Example sentences of "drive home the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conservative Central Office has been inundated with jittery reports from regional Tory organisers , but is banking on driving home the message to a receptive audience that a vote for the Liberal Democrats would effectively open the door of Downing Street to Mr Kinnock . |
| 2 | The Rev. Thomas Tolming , incumbent of Church Coniston , not surprisingly was of the opinion that the Sunday School was excellent ; certain ladies of the parish superintended it with great care and attention , improving the moral conditions of their young charges , and no doubt at the same time driving home the virtue of obedience , and respect for God and their betters . |
| 3 | It was academic anyway , for just then another ominous rumble of collapsing masonry shook the foundations , peppering him with flakes of plaster from the ceiling and driving home the fact that he was trapped , with no means of escape . |
| 4 | She appears in a video aimed at driving home the dangers of mixing cars with alcohol . |
| 5 | Until the 1947 crisis drove home the extent of Britain 's overseas payments difficulties Bevin and the Chiefs of Staff were able to defend their programmes quite successfully . |
| 6 | The 1935 General Election drove home the fact of their sad decline , for only 21 Liberals won seats in 1935 . |
| 7 | By highlighting the threat to the constitution from Labour and Liberal plans for a Scottish Parliament and the proportional representation system by which its members would be elected , he consistently and robustly drove home the message that the Tories alone stood as the party of Union , of collective strength in negotations abroad and strong government at home . |
| 8 | Now , as if suddenly aware of the morning chill , he closed the top half of the door , drove home the bolt , then came and stretched himself out in the armchair opposite her . |
| 9 | So , to prevent the disastrous consequences he foresaw , Moses drove home the lesson : ‘ Remember ! ’ |
| 10 | It was the Press , too , which really drove home the scandal of the three executives from the Matrix Churchill company who were threatened with jail for supplying armaments to Saddam Hussein . |
| 11 | Between late July and early October 1936 the rebels drove home the advantage given them by Franco 's agreements with Mussolini and Hitler . |
| 12 | His warning drove home the dangers the bloodletting posed to the plan he drafted with U.S. statesman Cyrus Vance to divide Bosnia into ten ethnically based provinces under a weak central government . |
| 13 | Charming she thought , feeling acutely humiliated , especially as it drove home the fact that she 'd made little or no impact upon this man . |
| 14 | They drove home the Derry way , and as usual it set Mallachy off . |
| 15 | Women 's seemingly paradoxical behaviour merely drives home the point that there are profound contradictions and complexities of position to be unravelled before we can get further in our understanding of the road to divorce . |
| 16 | Each evening the wife takes home a company car and the husband drives home the delivery car . |
| 17 | Jimmy Knapp , leader of the rail union RMT , said : ‘ This drives home the dangers of BR 's programme of de-staffing stations which is gathering pace . ’ |
| 18 | You could easily forget how good tracks like ‘ Achilles ' Last Stand ’ from the 1976 album ‘ Presence ’ or ‘ Ramble On ’ from ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ were , but their inclusion here drives home the point that they are absolute classics . |
| 19 | 6 The defender drives home the turning kick to the head . |
| 20 | More topically Smith drives home the absurdity of the present British water industry installing meters in households and then setting up a huge bureaucracy to monitor them and gather payment — a move that will make water much more expensive ( and thus more attractive to the private companies which will eventually provide it ) . |
| 21 | You could easily forget how good tracks like ‘ Achilles ' Last Stand ’ from the 1976 album ‘ Presence ’ or ‘ Ramble On ’ from ‘ Led Zeppelin II ’ were , but their inclusion here drives home the point that they are absolute classics . |
| 22 | In addition , a newly-formulated strategy for the North West , which was submitted to the EC yesterday , drives home the case for Merseyside . |
| 23 | Mr Major believes any rebellion can be quelled by extending the debate on Scotland and continuing to drive home the message that devolution leading to independence would harm Scottish interests , reduce Scotland 's influence within the EC , and cause political uncertainty which would draw investment away south of the border and abroad . |
| 24 | In order to drive home the point that the messianic Spirit , the Spirit of the days of salvation , was really available to all believers , the Spirit had first of all to inspire Peter with his vision of the unclean animals in the sheet which were intended for him to eat , and then to apply that vision to a Gentile officer whose men were at that very moment waiting in the courtyard for Peter to accompany them to Cornelius so that he might receive the good news of Jesus . |
| 25 | So this year the drinks industry itself is joining forces with the Health Promotion Agency to drive home the message . |
| 26 | They allowed cameras into their Hereford base for the first time , to drive home the message that the public must be on their guard in the run-up to Christmas . |
| 27 | As well as providing a fascinating insight into the world of nature , the six titles in Pendulum 's Discovery Video Wildlife Collection drive home the message that action is desperately needed if our environment and its wildlife are to be saved from eventual destruction . |
| 28 | For many others , contact with the world of work will drive home the increasing demand for more highly-qualified potential employees . |
| 29 | He hopes the poster will drive home the message to youngsters that drugs are certainly not the key to success . |