How To Use Pointer In A Sentence

A favorite uncle provided pointers on pugilistic defenses against bullies - namely her father, who was the first regular bully in her life.
The surge in commercial vehicle production was regarded as a particularly encouraging pointer to an improvement in the economy.
Both as a pointer to the future and as a spectacle in its own right, the Championships have produced a quality of football that had at least one viewer occasionally leaping from his armchair to applaud the action.
This guy, this kid, teaches his dog, a mongrel, to be a pointer, and his father hates the idea because he breeds pure-breeds.
Manningham Mills is a grand old reminder of Bradford's historic industrial past, but with the hard work of all involved it could and should be a pointer to a bright future for the city.

He tapped a spot on the map with the rubber tip of his pointer - the synthetic oil refinery at Odertal, Germany.
Conversely, when the device is removed from the USB bus, the disconnect function is called with the device pointer.
Follow these simple pointers and the web will offer a musical experience beyond the dreams of high street record stores of old. Times, Sunday Times
He went two consecutive games without making a 3-pointer, the first time that had happened in 89 games.
Even at this stage of the campaign, labelling this a 'six-pointer' did not represent an exaggeration. Times, Sunday Times
New York shot 60 percent in the third quarter, charging back to grab an 89-88 lead on Robinson's 3-pointer with 1: 05 remaining, about the time a disgusted Kenyon Martin began cursing from the Nuggets 'bench about letting the Knicks hang around. USATODAY.com
Official Bob Garibaldi signaled for a 3-pointer, but after a discussion the basket was correctly changed to a 2-pointer.
Prior to the 1800s, European hunters maintained a large collection of dogs - pointers to locate the game; setters and retrievers to retrieve it; hounds to trail quarry over long distances.
Indeed, whatever stands in dispute and needs a ruling the pointer of the balance will determine.
Each node would carry only one pointer field to traverse the list back and forth.
They've been giving us pointers on how to conduct it, what not to do, etc.
The pupils have spent the last 6 weeks attending an evening class, every Monday, learning new techniques and pointers on improving their photos.
If your mouse pointer is moving too fast, drag the slider to the slower side.
The club's golf pro gave me some pointers on my stance and swing.
To help him work with the predominantly non-English-speaking crew, he was given a laser pointer.
The multi-talented Child, whose partner Kate Nutt has also moved yards to join George, has successfully trained Arab horses and point-to-pointers as well as commentated on the amateur sport. Tattenham Corner
In complex computer games the documentation usually gives only vague pointers.
Adjust the nose of the ram to align the pointer with the SET mark on the scale of the tester and tighten the hex nut.
The first bug pattern relating to null-pointer exceptions that we'll explore is one that I call the Dangling Composite pattern.
The excursions of the tambour pointer as recorded on the smoked paper of the kymograph give a true picture of the respiration rate. Respiration Calorimeters for Studying the Respiratory Exchange and Energy Transformations of Man
What that metadata harvesting protocol really is fundamentally, is a way for metadata and pointers to data to migrate from one system to another.
Did Karl want pointers on how he could bring Allen's bill to the big leagues?
And to me it's like a map of some epic struggle between individuality and conformity - a wee multi-coloured pointer to the future of art.
We had a chihuahua mix that ruled the roost over our English pointers, a German shorthair, and a doberman, among other. Chihuahua vs. Cougar
At the bottom of each there are a number of blank code spaces, and a pointer is set to indicate one of these on each item.
In response, the pointer allegedly moves in such a way as to spell out or point to a spiritualistic and telepathic answer on the board.
Pinpoint positional kicking was awarded with two further three pointers, and Oxford assumed a narrow lead.
Move the mouse pointer to the menu bar.
The surge in car sales was regarded as an encouraging pointer to an improvement in the economy.
Using a pistol, automatic weapon, and space gun as pointers, he highlighted places of American interest on the map.
