As Pakistan pressed on amid the gloaming, Mitchell Johnson and Ben Hilfenhaus, who will look forward to proving a point with their bowling on Wednesday, were both bowled.

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Proving the point involved collating a lot of previous research.

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For example, virtually every article has a quiz to tease the interest while proving her point.

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O'Neill was proving to be a key man again as he restored the four point lead with another free.

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It was a different story after the break with Mostyn's touchdown proving the turning point.

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Kevin Sinfield kicked all four conversions, as well as a penalty, the reliable skipper's 10-point haul ultimately proving the difference between the two teams.

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"With all footballers, you have a point to prove to people, but deep down it's proving the point to yourself, " said Lennon.

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Im not the first to point out that the study design has some issues, and in any case proving there isnt a difference is hard (this only shows that they failed to find a difference between drugs and dieting).

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