This seems an obvious point, yet I don't hear anyone, in government or out of it, asking these questions.

She held up her hands as if to emphasize an obvious point.

The obvious point about this is that it can't and won't last.

By this I mean something more than just the obvious point, which is that history has no control group.

Well, it's not for us to make the obvious point.

Let's start with an obvious point many African students have told me.

A. Well, there are the obvious points that have been made since this all has become public.

We may here list some of the more obvious points.

I am taking the floor to make merely obvious points.

After all, that person would be the obvious starting point for questions.