Example sentences of "[noun sg] mark [art] [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | This fact is recorded on a building in Eastgate where a plaque marks the exact point of the Greenwich Meridian . |
| 2 | The discovery in 1958 that sodium uptake and glucose uptake are coupled at the luminal surface of the intestine marked a turning point in the oral administration of electrolyte solutions . |
| 3 | Douglas 's work marks a turning point in early Anglo-Saxon archaeology ; in the words of Horsfield in his History , Antiquities and Topography of Sussex ( 1835 , p. 11 ) : |
| 4 | Nobody has ever taken the trouble to build a cairn on the bare top but the Ordnance surveyors have erected a triangulation column to mark the highest point at 2058 feet . |
| 5 | In Belfast , George Patton , executive officer of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland , says : ‘ The battle marked a turning point and brought great benefits to these islands . |
| 6 | Once again , the First World War marked a turning point . |
| 7 | The American War of Independence and the French Revolution marked a turning point after which the new meaning became universal , Britain excepted . |
| 8 | It marks the beginning of the post-Conquest revival of Canterbury 's past ; more generally , Anselm 's intervention in Osbern 's career marked a turning point in saving the monastic and cultural tradition of pre-Conquest England , and the movement gathered impetus during the next half century . |
| 9 | His bombshell directly contradicted Mr Major 's own claim that the treaty marked a turning point in curbing the powers of the Brussels Commission and handing back more powers to national governments . |
| 10 | Ultimately , the success of that gruelling tour marked a turning point in her royal life . |
| 11 | The capture of Calais and the foundation of the Order of the Garter mark the high point of Edward 's military and chivalric reputation , and for seven years after 1348 the war languished . |
| 12 | But it is incontestable that the painting marks a turning point in the career of Picasso and , moreover , the beginning of a new phase in the history of art . |
| 13 | The eighteenth century marks a turning point in British population history . |
| 14 | Bukharin gave us the first fully algebraic exposition of accumulation in the Marxist tradition ; and as such his contribution marked a turning point in discussions of the reproduction schemas , since he was able to formulate general conditions of capitalist development . |
| 15 | Despite its low circulation ( hovering around 380,000 in mid-1988 ) , the Independent marks the furthest point away from the description of the political press in the 19th century with which this discussion began . |
| 16 | That hospital visit marked a low point for Philippa . |
| 17 | Russia 's success against the Austrians on the southern front marked the high point of her advance , for she was doubly burdened . |
| 18 | Her assurance has obviously come with age and experience , but there is no doubt that her first major public speech marked a turning point . |