Example sentences of "[adv] make a [adj] point " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of them did so to make a political point and to gain publicity . |
| 2 | It 's not quite the smallest of all the seeds , but nevertheless it 's small enough to make a proverbial point like tall as a house , or small as a mouse , small as a grain of mustard seed . |
| 3 | If I could just make a brief point on employment . |
| 4 | I 'll just make a humorous point , I 've got a sick dog , but I see that is n't er , covered . |
| 5 | He is not making a temporal point about something that must have happened ‘ in the beginning ’ — the first push . |
| 6 | But Aristotle is not just making a sociological point about what is and is not permitted to women in his society . |
| 7 | They also made a good point , that all timber-frame houses should be formally recorded as such either by the NHBC or on the title deeds , ‘ so that people realise they are living in a timber-frame house and can take professional advice when making alterations ’ . |