Sentence examples for were exercised over from inspiring English sources

Despite Daunt Books' recession-defying performance, many eyebrows were exercised over Daunt's new position at Waterstones.

Yes, some people were exercised over expenses, or did not like the state of British politics, but they did not see the connection to AV".

The Army's internal auditors reviewed nearly $1 billion in payments made from Iraqi money and determined that proper accountability and controls were exercised over these payments.

The Spanish, and particularly the Portuguese, were exercised over the need to build electricity interconnectors over the Pyrenees to allow them to increase energy exports; they won a pledge to increase interconnection rates to 15% by 2030.

On a recent afternoon, Abzug was sitting in her crowded midtown office and was exercised over suggestions that Hillary Clinton ought not to attend the Beijing conference, because the Administration was at odds with China over human-rights issues.

While fiduciary requirements are usually part of a SWAp or GBS agreement these may be less effective than the detailed scrutiny that can be exercised over projects.

The test facility enables control to be exercised over affecting parameters.

The warrants can be exercised over a five-year period and are subject to certain restrictions.

Above all, care must be exercised over anachronistic concepts of tribe.

If this degree of control could be exercised over a broader population, perhaps U.S. Health Care, Inc., would be feasible.

"Screening was brutal and violent," Myerson said, "with little control being exercised over the sadistic tendencies of those conducting it.