Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] point to a " in BNC.

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1 The question of economic benefits of science points to a concern with the character of the economy at the time and to the importance of considering the demise of the attempts to implement a science curriculum ‘ as practice ’ and the success of the science curriculum ‘ as fact ’ in the context of changes in Victorian capitalism . [ … ]
2 Insofar as the ‘ post ’ of postmodernism points to a lack , an emptying of a previous content , an absence of positive connotations to the present , then the term might do quite well to describe the current mood of dissatisfaction in Italian literary culture .
3 On the other hand , it will be argued that the large number of arrests points to a malaise of such dimensions that it can not completely be dealt with by a police investigation and that a wider inquiry is called for .
4 This anagogical use of language points to a realm of experience beyond that of its immediate field of reference , and draws on the alternative life-style of the contemplative .
5 The sacrifices described in the Old Testament could never effect any such atonement but were instituted by God to point to a coming all-sufficient sacrifice which would fully atone for sin .
6 The finding that the effect of omeprazole on the EC-like cells is prevented by antrectomy points to a crucial role for hypergastrinaemia in EC-like cell hyperplasia and carcinoid formation .
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