Sentence examples for half the point from inspiring English sources

That the Addicks are next to bottom of the Championship and have not won a game in six weeks is only half the point.

Macaulay, in one of his interviews with Bourne, says of Julie Andrews and "The Sound of Music" that he thinks "half the point of growing up is to outgrow her films".

Achieving $3.8m across 14 territories this weekend is fine, but the numbers are only half the point (they're actually some of the lowest of his career, though the tiny budget alleviates any pressure).

My neighbor, after she discovered what I do now, she was, like, 'I knew you'd make it, with all that noise.' " Learning to play was only half the point — his father also wanted to keep him off the street, he says.

Assign one half to assume the point of view of staying on schedule to hold elections in Iraq on January 30 , 2005 and the other half the point of view of postponing elections in Iraq at some future time when the country is more stable.

The first formal Mummers parade in 1901 was in part an attempt to corral all the rowdies into one place but, even today, the procession up Broad Street from South Philly to City Hall is only half the point – after dark, everyone heads back down to South Philly by the river to channel their rowdy forebears.

Those three roughly fell in half from the point we bought them.

Assign one half to assume the Army's point of view, and the other half the soldiers' point of view.

– timed events account for half the points.

"I don't know if I got through even half the points before he hung up," she said.

In fact, three out of the last five M.L.S. Cup champions earned fewer than half the points they could have.