Sentence examples for a point of urging from inspiring English sources
He made a point of urging an end to "secuestros" — kidnappings — and calling for peace in Colombia.
And American officials have made a point of urging the Kurds to back down from some of their more hard-line demands.
He can be faulted for many things, but he has championed the traditional news values of the paper and prides himself on being a leader in diversity, showing a far more welcoming attitude toward gay and minority employees than previous publishers; he hired the first woman to lead the newsroom, and now the first African-American, and has made a point of urging diversity in general.
Raising a point of order, he urged the Speaker to investigate the consequences of the move and argued that if no action was taken, "any majority government could change standing orders to restrict the rights of any member without so much as a by your leave".
"From direct experience we know that the universities have reached a point of no-return," they say, urging cooperation as the only way forward.
On the other hand, if Lustig's anti-free-will view is correct, it is hard to see the point of his urging the reader, in the book's self-help chapters, to alter his or her own buying and eating habits.
At one point, a pastor urged the lone survivor of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, Brendan McDonough, to get up, which he did.
The Prince of Wales is entitled to ask about what is going on but if he is urging a particular point of view, then that's a different matter," Huhne said.
Representative Mike Pence of Indiana, chairman of the House Republican Conference, has issued 16 pages of talking points urging fellow Republicans to use the recess to tell their constituents that the House bill would destroy the economy and the health insurance system.
