beside the point

The fact that China controls the flow of currency is beside the point in terms of visible trade manipulation.

To many who would discredit American capitalism, this sort of cold-hearted number-crunching is beside the point.

Always remember: the journey is all. The destination is beside the point.

With that gloomy assumption in mind, most of the five-minute speeches sounded absurdly beside the point.

How much it costs is beside the point.

The impact of what he did is so enormous that judging it now is almost beside the point.

He looked at me doubtfully, and I knew myself that the question was beside the point.

Whether or not Mr Buffett is in fact as irreplaceable as it suggests is beside the point.

Mr. Greenberg said the amount of exposure AIG faced under the contracts when he left was beside the point.

Whether or not he apologizes is beside the point. He shouldn't hit his wife.

You should breathe. And enjoy the moment. In the end, whether or not you reach orgasm is almost beside the point.

Stevenson looks on the bright side of the dark trend, suggesting that happiness is beside the point.

Whether or not he lives up to his legend is beside the point. Are you with me?

That it doesn't produce much of its own content is beside the point. Neither does Netflix.

I glanced at my questions, but now they seemed beside the point.

But the size of the intervention was supposed to be beside the point.

Yes, I know it was an accident, but that's beside the point.

Whether or not they like you is quite beside the point.

Second, much of Beijing's anti-inflation efforts to date-- targeting the supply of food-- are beside the point.

Indeed, increasingly last week it seemed the client was almost beside the point.

I thought most of what passed for art in Gaza wasn't very good, truth be told, but quality seemed beside the point.

What you said may be true enough, but it is beside the point.

But as the world saw with Ireland in December, whether a euro-zone member thinks it needs help is beside the point.

She spoke only when asked a direct question; her answers were short, minimal, sometimes beside the point.

Beijing would doubtless offer a different perspective, but the rights and wrongs are beside the point.

Whether the goods were carried by "Red Star" or by "East Wind" is beside the point.

You're probably right. I guess. What I think is beside the point.

Beside the point in reserve artificially hole, the accuracy of calibration sensor.

He may well be right, but that's beside the point. Gaming is NOT about telling stories.

eg. The question was beside the point, and need not be answered.

"I still think my husband (Seal) is the sexiest dad for our children, but (that's) beside the point, " Klum, 33, told The Associated Press.

He always wastes time at our meetings by talking about things that are beside the point.

The examples that you've given are somewhat beside the point.

Besides being vile and stupid , however, the editorial was beside the point .

The lives farmers led were often harder and their diets poorer than hunters', but that was beside the point.

But that's beside the point, says Bellow, who filed a lawsuit in March 2010 as a private citizen.

Dearest, darling-est Benedict Cumberbatch. I love you. But that's beside the point.

What you said yesterday is beside the point.

All of that is beside the point when Schultz's other responsibilities are weighed.

That a well-informed citizenry was probably not the most pressing issue facing the nation in 1957 seems entirely beside the point.

Seriously, fitness gives off energy, makes age beside the point.

Still, whether or not he actually deserves the job is beside the point.

In any event, Clarissa thinks any talk from me about not being as cheap as before is beside the point.

I'm afraid the discussion is a little beside the point.

With such thoughts in mind, most of the speeches seemed surreally beside the point.

Saying that they connect to the Internet is beside the point.

that ' s beside the point , " the senior admiral said" .

That makes Mr Brown's analogy with reviews on Amazon and the like beside the point.

In my opinion, whether IBM is ultimately at fault is somewhat beside the point.

His remarks about gardening were beside the point.

That fact that he's your brother is beside the point.

Although the report about astronautics is very long, it is beside the point and beyond my comprehension.

What you have said is quite beside the point.

But such concrete hazards are beside the point.

Once the novel is out there, the author is beside the point.

Whether Beijing has a case to answer is beside the point.

Your statements are beside the point.

Truth and accuracy were beside the point.

I don't agree in either case, but that's beside the point.

For many of Mr Obama's critics, however, this kind of detail is beside the point.

build another scyscraper in the city is beside the point.

Although the report is very long, it is beside the point and beyond my comprehension.

This is clearly because Shanghai attracts a lower-class of tourist, but that's beside the point.

And . . . Wikipedia is fixed, finally. Okay, but no, this is really beside the point.

We all like him, but that's beside the point.

Whether we can blame this on Shakespeare himself or on some anonymous copyist is beside the point.

But whether the rankings are fair is beside the point, because they are wildly influential.

H-P deemed this sum 'not material, ' which is beside the point.

But arguing over who did what in the past is beside the point. The question is how to do things better in the future.

But for business, that is beside the point, when such improvements lead to better products, services and processes.

To some, this obsession with distant targets is beside the point.

Your plan won't work. I think it's your nonsense. That's beside the point.

I have now understood that expression is beside the point.

I know what you're saying, but that's beside the point.

That's all beside the point.

But that's beside the point.

He didn't know his answer was beside the point.

Oh, no! You are beside the point.

But I think that debate is largely beside the point.

But whether you can shave 35, 000 years off is beside the point.

This is beside the point.

I think that's nonsense. That's beside the point.

But that's beside the point. Hamilton didn't say he buys this scenario or any other theological scenario;

Mr Krugman argued that markets were being too optimistic in their assessment of inflation expectations, but that's kind of beside the point;

whether right or wrong is beside the point