Sentence examples for may be passed over from inspiring English sources

He may be passed over for rookie Frederik Andersen, who has played well, but whose inexperience risks making him a liability.

"They may be passed over for a job, they may not get a raise, they may be the first person out the door when the company has to cut the workforce," Quelch said.

As part of our commitment to tracking our success in finding promising scholars that may be passed over in traditional law review selection processes, CLR will collect optional demographic data in addition to institutional data and CVs.

If the warden shares unequally with the pensioners, it may be a small sin, but inequality cannot be passed over too indulgently in any one case, for fear that it may be passed over in every case.

For genera that are quite distinct yet oftentimes present many identical phenomena, sleep, for instance, respiration, growth, decay, death, and other similar affections and conditions, which may be passed over for the present, as we are not yet prepared to treat of them with clearness and precision.

"In suggesting that women are less likely than men to have their creative thinking recognized, our research not only points to a unique reason why women may be passed over for corporate leadership positions, but also suggests why women remain largely absent from elite circles within creative industries".

Coyle points out that when NIH funding is more difficult to obtain, as it is now, the most creative science, or science from younger faculty, may sometimes be passed over in favor of the less risky, or the tried and true.

Hard as it may be to be passed over, Heinz Spoerli, the former director of the Zurich Ballet, feels it is far better for dancers to be told early on that they don't have what it takes.A dancer's career is short-lived compared with that of most artists and can be financially unrewarding.

She may have been disappointed to be passed over for the editorship of Monitor in its later seasons, but she was a loyal team player and always presented a cheerful ebullient face to her colleagues and the world.

Ian McEwan may have been passed over for the Booker, but he may yet end the year with a gong in his hand.

Where once Wright fixer-uppers may have been passed over, they now sell no matter what their condition.