Sentence examples for over a lapse from inspiring English sources

Ajax almost produced an immediate response when Da Silva lost possession and Ozbiliz shot just over, a lapse in concentration that prompted Ferguson to berate his Brazilian defender.

I became well used to her beautiful smile breaking over a lapse of memory or idiosyncrasy.

There was a period when that would have been considered an admirable glimpse of wounded pride over a lapse in standards, but now it looks like a symptom of frustration and mediocrity.

Instead of beating yourself up over a lapse, accept that you're going to experience bumps along the way and put the incident behind you.

While "these so-called 'gaffes' can be attributed to Brown's characteristic clumsiness and social dyslexia," he wrote, "a likeable, successful prime minister would not have attracted such ferocious condemnation over a minor lapse of Remembrance protocol and a misspelt letter".

The measure now heads to the president's desk, more than 48 hours before the government was set to shut down over a funding lapse.

The Germans, after a lapse of over 50 years, seem to be recollecting a devastating experience that had left little trace in the written chronicles of the nation.

Never mind that as soon as this scene is over, they lapse into mumbling, vapid chatter reminiscent of a high school first date.

Now, as the deadlines for turning over the documents lapse, many of the research institutions are digging in for a legal battle, promising to turn over the information only under orders from a judge.

It might belong to a poor stress management based by the financial strain of over-indebtedness to lapse stronger into non-health-conscious behaviour like „smoking" or „increased food intake leading to obesity" [ 23].

The Government has been accused of presiding over a major security lapse after a Briton suspected of featuring in Isis propaganda about its latest murders slipped out of the country while on police bail.