Sentence examples for had the upper hand over from inspiring English sources

In other words, "men" clearly had the upper hand over "law" and were able to block bankruptcy proceedings.

By and large, however, it's looked that Montreal has had the upper hand over the four games.

Taken together, the arrests are a remarkable reversal from the 1990's, when the gangs clearly had the upper hand over the authorities.

Murray fought like a tiger after being swept aside in the first set, but his long-time rival has had the upper hand over him for more than two years now.

Atlético have had the upper hand over their city rivals this term, beating them 2-1 on aggregate in August to win the Spanish Super Cup and 2-1 athehe Bernabéu in La Liga in September.

Competition was lowest in south east England, where applicants had the upper hand over employers with a ratio of just 0.25 jobseekers per job – four jobs on offer for every jobseeker.

But pop has the upper hand over Hollywood.

In my creativity thought has the upper hand over imagination.

Without a doubt, he seemed to have the upper hand over his opponents outside.

It is perceived as having the upper hand over the Bolshoi.

Developers have the upper hand over small towns by using the law as blackmail to build what they want".