Ms. Moore, who was often seen walking her shorthaired pointer through the streets of Alexandria, remained active until the final week of her life, when she catered a large event in Alabama. Mary Moore, caterer to Supreme Court and Old Town, dies at 62
The big disadvantage, and almost a dead give-away of this trick, is that the compass pointer moves in direct response to the movement and the proximity of your body!
While Abas moved his fingers holding a palm leaf rib as a pointer to the verses of the Koran, the sound of the verses being recited was actually coming from a tape recorder.
Move the pointer to the program's icon and double click.
They can be valuable pointers to areas of your life that need tackling. Alternative Health Care for Women
He was spot on with the boot with another two place kicks and a further one-pointer to ensure a berth to the next round.
The surge in car sales was regarded as an encouraging pointer to an improvement in the economy.
CleanMPG. com founder Wayne Gerdes, an engineer from Illinois who coined the term "hypermiling" to describe the mileage-maximizing techniques, provided the pointers. X-bit labs
But it looked delectable in the pages of the magazines I leafed through, which invariably featured recipes and pointers for the "perfect" holiday table. The Customs Of the Country
Her key pointers are to weigh and measure your food and always use fresh ingredients. Times, Sunday Times
There's kudos in finding a great fashion look at a modest price and without the obvious pointer of a flashy designer label.
UAB converted just 8 of 14 free throws in the last 66 seconds, and Jamal Shuler's 3-pointer - a desperate, twisting leaner from the left corner - pulled the CAA regular season champions (24-8) to within 78-77 with 9 seconds left. USATODAY.com
The answers are below if you need any pointers. The Sun
But they did not have things all their own way as the Greek players drained a succession of three-pointers to keep the contest close in the second half.
The mouse pointer can be used to place the text cursor anywhere on the document and also to activate menus and commands.
With what blithe unconcern, too, it has disregarded the one-pointers.
You should spend a few minutes using a laptop with a touch pad before you make up your mind, but if your thumbs tend to drift around below the space bar, you may find your mouse pointer bouncing around when you least expect it.
So follow our pointers to beat the afternoon slump and stay awake when you need to. The Sun
United's eventual 6-5 defeat on aggregate to Real was painful and a pointer to where Ferguson will devote his energies, and money, next season.
My second pointer may seem absurdly unnecessary; I assure you it is not.
Once West Pointers achieved sufficient seniority, they commanded in all of America's wars save one.
“I recently added about 20 yards to my effective range,” says Whitetail Addictions coproducer Adam Hays, who double-lunged a 160-inch 8-pointer last year at 58 yards. What You Need to Hunt Early-Season Bucks
Descent with modification led to this--a clam in a beaker with a strip of elodea, me with a laser pointer and a sometimes functioning SMART Board. Mr. Clam goes to BHS
I hope at least my daughter was able to offer you some useful pointers.
I just need some pointers on what is still acceptable at my age. The Sun
The System Drive is comprised of two sections, the core OS, which account for about 20 GB of your first hard drive in the system, the rest of the drive contain what they call the tombstone files, which act as file pointer to the actual locations of all your files. Anime Nano!
The inspectors have commended us for those efforts and have given us a couple of useful pointers on how to continue our improvements and we are already taking action on those.
Just today, I talked with a woman about Jake, her fifteen-month-old German shorthaired pointer, who had been barking and snapping at people. 30 Days to a Well-Mannered Dog
This booklet gives some useful pointers on what to expect when you arrive.
The pointer position of the rotary vane meter is equipped with a pulse switch used for transmitting a pulse signal to the control system.
The numbers were so ugly — things like making only 31.2% of their shots, and missing 15 of 17 three-pointers — that Popovich playfully shoved aside the box score at the start of his postgame news conference. Mavs right at home in Game 3 win as Spurs hit new lows
The Preamble lays out, in the broadest strokes possible (something that helps to “future-proof” that important set of pointers), the exact areas which “we the people” (read that: the government) must do “in order to form a more perfect union.” Think Progress » Republicans Block Bills Ensuring Continuation Of Military Health Care
A scale and pointer indicated the relative angle.
