Example sentences of "[noun] point to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The negative views B. S. Johnson expresses above are fairly widely shared : Malcolm Bradbury points to the existence of a general critical assumption that after the work of the modernists , the ‘ experimental tradition ’ in Britain may simply have lapsed ( Bradbury 1973 : 86 ) . |
| 2 | Like the implicit analogy between the Nixon pardon and a cleaning product , the comparison between denazification and the action of washing powder points to the arbitrary nature of the performative act and questions the authority on which it is based . |
| 3 | The fierce debate between these two tendencies pointed to the difficulties — and personal anguish — women often experienced when they tried to develop positive representations of their own sexuality . |
| 4 | This case points to a possible role for moderate hypothermia in preventing hepatitis secondary to ingestion of paracetamol , when it might be used as an adjunct to treatment with acetylcysteine or haemoperfusion in high risk cases . |
| 5 | Experts pointed to several simple tests which hint that a tape is counterfeit . |
| 6 | The Central Statistical Office reported that its longer leading index of economic activity continued to suggest hat the economy turned last summer while its shorter index points to recovery at the end of last year . |
| 7 | Whether the tape is a real recording of the voices of Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles or not , its existence points to a concerted effort to damage Prince Charles . |
| 8 | Radical deputies pointed to Yanayev 's credentials as a bureaucrat and denounced him as an " old-style leader " , and regrets were also expressed that a non-Russian had not been nominated . |
| 9 | S : = ( N , p ) where p points to S itself . |
| 10 | S : = ( start , p ) where p points to S itself . |
| 11 | The sado-sexual crime is not described , yet everything in the text points to Mathias as the perpetrator . |
| 12 | With the spectre of the supermarket pinta a very real threat to the British milkman , Steve Ellis points to his unofficial role as social worker or even home help . |
| 13 | The task is to generate indicators of the concepts in order to see better just what empirical relationships the phenomena pointed to by the concept of class might be . |
| 14 | In his chapter ( 1.2 ) Hargreaves points to some of the major contrasts in the underlying curriculum philosophies informing these curriculum proposals . |
| 15 | Using the mouse or cursor keys the user points to the main heading of the menu he or she wants and the menu pulls ( Windows ) or drops ( GEM ) from the heading . |
| 16 | Although it was hardly conclusive proof they were the same kegs as those discovered by the vagrant , all the signs pointed to it being more than just a coincidence . |
| 17 | All the signs pointed to an Ian Ferguson thunderbolt but as the defensive wall braced itself , Hateley stepped forward to find the far corner of the net . |
| 18 | This more sociological approach to the study of transmission teaching points to the importance not of personality , skill or expertise as such , but to factors such as the following : |
| 19 | A representation or process which allows sets of word candidates to be considered will allow such early discrimination points to be used as soon as possible , even before the remaining acoustic information about trespass is present . |
| 20 | The Order of Things by contrast points to the emergence of historicity as a mode of understanding , and argues that ‘ History ’ , both as a form of knowledge and as the primary state of being of empirical phenomena — broadly speaking , the assumption of all Marxisms — is itself a historical phenomenon . |
| 21 | Life for you right now is a crossroads : one direction points to the safe , secure and conventional , the other to the road less travelled , signifying the unexplored . |
| 22 | Baker points to " significant " outstanding differences between Syria and Israel , especially on the question of UN involvement in a conference , and reiterates his view that " nobody can impose peace upon the parties " . |
| 23 | Where the objection does dent it , however , is in the ambiguity of key terms like ‘ fellow countrymen ’ , something that MacIver points to . |
| 24 | Truman points to the fact that the group process excludes a variety of social groups unable to participate in it , a feature of pluralism emphasised by Schattschneider 's discussion of the ‘ mobilisation of bias ’ . |
| 25 | Mr Morse points to the ageing and unpleasant sanitary point where boat users dump their waste next to the town 's bus station . |
| 26 | Whether the increase in comparatively recent times points to a third population is a subject for Chapter 8 . |
| 27 | This is a pinball game in the classic mould , with plenty of flashing lights and many millions of bonus points to be clocked up . |
| 28 | Lose all three and it 's game over , and five bonus points to your opponent . |
| 29 | Peter Walker points to a recent case , and advises credit managers to keep their heads |
| 30 | A safety audit in 1990 by Health and Safety Executive Inspectors pointed to : |