Preposition: about

• importance: Giljane is emphatic about the importance of this ballet for his company.

• fact: The foundation is emphatic about the fact that it is not an old-age home.

Preposition: on

• point: The prosecution at the original trial was emphatic on this point.

Adjective modifier

• most: Back in daylight once more, several of the more mud plastered members were greeted by a most emphatic ' UGH -- DIRTY!

Converse of object

• make: Notice that Paul calls it " the truth " - there is a definite article that makes this emphatic.

• have: He would have nothing grotesque or obscure; he would not even have anything emphatic or even anything mysterious.

Modifying Another Word

• equally: Aitken was equally emphatic, burying the kick to the keeper's right.

• quite: Asked for her reasons, she was quite emphatic that she had seen a nun walking amidst the trees near the house.

• too: The use of materials subtly supports the disposition of the distinctive functions in the building, without the differentiation being too emphatic.

• so: So emphatic was their victory that none of the team dropped a game.

• very: The poem is all about being able to say the r consonant in Welsh, which is a very emphatic sound in Welsh.

• overly: The camera peers up at them through the rippling waves, linking them together in subtle ways, instead of being overly emphatic.

Modifies a noun

• victory: He memorably scored a hat trick in an emphatic victory over Saracens at the Rec.

• denial: Policemen under pressure to resolve a horrific crime refused to accept the repeated and emphatic denials of a man who was psychologically vulnerable.

• rejection: Their traditional allies in Paris are also in favor despite the emphatic rejection of the text in their own country.

• win: The emphatic win pushed Wolves back into second place in the First Division.

• fashion: We started the season in emphatic fashion demolishing Marlow with some superb football.

• manner: He tells her in the most emphatic manner that he has " done with her.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Such limitation becomes soon emphatic in 2D data because of lack of an ability to capture directional singularity.

Preposition: than

• scoreline: The younger men did not dissapoint, driving Tranmere to a victory that was entirely merited and more emphatic than the scoreline suggests.