Before breaking camp at the base of the Root, your guide will give you pointers on crampon use and safe route-finding.
Logan made a 19-foot jumper and a 3-pointer both shots went in cleanly as Cincinnati opened a 41-27 lead. USATODAY.com - Bearcats zone in on league title
Ann Jones takes a selection of gun dogs including springer spaniels, german pointers and Labradors for a stroll during the fair.
Tool tips - When you place mouse pointer over an identifier, a tool tip with information about the identifier appears.
One good pointer could be the presence of a thriving village pub. Times, Sunday Times
The idea is that as you roll your mouse pointer over the screen, the various function buttons will produce a response in the mouse that you can feel.
She tapped on the world map with her pointer.
This really annoyed me a while ago while I was studying C++ (from a book), why do you magically create a string INSTEAD of a pointer to a single char by using char*? LinuxQuestions.org
A dedicated family man, this black belt in karate and ace accordion player will both guide you through the process of clearing your debts and give you a couple of pointers on budgeting and personal finance to boot.
Dora Carrington was well beaten by Miranda in the Heinz 57 but perhaps that winner is very special indeed and if she runs on Sunday it will be an interesting pointer to the future claims of the Ballydoyle colt.
In the second variant I have shown here the error is: commander. cc: In function 'void begin_collect_data (GtkObject*)': commander. cc: 92: error: invalid cast from type 'void*' to type 'drawing_area' which is really no surprise because I am trying to cast a pointer to a non-pointer. LinuxQuestions.org
As a pointer on the fallacies of lazy thinking based on faith rather than facts, it makes a great read.
He hit 3-pointers, set up teammates, even outjumped people a foot taller than him. USATODAY.com
Anyway, helpful soul that I am, I thought I'd offer some pointers on getting through this holiday season in one reasonably sane piece.
Move the mouse pointer to the menu bar.
If the second argument in the call to in_pcbbind() (which is a pointer to the sockaddr_in structure) is non-null, then explicit binding happens.
This is done by clicking the mouse pointer either on the top right-hand upward pointing arrow or the extreme top left-hand dash.
I think that most applications of WordNet in semantic transparency involve working with pointers.
Permalinks are the equivalent of a citation, providing a semipermanent pointer to a piece of content.
The college-distance 3-pointer always has seemed an illogical and unnecessary appendage to a wonderful game.
It offers pointers for those who select bishops through the Crown nominations process. Times, Sunday Times
Key constructs in C such as structs, pointers and arrays are designed to structure, and manipulate memory in an efficient, machine-independent fashion.
I hope at least my daughter was able to offer you some useful pointers.
I gave him some pointers on his stance and swing.
They are the most enthusiastic laughers, pointers and critics of us all.
I made a good start actually, not sure of the quality of my analysis, but the whole point of this first assignment is that it is non-assessed to provide pointers on structure, style and content.
It is true that some people use pointer in a broader sense more-or-less equivalent to reference, so the distinction made above is not universal.
At recess, one boy, Joshua, used a pointer to illustrate a math concept known as cardinality, by completing place settings on a whiteboard. NYT > Home Page
Grant will now select his strikers from Frédéric Piquionne, Carlton Cole and Demba Ba, the £6m January signing from Hoffenheim, for the six-pointer at West Bromwich Albion on Saturday . West Ham's Robbie Keane faces six weeks out with calf-muscle injury
They buckled in 2000 in anticipation of the economic slump, and hopefully their resurgence now is a pointer to better things to come in the years ahead.
That is rather more difficult, but hopefully I will be able to provide a few pointers as the year progresses. Times, Sunday Times
The junior tour was first held in 1978 and has proved a pointer to the future stars in cycling.
