"over the rationale" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It means to be discussing or considering the reasoning or justification behind something. Example: The committee members debated over the rationale for implementing the new policy.
The debate over the rationale for the war was reopened by leaders of the House Intelligence Committee, who have delivered a critical interim assessment of how intelligence agencies concluded that Iraq had forbidden weapons and ties to Al Qaeda.
Rising tensions between the two parties over the rationale and planning for the Iraq war could spill over into the nomination arena, making the fight over Judge Alito even more contentious.
Pointing to the rise in Publicis shares of just 0.25% in Paris, with Omnicom also minor modest gains in New York, Sorrell added that there appeared to be investor doubts over the rationale of the deal.
He does admit to a few errors, though, including the failure to defend Bush more aggressively over the rationale for the Iraq war when no weapons of mass destruction were found.
A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, in Richmond, Va., unanimously ruled against Mr. Snyder, though the judges split 2-to-1 over the rationale.
As cold war veterans puzzled over the rationale for Russia's extraordinary effort to place agents in American society, both Russian and American officials signaled that the arrests would not affect the warming of relations between the countries.
Over time the rationale for UGBs changed to "don't Californicate Oregon"—ie, don't become Los Angeles, a freeway sprawl with no centre.
Moreover, officials acknowledge that the summit meeting has helped fuel some doubts over much of the rationale for a missile defense, which is that the North Korean government was so irrational and unpredictable that it would not respond to normal threats of deterrence.
The City regulator was one of the first in Europe to stop all-cash bonuses and demand that a proportion be paid in shares and spread over three years – the rationale being that this will make bankers think more carefully about their long-term actions.
Since the patient had been stable for 4 days, the plan was to observe over time, with the rationale that if surgery could be delayed, a successful laparoscopic intervention was more likely.
The Arizona State Legislature openly employed the specter of Asian preferences for sons over daughters as the rationale for this legislation.
