Example sentences of "point out the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now and then there was lightning to point out the black holes , the crumbling trenches , the boulders scattered in their way like the droppings of some vast , vile dragon . |
| 2 | It is important to point out the major differences between the work of law centres and that of the private profession . |
| 3 | Proponents of the view that Keynesian stabilization policies are futile have been quick to point out the key role that wage and price rigidity play in justifying such policies , and the need for advocates of such policies to provide some theory of why prices should be rigid in the way they claim they are . |
| 4 | Marx was not the first to denounce the wretched condition of the working class in capitalist countries , nor was he the first to point out the apparent anomaly that those who produced the wealth , the workers , were the poorest while those who were apparently useless drones , the capitalists and their associates , were the richest . |
| 5 | It was no accident , therefore , that Bukharin went on to point out the real advances already made by the Soviet economy , particularly in industry , during the preceding period . |
| 6 | Other writers were quick to point out the inherent functionalism of this approach . |
| 7 | Welcoming Darlington Tory candidate Michael Fallon to Prodescon 's new offices , director Malcolm Palmer was keen to point out the blue carpeting and wallpaper gracing the new building as proof positive of the his own , if not the company 's , political leanings . |
| 8 | Randal O'Toole , a forest economist based in Portland , Oregon , is quick to point out the disingenuous parts in the Forest Service proposal . |
| 9 | Before examining the evidence it is important to point out the political assumptions of such claims . |
| 10 | respecting the provisions of the Legislature on this point and the manner in which these provisions have been eluded , as well as to point out the pecuniary advantages [ the system of bounties which the abolitionists had themselves promoted ] which would accrue to them from a vigorous enforcement of the Abolition Laws . |
| 11 | Our job was to point out the commercial success of British Coal as a modern company able to compete . ’ |
| 12 | ASK an American banker to point out the bright spots in his beleaguered industry , and he will probably point to credit cards . |
| 13 | If , at the time the contract is made , it is possible to point out the particular goods upon which the parties have agreed , then those goods are specific . |
| 14 | And if we 're combining Morrissey and The Smiths ' covers , it 's only fair to point out the relative regularity with which three others have had their mugs used to shift copies . |
| 15 | The driver did n't have to point out the bullet-riddled windows of the coach as we lurched along from Bucharest airport to Poiana Brasov . |
| 16 | Discussion of the number of guesses recorded can be used to point out the different kinds of letter order in words . |
| 17 | Feminists have always been quick to point out the double standards which operate at virtually every level of discourse . |
| 18 | Parents can not always be on the spot to point out the sensible course of action , to remind children about the rules or to enforce them . |
| 19 | Sociologists have been quick to point out the obvious absurdity of this — without , of course , seeing the nonsensicality of their own position — and have rightly observed that no one is born into a vacuum , that cultures and the individuals within them vary , and that individual psychology is powerfully influenced by traditional and cultural factors of which a purely individualistic approach can not take account . |
| 20 | Leopold went on to point out the obvious flaws in Wolfgang 's proposal to get an unknown 16-year-old singer accepted in Italy — the graveyard of many an aspiring career — and to accuse him of having betrayed his father 's trust . |
| 21 | Credit finance legislation is very detailed and complicated , and many lawyers are not competent to point out the basic pitfalls to unsuspecting clients . |
| 22 | David Vine : it takes a big man to point out the big men with the big problems |
| 23 | The Chancellor , the Financial Secretary to the Treasury , and the Prime Minister have the task of pointing out the financial realities of life to their colleagues . |
| 24 | He blithely led his guests to the picture-window framing the classic ‘ dreaming spires ’ view of the city , pointing out the various features , distinguishing the cathedral from St Mary 's , Merton from Magdalen , the fantastic lacework of All Souls from the monastic sobriety of New College . |
| 25 | Nona and Peter wandered by the river , with Peter pointing out the various features that interested him . |
| 26 | Once they realized that no presents could ever be exactly the same and that they could help him to take pleasure in his sister 's presents by pointing out the good features of one of her new toys to her they felt more confident in coping with his reactions . |
| 27 | Cranston led Athelstan into the Great Hall , pointing out the painted walls though some of the frescoes were beginning to flake . |
| 28 | I do not wish to gloat about the sad decline this season of Darlington , but I have written several letters pointing out the probable outcome relegation . |
| 29 | We flick through a few of them , Gilbert and George pointing out the anachronistic charm of the airbrushed male nudes . |
| 30 | Abraham Cowley compares Bacon to Moses , leading the way through a barren wilderness bereft of knowledge , and pointing out the promised land . |