They can be valuable pointers to areas of your life that need tackling. Alternative Health Care for Women
Just as industrial America was for long the pointer to the world's economic future, so Australia was once a pointer to coming political institutions.
Even while he was in the thick of the campaign, there were pointers to his party's rout in the 1991 General Election.
I think she's picked up a few pointers, like how to chop an onion and how to dissolve an Oxo cube.
Dog handler Shawn Griffin kneeled and grabbed a bobwhite quail from the panting pointer.
Looks like Rey could take a few pointers ... usc. freedomblogging.com 22 hours ago - Former USC linebacker Rey Maualuga was arrested early this morning in Kentucky for DUI. BallHype - Top Sports News, Videos, and Blogs
Then again the word "brewery" picked out in stone is a pretty clear pointer to a more beery use. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The white droppings of birds served as location pointers for eagles and vultures nesting in the craggy reaches.
The 'Linderella' story continued at the Air Canada Centre as the Taiwanese American stepped up and coolly dropped a three-pointer from the top of the arc with a half-second to play to beat the Raptors 90-87. Jeremy Lin does it again with last second victory over Toronto Raptors
If you ask the French, the Spinone descended from crosses of several French pointing breeds, while the Italians contend that the Spinone was the ancestor of the wirehaired pointing griffon, the German wirehaired pointer and the pudelpointer. Undefined
I emailed this person back, with a screenshot of my Start menu, with the mouse pointer pointing to the Printers folder at the top of the start menu.
The way the table stands at this moment Spurs' trip up to Molineux in early September already has the look of a genuine six-pointer about it. The early August Premier League table never lies | Harry Pearson
Disguised in magazine format, this Bible is chock-full of fun facts, answers to questions you wanted to know but were afraid to ask, and pointers on how to live.
This could be a pointer to many new writers who are bound by geographical limits.
In order to apply this method to large-scale problems, we must find the tree T B using the pointers available.
I tried that "all-around" garbage once with a German wire-haired pointer. What's The Best All-Around Hunting Dog?
Position the mouse pointer within either window area and click.
Maybe they are used as handy direction pointers when one is having friends over for dinner. Times, Sunday Times
Along with observation, skin tests can also be a helpful pointer. Eczema Relief - the comprehensive self-help plan
Disguised in magazine format, this Bible is chock-full of fun facts, answers to questions you wanted to know but were afraid to ask, and pointers on how to live.
Position the mouse pointer and click.
But I want it to be a smokery, pointer to some unknown Dorset speciality. Wessex Interlude 2
Averaging 43.58 runs per game for the county, Joyce, now 24, has benefited from emigration in a manner which has pointers for Scotland's band of young tyros in their first campaign of regular encounters with full-time opposition.
Registered German Shorthaired Pointer siblings whelped 3-25-08. Field & Stream
The examiners comments include pointers for future study.
The cage is connected by a spindle to the torque spring and pointer.
A trackball is stationary and the pointer can be moved using your thumb by rolling the ball which sits on the top.
He don't usually bet unless he has got a sure thing, but when he gets what they call a pointer, that is, somebody tells him a certain horse is sure to win, because the other horses are to be pulled back, he thinks a job has been put up, and if he thinks he is on the inside of the ring he will bet. The Grocery Man And Peck's Bad Boy Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa, No. 2 - 1883
The old scale was analog, with a dial and a pointer that waggled a bit unless you stood perfectly still.
The rules of evidence likely are what the government most desires to evade, once putatively having reached beyond Geneva articles, and contorted MCA's untested rendition of habeas in its various forms; [the instant case in re K. al-Marri being the test]; Padilla's suit has worked toward the realm of admissible evidence; the foregoing link is JB's discussion recently and a newspaper article; here is another pointer to a government exhibit in the matter of the government's worries that MKhan would receive permission to testify about the same things Padilla wants to discuss in open public record court; i.e., a kind of graymail argument by defense in those two cases; that exhibit appearing in the weblog there. Balkinization
LEXINGTON - Authorities in Lexington have arrested a man they say directed a laser pointer at a police helicopter. Cincinnati.Com - All Local News
Many more, though, are just pointers to news stories bubbling up beneath the radar of the national political press.
