Example sentences of "[adv] to point out the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was able not only to point out the inconsistencies of the so-called ‘ voluntary agreements ’ but also to the confusion in the ranks of the tobacco industry . |
| 2 | The main thing is not to point out the ‘ factual error ’ because for the person talking it is n't a mistake . |
| 3 | Just as it would be inexact to draw an absolute contrast between the agendas of private subversion and public conformity , so too it would be a failure of record not to point out the relation between electoral behaviour and discussion of policy and government . |
| 4 | Henry went on to point out the evils of sweated labour and the pay make-up system , how it fostered a disinclination to work and how it encouraged landless men to marry just so that their income would be augmented ‘ in proportion to the number of their children ’ , and how it led to degradation of the character : ‘ The weak , the indolent , and worthless worker is now secure of the maximum payment settled by the standards you have determined from parish funds , and the industrious , skilful and honest workman can expect no more … the pernicious and demoralising practice of paying wages out of rates … ought to be suppressed and prohibited . ’ |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | Talking exclusively to the NME about the background to the song , songwriter Tim London said : ‘ Claire 's Kitchen ’ is based on an interesting rumour , but is really there to point out the hypocrisy of a political party that has championed so-called family values , whilst indulging in the biggest spate of shagging around since The Beatles . |