Example sentences of "see [art] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can you see the point I am trying to make ? |
| 2 | I did n't see the point , I said . |
| 3 | She looked at me across the dining table , frowned and said , ‘ I do n't see the point . ’ |
| 4 | She said , ‘ I still do n't see the point . |
| 5 | But I feel sure that only by going to St Bertrand de Comminges ( another name that crops up in the Cantos ) , and from there to Mont Ségur , shall we see the point of : ‘ at Mont Ségur the chief 's cell / you can enter it sideways only ’ ( 101:725:77 ) . |
| 6 | Her powerful and eloquent singing really does not need to be supplemented by low-register Sprechstimme ; one can see the point , but Puccini is near enough to raw melodrama without such mannerism . |
| 7 | When I insist on that priority , as I can tell you I most certainly will — with the full support of the Prime Minister in doing so — then I 'm sure my colleagues will see the point of that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They can not see the point . |
| 10 | I do n't see the point of being unhappy . ’ |
| 11 | Besides , the trend on the national newspapers was away from staff photographers and to contract work and I really did n't see the point in moving my family to London without any job security . ’ |
| 12 | I could n't see the point … ’ |
| 13 | But I do n't see the point . |
| 14 | It has almost everything to do with the age of the child , his ability to become absorbed in a task ( whether or not he can see the point of it ) , and his comparative insulation from the world . |
| 15 | After that I could never see the point of toiling up a steep incline in preference to riding comfortably on a ski-lift ! |
| 16 | If a partner never could see the point of going to all those meetings , it may not have stopped you but it certainly took the joy out of attending . |
| 17 | However , I decided to dispense with the hood ; I did n't see the point of hiding my face . |
| 18 | I told him that I did n't really see the point in him talking to Frank and me separately . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I do n't see the point of doing things that make it sound completely unlike a guitar . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | I simply can not see the point in having things I do n't need . |
| 24 | I can not see the point of building up your body by eating mountains of food just to pose before an audience . |
| 25 | ‘ I can see the point he was trying to make — the Pallas ' Sandgrouse only turns up in this country once every 10 or 20 years . |
| 26 | I could n't see the point in reviving it — and I wondered whether anyone on stage could , either . |
| 27 | However , I do n't see the point of fighting off one set of advances only to capitulate to the next . |
| 28 | ‘ I do not see the point in raking over old coals , ’ he said philosophically . |
| 29 | I ca n't see the point in getting people interested in something , and then you are unable to get hold of them ( I 'm sure there 's a joke in there somewhere . ) |
| 30 | Now , she did n't see the point . |