Sentence examples for virtue of over from inspiring English sources

The hierarchy of girls is always restructured come the first day of tenth grade when one of the mid-level girls suddenly ascends to the top of the pecking order by virtue of, over the summer, acquiring a slightly older boyfriend who smokes.

The hierarchy of girls is always restructured come the first day of Year 10 when one of the mid-level girls suddenly ascends to the top of the pecking order by virtue of, over the summer, acquiring a slightly older boyfriend who smokes.

While the novel makes a virtue of over-the-top melodrama and grand guignol, it never quite balances it with any serious probing into the inner lives of its characters.

The government also admits that the potentially adverse impacts of the bill "are likely to fall on black and Asian Muslim men by virtue of their over-representation in civil cases involving national security where sensitive information is being considered".

What Rev. Mohler should have said to Congressman Weiner was that the Judaism in which he was raised has always extolled the virtue of action over dogma, behavior over belief.

They are underdogs by virtue of being over the hill.

Justice Kagan countered that the method actually used had the virtue of measurement over estimation.

Renzi, for his part, said that while he and the Chancellor "may not always have the same opinions" on the virtue of frugality over growth, "the symbols of compromise are important" — by which he meant that Germany risked isolating itself in Europe by its unbending fiscal rigor.

More recent wins for The Artist and Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) over entries like Moneyball and Boyhood, point to renewed interest in unique styles of storytelling.

We show that brief inactivation of c-Myc does not sustain tumour regression in two distinct tissue types; tumour cells in pancreatic islets and skin epidermis continue to avoid apoptosis after c-Myc reactivation, by virtue of Bcl-xL over-expression or a favourable microenvironment, respectively.

Mohamed was a 40 year old man when, in 610 AD, he heralded a new faith pillared on worshiping only one God as well as the fundamental equality of all human beings: "there is no virtue of an Arab over a foreigner nor a foreigner over an Arab, and neither white skin over black skin nor black skin over white skin, except by Righteousness".