A footnote points out that the Hebrew verb is not one used for anointment, "and its associations are sensual rather than sacramental".
He added a footnote pointing out that "Newton's aphorism is a standardized phrase which has found repeated expression from at least the 12th century".
Halfway through the paragraph he throws in an asterisk, and in a footnote points out that the lower leg is a lot like the forearm, only less fragile.
An occasion that might have seemed a revisionist historical footnote turns out to be more like the best saved for last.
But a footnote pointed out that the cash flow from existing rents would actually cover only 0.65percentt of the debt service.
"Carrion-eating birds (whose precise species is unclear in the Aramaic, a detail on which Grippin expends a 17-line speculative footnote!) peck out his eyes and portions of his entrails," one particularly irreverent reader complains.
For those of us who thought that the hung jury in the first trial of Vicky Pryce must have damaged public confidence in the entire system of jury trial, Thomas has a gentle footnote pointing out that hung juries account for only 0.6% of all deliberations.
Her de haut en bas footnote pointing out that "a marinade is a bath of wine, herbs, oil, vegetables, vinegars and so on, in which fish or meat destined for particular dishes repose for specified periods and acquire virtue" filled us with ecstasy.
Aside from the fact that it was three lawyers, not judges, there was another confusion, as the appended footnote pointed out: "This article was amended on 3 June 2014 … It was actually industry lawyers who said the proposals could breach the European convention on human rights…".
It carried footnotes pointing out statements Burroughs made that weren't supported by "scientific" evidence.