The video clip gives no obvious pointer to the identity of the owner. Times, Sunday Times
The steering wheel badge is the only major pointer. The Sun
One guy called me and said he had to have a larger work desk, because he did not reach down to to left corner of the screen with his mouse pointer.
Move the mouse pointer to the menu bar.
Follow these simple pointers and the web will offer a musical experience beyond the dreams of high street record stores of old. Times, Sunday Times
Similarly if the box becomes lighter then the spring will lift the box up and the pointer will move up the scale.
When I first installed it, the mouse pointer would frequently just freeze without warning and I would have to reboot the computer.
Thanks Rick, I'm quite behind on my RSS feeds so a pointer is always useful. Open data, the BBC, and 'the virality and interconnectedness of the web'
As we began working with the keys in which her songs were written, she simply poked around on the piano with her pointer finger, singing the scales with her lovely lyric voice.
And if a local cop somehow caught a 12-year-old goof-off trying to Luke Skywalker a 747 with a laser pointer he stole from his corporate mom, would the kid go to the federal pen?
In a pointer to the future, business investment dropped to a growth rate of 4.7 percent compared to 14.5 percent in the previous quarter.
The lesson of the trial was that destroying the credibility of witnesses is a defence strategy that can outbalance the traditional heavyweight pointers of motive, means and opportunity.
And like the purebred English pointers and setters he reared, Farrior inherited a love of the chase.
Being on the shop floor, they're a good pointer to what the practice is really like. The Sun
A pointer, called an alidade, was pivoted at the centre of the disk.
The scale having previously been properly graduated, the metacentric height for the draught and state of loading can be at once read off in inches, while as a check the water can be transferred from the one test tank to the other, and the metacentric height read off as before, but on the opposite side of the zero pointer. Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883
In addition to be able to add, remove, or modify the element, you could also move it to another location in the hierarchy by manipulating the pointers to the element or node.
This booklet gives some useful pointers on what to expect when you arrive.
Equally, when they meet again in March, it could be a so-called six-pointer for promotion. Hereford fail to see the funny side as Barnet emerge with the points
Perhaps James and Wade really weren't celebrating after Wade's three-pointer and perhaps in their mutual stare expressed their understanding that, to quote Yogi Berra again, it ain't over till it's over -- and that they needed, more than ever, to be focused and mentally tough and keep clawing like they were being by 15 points. Larry Strauss: The NBA Finals: Young Guys Make Highlights, But Old Guys Rule
Follow these simple pointers and the web will offer a musical experience beyond the dreams of high street record stores of old. Times, Sunday Times
He caught the ball in rhythm and drained the 3-pointer with 15. 7 seconds left.
In the Pointer Trail area, drag the Length slider.
Despite her antipathy towards MacKenzie, she may well have picked up pointers from him about how to manage journalists.
One can only hope that this is not a pointer to the future.
Some star charts are drawn with the pointers to help locate objects above.
The other alternative is to modify the instruction pointer register using the rm command and just type go.
I hope at least my daughter was able to offer you some useful pointers.
Therefore according to the type of array element is different, the array can divide again for numerical array, the string array, pointer arrays, structure array, etc all categories.
The position of a mobile pointer on a calibrated scale carries information about the magnitude of the quantity being measured.
My buddys german shorthair pointer was out trolling in the boat with us one day and as i was about to drop a rainbow coloured rapala into the water, the dog jumped up and took all three sets of treble hooks in the lips. Hooks in Household Pets
And is this fact no more than nostalgia or is it a pointer to what the future holds?
In 1824 dogs used by farmers for shepherding were greyhounds, hounds, pointers, spaniels, lurchers and terriers all of which were exempted from the dog tax if the value of the farm was less than £190 per year.
