Example sentences of "but [pron] is [det] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would probably still be better for an asthmatic than other , fully-furred breeds , but there is little point in taking a risk with it when there is the more suitable Cornish Rex available . |
| 2 | But there is little point , for instance , in turning on an artistic , enlightened medieval king because he also enjoyed slaughtering hundreds of deer in a day 's hunt and daubing the fresh blood on his own face and those of his friends . |
| 3 | But there is little point in relating speaker variables to patterns of language variation without also attempting to place the analysis within a coherent theoretical framework . |
| 4 | Of course , the electorate may not be fools , and they may pass rough judgements at the polls about which party may govern " better " in the future in the light of past performance and potential promise , but there is little point in our pretending that we can " explain " voting behaviour on the basis of the electoral appeal of party programmes even though this is the way politicians and the media often tend to present the essence of electoral politics and party choice . |
| 5 | The creation of a model of the project which reflects time , cost and resources is a powerful tool for controlling costs , but there is little point in preparing a highly complex critical path network if only the author of the network understands how it works . |
| 6 | But there is another point of view . |