1.   But here Hallinan again stretches his point about direct economic interest.

2.   But we are stretching a point, you might argue.

3.   We have stretched points, legitimately and logically we trust, in other areas of the structure.

4.   Abortion rights advocates stretch their point to the limits of intellectual honesty.

5.   Actually, you could call them carnivorous plants without stretching the point too far.

6.   But without stretching the point or dealing falsely with either composer, Ms. Uchida found common ground between them.

7.   If you really stretch the point about gardening being done at any speed, you can argue that appreciating is gardening of a sort.

8.   It might be stretching a point to say Earnhardt died rather than let somebody go by.

9.   Or if they want to provoke for political reasons, they know how to stretch a point.

10.   Poor performance should be penalized with ... well, poor pay would be stretching the point, but at least poor performers should be paid less.