Sentence examples for few extra points from inspiring English sources

How much are we willing to pay for a few extra points?

Yet a few extra points may be all the PRI needs, and will be tempted to cheat for.

"Our clients never knowingly agreed to risk a significant loss of principal for a few extra points of interest".

You can also add a few extra points if you'd like since you don't have the same page limit concerns as you do on a resume.

By which I mean, whether the Democrats can turn their advantage into a rout will depend on something beyond their control — the president's own conduct in September and October, which could be worth a few extra points to Democrats if it's manic and authoritarian and kooky, and a few extra points to Republicans if it's (relatively) restrained.

Over the winter the F.I.A. abandoned the rule, so teams will again be free to maneuver their drivers like chess pieces, giving one an advantage toward winning the title — or even just a few extra points — over the other.

I also think that that his understandable disgust at exaggerated claims that a few extra pounds point inevitably to an early grave leads him to skate much too dismissively over the troubling recent rise in serious childhood obesity as well as increases in several weight-influenced forms of diabetes.

And all it took to convince the public of its merits, it seems, was the promise of shorter queues or a few extra loyalty points.

This created a perverse incentive for commercial banks to accumulate the bonds of the weaker member countries, which paid higher rates, in order to earn a few extra basis points.

It seems like an under-explored area for prosecutors to investigate.Of course, we will never be finished assigning responsibility for the boom and bust until we figure out why so many investors were so desperate to get those few extra basis points of yield in the first place.

Wrote Bent, "Unfortunately, a number of money funds, and a number of investors that selected them, have lost sight of the purpose of a money fund and the simple rules that guide them in their foolhardy quest for a few extra basis points.