Sentence examples for proved a point of from inspiring English sources

This site, with its confluence of strong watercourses, proved a point of great defensive strength over the centuries.

REUTERS Goldman Energy Banker Leaves the Firm  |  One of the top energy bankers at Goldman Sachs, Stephen Daniel, has retired "a year after his personal stock holdings in a pipeline company proved a point of controversy in a takeover deal," The Wall Street Journal writes.

Even the film's running time, just under three hours, has proved a point of contention for some viewers.

The marriage proved difficult, as the couple did not particularly like each other and the disputed castles proved a point of contention, resulting in Matilda returning to Normandy later that year.

Although the role of the metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) in hippocampal synaptic plasticity has proved a point of controversy in in vitro studies, considerable consistency in support of a critical role for these receptors in the persistence of synaptic plasticity in vivo is evident [6] [11].

Solo told me afterwards that she'd "proved a point to a lot of people", not least to the critics of female goalkeepers.

"The catalog will prove a point of reference for generations of scholarship to come".

A gentleman would usually only draw blood and, in so doing, prove a point of honour.

Such funds are already proving a point of concern for the British authorities.

"Donny will be coming to prove a point of their own, but Sunday is about us and putting ourselves into the position we want to be in during the play-offs".

It also helps understand the definitions of Palestinian and "Israeli-Arabs" which could forever prove a point of contention and incomprehension.