picks up the Freudian way of thinking . |
| 8 | The offence was grievous and innocent , I drove the wrong way round a roundabout , which sounds appalling but there was not a single other car in sight to , in a sense to steer by so to speak , erm but there was one policeman , and he stopped me , and he fined me , and I had to search for my purse , which I had well hidden , this being Italy , erm underneath all the bedding and the tents and the cooking pots , found it in due course , presented him very shakily with these thousand lire or whatever it was he wanted , and , and this is really the point , drove off very shakily too . |
| 9 | I think also on the inherent fault situation , I mean when somebody buys a vehicle the vehicle has to be of a standard obviously and if there are problems there then obviously people appreciate the fact that they can go back and this is really the point of dealing with a reputable dealer from the word go . |
| 10 | This is essentially the point made by Barro ( 1976 ) . |
| 11 | That Marxists may or may not be correct that this threat is illusory is not the point : the United States ' political leaders felt a threat , and this was the reason for their involvement in the Cold War . |
| 12 | Of course Kirillov is anything but a normal human being ; and that is just the point . |
| 13 | ‘ That is just the point , ’ claimed one scathing newspaper editorial . |
| 14 | ‘ That is not the point of Helmut 's creation ! ’ she said loudly , stamping on his foot and turning her bum out of range of his enveloping coat . |
| 15 | ‘ Besides , that is not the point where it is weak , ’ Prof Pierotti added . |
| 16 | But that is not the point . |
| 17 | Further investigation may yet prove Leakey wrong and the academic experts right , but that is not the point . |
| 18 | But that is not the point . |
| 19 | ( Actually , the Brits are right about the European space effort , but that is not the point . ) |
| 20 | ‘ But that is not the point . |
| 21 | ( It went wrong , but that is not the point . ) |
| 22 | The circumstances of a particular case may , as a matter of discretion , justify a more stringent order against a contravener than would be justified against a person ‘ knowingly concerned , ’ but that is not the point . |
| 23 | Of course these are habits , of course everyone does these things , that is not the point ! ’ |
| 24 | The fact that the vast majority of these funds are in the names either of my wife or daughter casts a further question over my personal financial awareness , but that is not the point . |
| 25 | And anyway , even if we really understood how to measure intelligence , that is not the point . |
| 26 | Of course , if disturbances occur to aggregate demand , buyers or sellers who have agreed on a price P and a quantity to be traded y n will find themselves buying or selling more or less than they now think is optimal , but that is not the point . |
| 27 | It may be that , if the matter went to the Director of Public Prosecutions , he would take the view that the matter was not sufficiently serious to prosecute , but that is not the point . |
| 28 | Sometimes he writes about his native Ireland , sometimes he does n't — but that is not the point . |
| 29 | ‘ For God 's sake , you know that is n't the point . |
| 30 | ‘ That is n't the point . |