Example sentences of "hammer home the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paisley used his time to hammer home the religious significance of the battle with O'Neill by writing a commentary on Paul 's Letter to the Romans , the book which Paul had written while awaiting trial in prison . |
| 2 | The German propaganda machine — and Hitler himself in his speeches — continued , of course , to hammer home the theme that , in contrast to the First World War , Front and Heimat were indivisibly united , and the bonds between leadership and people unbreakable . |
| 3 | By five-thirty , I had met up with the lads and , content at seventeen miles , stooped in the twilight to hammer home the twenty-eight pegs . |
| 4 | To hammer home the point , he denied his players from having a late Christmas dinner by taking them straight back to the club 's training ground . |
| 5 | It is a compelling night out and the stark bare set and the absence of even the sight or sound of a jailer serves to hammer home the isolation , the boredom and the feeling of helplessness . |
| 6 | To hammer home the political point , a large number of the two million leaflets printed were sent to the headquarters of the various political parties and to the Assemblée nationale , the French parliament building . |
| 7 | According to Budhoo , IMF employees ‘ manipulated ’ a key indicator of Trinidad and Tobago 's ability to compete and export ( the labour cost index ) to hammer home the point that massive devaluation was needed if the country was not to head for mounting economic chaos ; the true figure he says , was far more encouraging . |
| 8 | Dr. Robert Upshall , who would have fought for a seat in Parliament , said party supporters would continue to hammer home the environmental message . |
| 9 | The Home and the School , published in 1964 , hammered home the message about selection at eleven-plus . |
| 10 | This is hardly surprising , given the way governments the world over have for decades hammered home the dogma of prohibition . |
| 11 | Defence Secretary Malcolm Rifkind and Board of Trade President Michael Heseltine will also hammer home the plane 's importance for Britain . |
| 12 | He hammers home the message that the US international role has destroyed it at home : ‘ The battle is right here , and it 's not incoming missiles , it 's incoming inequality . ’ |
| 13 | No sooner had I retaken my touchline seat than Reg , a mile off-side and with the referee unsighted , had hammered home the equaliser . |
| 14 | Business , shop and home watch schemes have been introduced and youth initiatives have included a Youth Befriending Service in which adults linked up with young people who might possibly get into trouble and the Kontacta Bus scheme , which tours the streets hammering home the crime prevention message . |
| 15 | Avoid the detail that could divide , and hammer home the principles that unite . |