Finally, well done to the Parents Association for organising a vet to come and talk to all the pupils last week and for giving them some very important pointers on keeping their pets healthy and happy.
There are, though, pointers to be found in minuscule changes of facial expression that may last as little as one twenty-fifth of a second, in speech and tone of voice and perhaps most of all in unconscious gestures.
The picture is then traced onto the boards, using a pointer or toothed wheel, and marked out with cones from the alder tree or with coffee beans.
It can be a timesaver to have a bird dog, a pointer in an unknown area.
After misfiring on a long 3-pointer just before the horn, a frustrated Pierce turned and said something to fans sitting in courtside seats. USATODAY.com
Toyota has slashed Camry's lead content by reformulating undercoating, greases, bronze alloys and taking lead out of meter pointers, connections and heater cores.
It could provide useful pointers for those challenged by grammar or spelling. Times, Sunday Times
And there are some pointers that the tide is turning, even if slowly.
Based on what I have learned from past experiences, here are some pointers to make the most of your camp's video or photography shoot.
The only back pointer available is the link to the original community.
A book by a celebrity can give positive pointers. The Sun
Each whare contains spiritual dividers, spatial divisions, symbolic pointers and numerous meaningful artefacts, for example, kopaiti, ihonui, kauwhanga, tahuhu, kaho, paepae, rehutai and rukatai.
Motors, relays, generators, or simply other magnets or magnetic materials, can all also cause the pointer to move, overpowering the Earth's magnetism.
That has been a good pointer for this race. The Sun
Bobbitt again nailed back-to-back 3-pointers and made three foul shots for a 33-15 lead. NCAA Division I Mens Basketball - Oregon vs. Cincinnati
With me playing the same position as her or whatever she would be giving me little pointers on the opposing team because they've been around and she's been around.
There are more than 50 traditionally docked breeds recognised by the Kennel Club, including cocker spaniels, pointers, Irish terriers and vizslas.
Position the mouse pointer and click.
Extra time loomed after Kevin Sinfield banged over a late penalty but Warriors had one last throw of the dice and Tickle's timely one-pointer was enough.
The surge in car sales was regarded as an encouraging pointer to an improvement in the economy.
I am not a big believer in spread measurments because it's just thin air between the beams, but the spread on that eight-pointer is breathtaking. Girl Next Door Tags Monster Suburban Eight-Point Buck Next Door
The opening weeks of 2005 are giving a firm pointer to the increased competitiveness and dramatic developments that will shape the telecommunications sector this year.
Westaro started the brighter with Selsby finding his shooting form early, bagging the opening basket followed by a three pointer.
Aaron Brooks hit a free throw before Fernandez swished a three-pointer from the corner. Rockets hang on, knock off Trail Blazers
After my GSP died I got a lab, but now I am really wanting a pointer againt. Why You Miss Ducks (And Other Insights From Our Waterfowl Guide Survey)
UK data this week will provide further post-referendum pointers. Times, Sunday Times
While the root cause of the catastrophe remains uncertain,[sentence dictionary] there are some pointers for the investigators.
Mellon is financially astute and his arrival on the share register was a pointer to possible developments in the future.
The pointer changes to cross hairs and a gridline appears indicating where the column will be added.
Move the pointer to the program's icon and double click.
Got any pointers on the diamond system or some good way of practicing bank shots?
The old scale was analog, with a dial and a pointer that waggled a bit unless you stood perfectly still.
Pointer-type breeds were partially docked for motility; some spaniels because brambly debris was too difficult to clean from the plumey fur.
Three successive wins are pointers to a new era and have transformed the youngsters into giant-killers.
The decisive spurt featured Barbosa's final 3-pointer, on a kickout pass from Nash on a fastbreak, to give the Suns a 93-87 lead with 6 minutes to play. USATODAY.com

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