Example sentences of "point [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is true that no figures are mentioned in such summings-up , but they can certainly point towards the minimal or astronomical . |
| 2 | It would either stay constant , in which case there would be no well-defined thermodynamic arrow of time , or it would decrease , in which case the thermodynamic arrow of time would point in the opposite direction to the cosmological arrow . |
| 3 | We are so sure of this that we go out confidently into the hills , or sail away in boats armed only with a magnetic compass , certain that it will always point in the same north-south direction , so we can judge our own direction of travel from it . |
| 4 | The same ideas apply in digraphs , except that all the edges must point in the same direction . |
| 5 | If one assumes the no boundary condition for the universe , we shall see that there must be well-defined thermodynamic and cosmological arrows of time , but they will not point in the same direction for the whole history of the universe . |
| 6 | However , I shall argue that it is only when they do point in the same direction that conditions are suitable for the development of intelligent beings who can ask the question : why does disorder increase in the same direction of time as that in which the universe expands ? |
| 7 | I have shown that the psychological arrow is essentially the same as the thermodynamic arrow , so that the two would always point in the same direction . |
| 8 | This may point to a powerful repressed feeling which we fear will overwhelm us . |
| 9 | Mr. Frank Field : Following the suggestion of the honourable Member for Hendon , South ( Mr. Marshall ) , does the right Hon. Gentleman agree that last week 's meeting of the ecclesiastical committee and the legislative committee might point to a useful moral lead to be given by the commissioners ? |
| 10 | Everton can also point to a strong international element in Leena Chagla , an Indian doctor who works at the Royal and keeps goal for them , as well as two German girls , Sylke Klaus and Gabi Von Voight . |
| 11 | The councillors will point to a recent survey by their harbours department which showed that about 5,000 ships a year are using the Pentland Firth . |
| 12 | After all , a government pursuing anti-inflationary policies that cause wide-scale unemployment can point to a thriving underground economy and claim that its policies are working and that jobless figures do n't count . |
| 13 | The government can , admittedly , point to a sharp increase in the number of people who own shares . |
| 14 | Against this background of a bustling , potentially violent and effectively unpoliced street life , we can point to a wide variety of other kinds of rowdyism and misbehaviour at this time in history . |
| 15 | An analogy would be with the familiar general principle of criminal law that a person can not be guilty as an aider and abettor unless ( in technical terms ) one can point to a principal offender who has committed the actus reus of an offence . |
| 16 | Unfortunately the colonic response to a meal is not consistent even in normal subjects and its absence does not point to a specific lesion in the nervous system-colon axis . |
| 17 | In case Steetley says there is no synergy between the two , Redland will point to a sheltered-housing complex made of products from both , built by North Devon district council . |
| 18 | Colleagues and I recently reported a case that may point to a possible adjunct to treatment for these patients . |
| 19 | But while the company 's management would not deny an element of luck , they would also point to a good deal of contingency planning that enabled them to react faster than anyone else to ILG 's collapse . |
| 20 | However , we can point to a good deal of information on the effectiveness of signing in communication and in various aspects of language development ( Moores , 1978 ; Quigley , 1979 ) . |
| 21 | Wasps , though , can point to a mighty league record — in four seasons they have been champions , second ( twice ) and third . |
| 22 | It follows that Gandhi 's view of symbols differs somewhat from that of Tillich in the sense that they do not point to a hypostasized Ultimate . |
| 23 | What you fear most is an opponent who will point to a few simple but undeniable facts , and this is why the economists , and above all that wonderful race of men the economic journalists great and small , are such indispensable allies to the politician : they enable the politician to fog up what he is doing , so as to escape the blame and often even criticism for his actions . |
| 24 | Theory does point to a clear suspicion that a lack of competition can , most certainly , lead to inefficiencies , but it also identifies possible benefits from the attainment of lower-cost production . |
| 25 | Yet the weak or anomalous We forms may point to a further truth , that Shakespeare conceives of the relationship between two friends as both united and separated . |
| 26 | But a disappointed Hill , who finished third , could point to a disastrous pit-stop for losing him precious time . |
| 27 | But the people of Princes Risborough can now point to a permanent reminder of a man they have never forgotten . |
| 28 | In the same way , we can point to every single course _there have been people who are highly qualified , excellent youngsters — and that is where I fear that the universities are not always given the opportunity to get these talented children in the numbers that I think they deserve . |
| 29 | Since he can point to no Irish employees , there must be somebody English who 's second-generation Irish and passing for English . |
| 30 | Lord Keith at p 640 said , as a general rule it is in the public interest that confidences should be respected , and the encouragement of such respect may in itself constitute a sufficient ground for recognising and enforcing the obligation of confidence even where the confider can point to no specific detriment to himself . |