Example sentences of "points [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | The examples all have the same structure : a well-defined quantity is recorded at successive equally-spaced time points over a specific period . |
2 | This points up a second mystery . |
3 | My dilemma points up a basic dichotomy in the educational aims of the school . |
4 | Richardson is not uncritical of his subject or the paintings , particularly the blue period works , and certainly points up the variable quality of the paintings of the earliest years , where fully-fledged masterpieces were mixed in with hastily produced or rather gauchly sentimental pieces . |
5 | Christmas time , when party-giving is on the whole overdone , may make the social aridity of the rest of the year seem almost attractive , but this exhausting seasonal overswill also points up the ordinary isolation that obtains for most of us nowadays . |
6 | Louis Montrose points out a fascinating consequence of this : ‘ If the world is a theatre and the theatre is an image of the world , then by reflecting upon its own artifice , the drama is holding the mirror up to nature ’ ( Montrose , ‘ Purpose of Playing ’ , 57 ) . |
7 | ’ That section sets out some of the principles to be applied , and , for example , points out an alternative course which can be followed by judges where the extent of wasted costs is not clear : see section 6.7 , p. 20 of the guide . |
8 | The Association of British Insurers points out an increasing trend among major insurers to offer selective cover for people who already have some elements of cover under existing household and life policies , or free with their credit and charge cards ( NatWest 's Gold card offers the only truly standalone , comprehensive travel cover ) . |
9 | Clanchy points out the anachronistic nature of the historians ' practice . |
10 | This points out the bridging nature of WordStar for Windows — it really is an amalgam of word processing and DTP concepts , and is likely to develop further towards the DTP arena as subsequent versions are released . |
11 | However , Schoenbaum points out the superficial level of social change pointing to the ‘ schizophrenia ’ of Nazi society — ; where it ‘ could be seen everything had changed and nothing had changed . ’ |
12 | It insists that this is therefore the best guide to what they should do , that it points out the right direction for continuing and developing that practice . |
13 | He points out the surprising truth that an accurate random sample of 1,000 people will work whether it is taken from a population of 5,000 , five million or 50 million . |
14 | Enlightening times as Graham , right , points out the light-meter reading prior to Matthew 's shoot . |
15 | Mr Gilchrist points out the strategic difference between the Abbey and the Guardian distribution . |
16 | Marx points out the deeper class relations and potential conflicts below the surface of society . |