(1) Cancellation of the scheme to develop the role of care practitioner has caused dismay in the struggling social care sector, where there was already widespread anger that the chancellor had greatly oversold a supposed £3.5bn package of help for the sector that he unveiled in the review.
(2) Jones says that no one "needs" one and their benefits should not be oversold.
(3) He argues that the human genome project has been overhyped and oversold, that the legal and ethical issues posed by the project are real and unappreciated, and that the dangers as well as the opportunities should be rigorously and publicly explored.
(4) Joan B Wolf, professor of gender studies at Texas A&M University, contends that breastfeeding has been oversold because of three factors.
(5) "The biggest problem facing all of the UN courts today," he says, "is that they were so grossly oversold by human rights advocates during the 1990s.
(6) The prime minister may well be right when he says things are looking up – Britain is doing better on the jobs front than either the US or the euro area, which suggests that sterling may be oversold on the foreign exchanges.
(7) Examples are cited to argue that some mass prevention programs have been oversold.
(8) And the benefits of GMOS have been oversold by the industry: they haven’t, so far, done much to feed the hungry.
(9) Jack Warner had oversold tickets for the 22,000-seat stadium.
(10) Because of the public's interest in ART, its usefulness has been "oversold".
(11) Limited military options, such as air strikes against nuclear facilities, are "oversold as to their ability to end or even significantly delay Iran's nuclear program," the report says.
(12) They have oversold the benefits of prevention and underestimated the secondary effects.
(13) Others argued that opponents had oversold the importance of Keystone XL as a contributor to future climate change.
Sold
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Sell
() imp. & p. p. of Sell.
(n.) Solary; military pay.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is the biggest privatisation since John Major sold the railways in the 1990s.
(2) Alfred Liyolo, 71, one of Congo’s leading sculptors , sold several bronzes to the palace in Gbadolite and designed a church and tomb for Mobutu’s first wife; all were lost or destroyed in the looting.
(3) Half a million homes were sold in Scotland, we lost a huge, huge chunk of stock, and as house prices began to escalate so any asset to the community has gone.
(4) Ultimately, both Geffen and Browne turned out to be correct: establishing the pattern for Zevon's career, the albums sold modestly but the critics loved them.
(5) Perhaps local governments could contribute a proportion of the asking price of a house if it is to be sold to a local who will actually live in it?
(6) Davies, who worked closely with AHTSYL's producers to ensure an accurate picture, worries that some medical stories are sold solely as "emotional journeys".
(7) Glencore has responded in textbook fashion: it has cut operating costs, sold assets and taken the axe to capital investment.
(8) The animals were sold only to smaller farms (less than 500 sows for breeding) with concentional keeping patterns which were kept under constant diagnostic supervision.
(9) More Apple and Android phones have now been sold, for example, than all the Japanese cameras ever made.
(10) Last year Ford sold more than 25,000 white Fiestas.
(11) The four other works were sold at auction at Christie's and disappeared into private collections.
(12) He knew how to shmooze Middle East clients and his al-Yamamah deal - under which jets were sold to Saudi Arabia - was the mid-1980s contract which secured his later position as executive chairman at BAE Systems .
(13) She, and three other captives, were told that if they didn't pay $10,000 each within a few days, they would be sold to Bedouin traffickers in Sinai.
(14) Top Gear, Robin Hood, Doctor Who, Primeval and Spooks were the company's top five highest-grossing shows sold internationally.
(15) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The flat in Crouch End, north London that Linda Grant bought for £92,000 in 1994 and sold for £660,000 last year.
(16) "Weirdly, we sold it to lots of European countries where there's not only the issue about knowing who Steve and Rob are, but I assume all the impressions are slightly lost on them.
(17) I believe that this show, this story, deserves a life.” Cattrall was in Cannes to promote the show, which is currently being sold to broadcasters.
(18) Since 2006, some charities have sold donated goods as agent of the donor and then written to the donor, asking if they wish to give the proceeds of sale to the charity.
(19) The global black market in animal and plants, sold as food, traditional medicines and exotic pets, is worth billions and sees an estimated 350 million specimens traded every year.
(20) When Hussain gave him a camera and told Cromitie to reconnoitre targets, he promptly sold it.