Sentence examples for have been overt from inspiring English sources

"To be fair to George Osborne and David Cameron, they have been overt about the fact that they are going to do absolutely everything they can to stop a change that is inimical to their interests".

Although there might not have been overt pressure to slant intelligence toward the administration's stance on Iraq and its perceived WMD threat, the very fact that the vice president had taken time out of his day, come into Headquarters and asked a certain line of questions invisibly and insidiously has the effect of conveying a high level of dissatisfaction with what the CIA has already produced.

Few science educators work in learning environments in which there has been overt direction to emphasize the need for interpersonal skills to better interact with diverse groups, yet we recognize that ability as valuable if not essential for success in professional science careers.

Trump's attack on the Republican Party has been overt.

Indeed, to the unsuspecting television viewer, who for weeks has been watching judges and courtrooms, there have been few overt signs of political jockeying.

As a young boy growing up in Streatham, he tells me, there may have been more overt racism, but communities were not so isolated; the immigration debate has become "toxic" in Britain.

Although there have been no overt snubs of American fans, an undercurrent of anti-American sentiment and suspicion has broken to the surface several times since the start of the Games.

"George Washington warned us never to indulge the supposition 'that morality can be maintained without religion.' " The candidates have been more overt about their religious faith this year than in any other presidential campaign in memory.

In other instances, ethnic tensions have been more overt, said Craig Chico, executive director of the Back of the Yards Neighborhood Council, which administers a business improvement program on Archer Avenue, one of the main thoroughfares through the Southwest Side.

The authority of the government of President Hamid Karzai is much more limited.The assassination this week of Mullah Jailani, who sheltered Mr Karzai during the conflict to oust the Taliban regime, may have been an overt message to the Karzai government of growing dissatisfaction felt by many Afghans.

Some scenes have been more overt, like Marnie of "Girls" masturbating in a gallery bathroom after ravenously flirting with a hotshot conceptual artist.