Sentence examples for overstepping the lines from inspiring English sources

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And after the Supreme Court invalidated a law that exempted masses of ultra-Orthodox Jews engaged in religious studies from military service, on grounds that it was unconstitutional, Mr. Netanyahu determined to replace it with a law that would phase in a more equitable distribution of the burdens of citizenship while not overstepping the lines that his religious partners could tolerate.

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If that means overstepping the line at times, so be it, some punishments are worth taking.

"And then it did it again with ecstasy and I have to say it's not about [me] overstepping the line, it's about the government overstepping the line.

"The number of events that were clearly overstepping the line seems to have now decreased," he said.

Today, our interview makes it to the 27-minute mark before the woman snaps at a question she feels is overstepping the line.

Mrs May refused to accept complaints that politicians were overstepping the line after the head of Scotland Yard attacked "extremely hurtful and untrue" claims that police had been timid.

Here's a clue, for those confused about how to champion Palestinian rights or condemn an oppressive regime without overstepping the line: just treat Israel as you would any other country guilty of human rights abuses.

And over the past two years, some of the biggest companies in Germany, including Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Bank and the national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, have been caught overstepping the line regarding surveillance of critics and their own employees.

As far as I'm concerned, injecting huge amounts of money into helping a select group of athletes, regardless of whether they are technically overstepping the line, is not in the spirit of the sport.

Meanwhile, a group of "rapid-reaction butlers", despatched from Conservative central office, were said to be seeking out Mr Woodward after hiring butler outfits.Whinge of the weekMargaret McDonagh, general secretary of the Labour Party, wrote to broadcasters expressing concern that they might be colluding with anti-Labour protesters, and overstepping the line between making and reporting news.

If they ask you if you have children or plan to, though, that's when you know they're overstepping the line.

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