Sentence examples for making a wider point from inspiring English sources

He was talking specifically in the context of the EU/US trade talks, but also making a wider point.

The article was unsigned but initially defended by Mr Johnson, who claimed it was making a wider point about Britain's tendency to sentimentality.

But he also tried to make a wider point.

However, she makes a wider point about rape: "Too many women are not being believed when it comes to this.

His discussion of the disastrous Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta serves to make a wider point about the importance (and vulnerability) of sea-lanes.

Buster saw songs not just as statements, or as vehicles for boasting – they were also stories, where he could unfurl narratives to make a wider point.

Criado-Perez recounts it in passing to make a wider point about how victims often end up being blamed for the abuse they suffer.

"But I stand by the judgment made; equally you have taken the opportunity to make your own point about it and to make a wider point about an important public policy issue in the process".

Yet something good did come out of all that horror: a paper that used gallows humour to make a wider point and gave men without a voice an outlet in time of great need.

Selby's colleague, Canon Mark Oakley, who has overall responsibility for the institute and has joined our meeting, makes a wider point: "That picture you describe says so much about the anger of a lot of people.

Natalia Kolaida, co-founder of Belarus Free Theatre, said they wanted to use the experiences and harrowing stories of Pussy Riot, Sentsov and Pavlensky to make a wider point about freedom of expression, both under dictatorships but also in democracies.