Example sentences of "point is that [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I will leave to others how far this solves the difficulty ; my point is that no comparable difficulty arises in evolutionary game theory .
2 As I considered the contents of the squadron report , it seemed to me that the probability was that the bodies were those of aircrew from supply aircraft , for there was some suggestion in the report that a Liberator and a Halifax had been lost over the Morvan when ferrying supplies ; but the point is that no proper statement was ever made in regimental records .
3 This is not the same thing as saying that any tone can be used in any context ; the point is that no particular tone has a unique ‘ privilege of occurrence ’ in a particular context .
4 The second point is that a small energy input into the thermostat can release a large quantity of energy from the boiler .
5 But the point is that a great variety of inputs and outputs are employed and interact with each other .
6 For our present purpose , however , the important point is that a hierarchical pattern is what we expect to see if the objects being classified have originated by a process of branching .
7 The important point is that a basic awareness of body language enables us not only to recognize danger signals from other people but also to tell those around us that we do n't intend to submit meekly to being attacked .
8 Our point is that a popular movement such as the peace movement carries within itself a notion of a just society and that law can not be considered merely as a ‘ tool ’ isolated from broader political and social considerations .
9 The point is that a careful reading of this fluent and apparently self-conscious critical analysis of a culture raises serious suspicions about the nature of its claims .
10 The point is that an orderly community can exist only if it shares many practices , and that in all modern pluralistic societies a great measure of toleration of vastly differing outlooks is made possible by the fact that many of them enable the vast majority of the population to accept common standards of conduct .
11 The significant point is that an initial capital is a form of emphasis or highlighting in writing , and therefore can be used as a visual correlative of emphasis in speech ( see further 5.4.2 ) .
12 One good point is that an original direction , but not a supplementary direction , can not be retrospective as it only has ‘ effect from the date of the direction ’ ( para 1A(1) and ( 4 ) ) .
13 The second and more important point is that the general argument against behaviouristic theories does take in functionalism and is not merely directed against traditional behaviourism : it works against any theory that analyses one 's conception of the world simply in terms of the way one functions — that is , behaves — in the world .
14 It was a terrifying thought , but it had behind it a lot of erm I think of force , and the point is that the primary school teacher who was getting the child to crouch before the Roman gladiator was not in the business of training professional historians , was much more interested in getting the child involved in an educational way , yet ironically was coming closer to perhaps what we 're trying to do at university now , than the teacher who was going through a list of the textile industries and so on .
15 A minus point is that the oil-filter cap can only be reached with the covers off .
16 The important point is that the two-stage sampling process involves a sample of the primaries from each member of which is taken a sample of secondaries .
17 The crucial point is that the non-time-related organisation requires a conceptual grasp of the content and a level of linguistic ability which allows the writer to realise the concepts successfully in the text .
18 The second point is that the separate leaflet on , say , the inter-library loan service , the catalogues , or the reserved book collection , can be made available at the point of use or point of need .
19 But the point is that the inner voice , or the voice of conscience , is not self-authenticating .
20 A very important point is that the symbolic meaning in part determines the range of indexical possibilities , thus accommodating my view of context outlined above .
21 This last description is often misunderstood : the point is that the economic is never a simple causal function that operates alone :
22 The point is that the psychophysical approach forces you to develop a model of how the system , in this instance the mechanisms of colour discrimination , might work and it is this model that is used to guide the direct physiological measurements .
23 As regards the appropriation of funds for the purposes of planned provision , a first point is that the financial institutions could be short-circuited to some extent by increasing taxation of the wealthy .
24 The starting point is that the literal meaning of the words of section 6(3) do not support Mr. Howell 's submissions .
25 The important point is that the optimal number of residents for a local authority can be determined only when the ‘ appropriate ’ quantity of the local public good is determined .
26 The point is that the traditional concepts of intention and recklessness do not , of themselves , appear to be sufficiently well focused to mark out those killings which are the most heinous .
27 A more basic and crucial point is that the logical conclusion of the Marxist approach would be that the introduction of socialism will lead to a society without crime , where collective interests and responsibilities are all important .
28 NACAB 's fourth point is that the present scheme is deficient on grounds of equity .
29 A plus point is that the National Trust for Scotland own the 15,000 acres of Kintail so there are no access complications or restrictions .
30 But Dear and Wolch 's main point is that the daily lives of those dependent on welfare are suffused in largely intangible and invisible ways by the institutions on which they are dependent .
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