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British a system used to assess applicants' eligibility for local authority housing, based on (points awarded for) such factors as the length of time the applicant has lived in the area, how many children are in the family, etc

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Words nearby points system

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How to use points system in a sentence

Genetics alone does not an eating disorder make, generally speaking, and Bulik points out that environment still plays a role.
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In 1992, Republican George H.W. Bush won the Asian-American vote by 24 points.
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By 2012, Democratic President Barack Obama owned the Asian-American vote, winning it by 47 percentage points.
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There were also the fleshy remains of the seniors who migrated to Florida from all points north.
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There were no deaths on scheduled commercial aviation flights in 2014, in a system that operates 68,000 flights a day.
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Sweden excluded British goods, conformably to the continental system established by Bonaparte.
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As Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The reformers of the earlier period were not indifferent to the need for centralized organization in the banking system.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Accordingly, the question "How far does the note issue under the new system seem likely to prove an elastic one?"
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Thanks to Berthier's admirable system, Bonaparte was kept in touch with every part of his command.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison