The first, highlighted by this revolutionary purchase of a 13% stake in the umbrella City Football Group to China Media Capital (CMC), a Chinese state-backed investment conglomerate, is the overarching global ambition of the Abu Dhabi ownership.
This is the overarching "concept" presented in the Arcade Fire's outstanding third album, The Suburbs.
Though Muslims differ in their adherence to tradition, maintaining modesty is the "overarching Islamic ethic" pertaining to interaction between the sexes, Dr. Padela wrote.
Persistence is the overarching design-problem.
Obviously, the shift to mobile devices is the overarching, mega-tectonic technology platform shift of our times.
"That is the overarching question".
That is the overarching message of the conference.
One is the overarching acceptance of strategic stability.
And there, perhaps, is the overarching issue in the company's performance.
Lost in that analysis is the overarching aim of the movement.
How to fulfill that mandate, though, is the overarching question of the Arab Spring.
