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a political point drawing attention to a
They were making a political point, drawing attention to a political and human problem.
— from The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle

and perversely paid devoted attention to a
"She loves me more than you know," said the Chevalier quietly; and turning on his heel he went to join a gay party on the opposite side of the room, and perversely paid devoted attention to a fair lady whom he cared nothing about, and to whom the morals of any other court would have required him to pay no attentions but those of ordinary civility.
— from The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants. Volumes I-III by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James

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