11.   In a financial crisis rooted in fear, and feeding on panic, the reality that any international bailout remained somewhat amorphous seemed almost beside the point.

12.   In Clyde, anyway, jobs sometime seem beside the point.

13.   In games, reality can seem beside the point.

14.   In the circumstances, a detailed review seems beside the point.

15.   In this Baptist, heavily union, blue-collar town, politics seemed beside the point today.

16.   It seems especially beside the point where the goods are complements used in fixed proportions.

17.   Selling blue jeans seems beside the point.

18.   Tenses and commas may seem beside the point, but they are not.

19.   That the Americans also were vastly superior in talent seemed beside the point.

20.   The accusations seem largely beside any interesting point.