Sentence examples for overstatement for from inspiring English sources

Mr Simms is prone to overstatement, for example.

That is a bit of an overstatement for now.

O.K., maybe "cry" is a bit of an overstatement for what happened.

It has so many smart aids that using the word "driving" feels like an overstatement for the basic activity of clinging to the steering wheel.

A report commissioned by Shell from a law firm and released in April showed why: both men had been aware of the overstatement for at least a couple of years.Now, Shell's attempt to put an end to the crisis by blaming the two men has been undermined by a report from America's Securities and Exchange Commission SECC).

She is prone at times to absurd overstatements, for example that the German people were gripped by the idea that divine providence had destined them to be masters of the universe.

ConAgra Foods Inc. said that fictitious sales and irregular accounting at a unit caused the overstatement of profits for the last three fiscal years.

Royal Ahold, a Dutch supermarket retailer with large operations in the United States, said last month that improper accounting of promotional allowances contributed to a $500 million overstatement of profit for the last two years.

"Having been dragged down by Enron-itis and accounting and accounting-related concerns, and the potential for overstatement of corporate profits, we're now focusing on the main event, which is the recovery in manufacturing and in G.D.P. and in profits," said Jeff Applegate, chief investment strategist at Lehman Brothers.

"It is a gross overstatement of the facts for her to claim even partial credit for bringing peace to Northern Ireland," Mr. Craig wrote in the foreign policy memorandum, which has been distributed to reporters.

Has there been some overstatement of voters' support for Mr Ponta's USL, which was until recently given around 60% of the votes?