Sentence examples for or overruled from inspiring English sources

Even when it made plans for the American market, those decisions were often second-guessed or overruled by German executives.

Then comes the agony of arranging the funeral procession, with Robert Kennedy (Peter Sarsgaard and Jack Valenti Max Casellala) poised to be consulted or overruled.

If the Shadow has a flesh-and-blood counterpart in the hierarchy of Hollywood, it is the writer: a pasty loser, whose suggestions are constantly being ignored or overruled.

Blumenthal and Morone's most provocative finding is that presidents who have been most successful in moving the country toward universal health coverage have disregarded or overruled their economic advisers.

Partly because they have been eclipsed by the director or overruled by the producer in our film cosmos, or simply lost in a sea of credits in which any single contribution was impossible to assess, it has always been more difficult to sort out a screenwriter's "signature" than a director's.

This holds that directors of public companies cannot be held liable for or overruled on decisions, good or bad, that are based on their best business judgment.

Ignoring or overruling those who disagreed with him got a lot accomplished, but it also got in his way.

Church prophet Joseph F Smith said: "A miracle is not, as many believe, the setting aside or overruling of natural laws.

"It is one that no court, in any jurisdiction, in any land, could revoke or overrule," he said.

It is not obvious that the court would have to alter or overrule its decisions to rule in favor of same-sex marriage.

A delay before announcing the board's decision gives the country's political leaders time to consider whether to postpone or overrule the issuance of a license.