What's the difference between boundaries and overstep?

Boundaries


Definition:

  • (pl. ) of Boundary

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
  • (2) In contrast, boundary layer diffusion is operative in the release from the matrixes prepared by compression of physical mixtures.
  • (3) The review will now be delayed for five years, leaving the next election to be fought on the existing constituency boundaries, and seriously damaging David Cameron's chances of winning an overall majority in 2015.
  • (4) In Europe such escapees often find themselves recaptured by boundary adjustments.
  • (5) This gene was previously shown to have a DNase I- and S1-sensitive site for which the boundaries varied with the cell cycle, and we have now precisely mapped these modifications.
  • (6) Past measurements have shown that the intensity range is reduced at the extremes of the F0 range, that there is a gradual upward tilt of the high- and low-intensity boundaries with increasing F0, and that a ripple exists at the boundaries.
  • (7) The problem, however, is that this scale of economic planning and management is entirely outside the boundaries of our reigning ideology.
  • (8) His first ball reaches Ali at hip height and he flicks him to fine leg for a boundary that takes him to a quite epic century.
  • (9) Upon estimation of 5' and 3' boundaries, a 497 base stretch of homology with the TOP1 mRNA was found.
  • (10) Responses above the associated boundary decreased stimulus intensity, responses below the associated boundary increased stimulus intensity.
  • (11) The position of the sedimenting boundary can be observed at any time during the run, and up to six 'photographs' can be recorded for subsequent analysis.
  • (12) If figurative language is defined as involving intentional violation of conceptual boundaries in order to highlight some correspondence, one must be sure that children credited with that competence have (1) the metacognitive and metalinguistic abilities to understand at least some of the implications of such language (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980; Nelson, 1974; Nelson & Nelson, 1978), (2) a conceptual organization that entails the purportedly violated conceptual boundaries (Lange, 1978), and (3) some notion of metaphoric tension as well as ground.
  • (13) First, chains are constrained by their inability to penetrate the boundary.
  • (14) Within the developing CNS of mouse embryos the anterior boundaries of expression are specific for each gene.
  • (15) Cities and counties across the US have also passed laws that prohibit such performances from occurring within their boundaries.
  • (16) The rate of forward patch movement was generally greater at positions further behind the boundary.
  • (17) He said the proposals had been directed at seats that have not changed hands for many years, but said with the redrawing of the constituency boundaries required by David Cameron's desire to cut the number of constituencies no safe seats as previously defined would exist.
  • (18) A line iterative technique is described to solve numerically the resulting coupled system of nonlinear partial differential equations with physiologically relevant boundary and entrance conditions.
  • (19) Many Iranian women are already pushing the boundaries , and observers in Tehran say women who drive with their headscarves resting on their shoulders are becoming a familiar sight.
  • (20) And then, as the Guardian revealed at the weekend, there is the potentially devastating effect of the boundary changes, which can’t really be brought in before an early election but will radically tilt the field by 2020.

Overstep


Definition:

  • (v. t.) To step over or beyond; to transgress.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) "I knew this was a first amendment case, and that the secret service had overstepped its bounds, due generally to fear and suspicion of new computer media."
  • (2) Revelations about Charles' power of consent come amid continued concern that the heir to the throne may be overstepping his constitutional role by lobbying ministers directly and through his charities on pet concerns such as traditional architecture and the environment.
  • (3) In a statement to the Commons, he said it was a matter of great regret that his special adviser, Adam Smith, had felt forced to resign , but insisted he had known nothing about the "inappropriate" volume and tone of communications between Smith and News Corp. Hunt said he believed Smith had overstepped the mark "unintentionally" and had not believed he was giving anything more than advice on process.
  • (4) The row over the legality and wisdom of the deal made to secure Bergdahl’s release has intensified in recent days in Washington, where Republicans argue Obama overstepped his authority when he decided to release the Guantánamo prisoners, and that he has put American lives at risk.
  • (5) Off stage, I think the material is justified, because it is about intent: ultimately, Carol Thatcher thinks she has done nothing wrong, while I am aware of which lines I have overstepped and why.
  • (6) The arbitration hearing before a former federal judge will determine whether the NFL overstepped its authority in modifying Rice’s two-game suspension, making it indefinite after video of the running back hitting his wife – then his fiancee – was released by TMZ.
  • (7) Clifford, who has been involved in a sequence of high-profile tabloid stories, said he had been told by the police more than two years ago that his phone had been hacked: "I believed that this was a one-off, just two lads overstepping the mark.
  • (8) "When there is – in the PCC – already a channel to express dismay that a paper has overstepped the line, do people want a government body telling us what we can read and think?"
  • (9) Mourinho was fined £25,000 on Wednesday morning after the FA ruled he had overstepped the line with his remarks about the “campaign” against Chelsea and, later in the day, the governing body brought the charge against Costa, following Tuesday night’s stormy Capital One Cup semi-final against Liverpool, which Chelsea won.
  • (10) He said his special adviser had "overstepped the mark unintentionally".
  • (11) The resolution said the Turkish government had overstretched the state of emergency law introduced after last July’s coup, with “ruling through decree laws going far beyond what emergency situations require and overstepping the parliament’s legislative competence”.
  • (12) On the other hand, the use of explanations in a situation where understanding is required, is as unscientific as is an understanding that oversteps its methodology.
  • (13) 2.32pm GMT Smith says the press has challenged the intelligence services and reported on the Snowden leaks - but one newspaper, in seeking to raise important issues, has overstepped the mark to a degree that we are currently in a situation where national security is being threatened.
  • (14) Johnson Sr said he believed the BBC had overstepped the mark, and added: "One of the issues Eddie Mair totally failed to address was the Leveson thing.
  • (15) That she “oversteps the mark” – countermanding ministers and participating in top-level meetings and even cabinet discussions in ways senior Coalition figures believe is inappropriate for an unelected official.
  • (16) A vast majority of the Reddit community believes that Pao, ‘a manipulative individual who will sue her way to the top’, has overstepped her boundaries and fears that she will run Reddit into the ground,” wrote the author or authors of the petition.
  • (17) Jeremy Hunt doesn't call community mental services to ask who they're neglecting, he calls A&E to bellow at them for overstepping a four-hour wait.
  • (18) Mounting a forceful defence of the NSA, Obama said: “They’re not abusing authorities in order to listen to your private phone calls, or read your emails.” He did not mention that judges on the secret surveillance court have found NSA has repeatedly and “systematically” overstepped its bounds.
  • (19) His comments came hours after Alison Saunders, the director of public prosecutions, said that detectives had “overstepped the mark” when they said the allegations were true.
  • (20) Feinstein and other senators on the committee were furious at what they argue was the CIA overstepping its constitutional powers by conducting an unauthorised, potentially criminal search of their staff computers.

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