Mr Davies was keen to stress there was a serious point to the trip.
This may sound cheeky, but I'm trying to get at a serious point here.
The idea of a broccoli mandate is a whimsical way of making a serious point.
Underneath the colour and historical incident, however, Mr Chancellor has striven to make a serious point.
Mr Dunlop said he set up the Facebook page on Sunday as a joke but with a serious point.
My one serious point, though, was that there is an alternative to the coalition splitting or re-discovering its mojo.
The serious point is that the prime minister's biggest stroke of luck has been the discombobulation of the party that opposes him.
But herein lies a serious point of contention in the luxury world.
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One of the new ads makes a serious point about Smart and indirectly pokes some fun at rival Mini at the same time.
This sorry tale has a serious point: that the outcome of an election is a reflection of voting procedure as much as voters' wishes.
Making a more serious point, smart materials DIY-er Catarina Mota explained why it was important to open up new technology to the general public.
To the extent there was a serious point, the serious point was that GM really can reprogram many of its robots to do different tasks.
The much more serious point is that no one really knows why the move from Snow Leopard to Lion caused such loss of battery life.
For example, the Lulz Sec group, while they do have a serious point to them, are mostly in it for the fun and joy of it.
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You may think this blindingly obvious, even to a former Treasury mandarin, but Lord Burns has a serious point, which is that the leading hound does not always kill the fox with a single bite.
For all intents and purposes, the currency issue is now off the table as far as a serious discussion point between the United States and China.
The only hub in that neck of the woods is Baumgarten (Austria), a pretty illiquid market, and not one that acts as a serious price reference point for CEE or South East European states.
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Psychologists point out serious mental health consequences of being in Dixon's situation for a long time.
They also point to serious problems of overlap between the Rover range and Fiat's models.
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Younger employees, he says, place a serious emphasis on this point, so companies hoping to retain its Millennial workforce should especially take note.
The EU debt and financial crisis is moving closer to one that could become very serious or at some point even a worldwide debt contagion.
McConnell and other members of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees, Mr. Ross quickly established that there would be serious opposition at this point to an outright repeal of such PLO-related legislation.
But they were being serious and making a specific point about investing in experience.
"We believe the science shows Indian Point has a serious impact, especially on Atlantic sturgeon, " he said.
Such unorthodox notions are getting a serious hearing as more observers point to problems in American higher education.
Pessimists worry that the descent to that point may do serious and lasting damage to the financial system.
This situation is moving closer to one that could become very serious, or at some point even a worldwide debt contagion.
Egyptians have less emotional attachment to Palestine, but some analysts fear that the country's dire economic problems have sapped public confidence in the government to the point where one serious incident could spark widespread rioting.
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