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There is a danger, however, that the double century partnership between Younis and Azhar Ali, freakish in the context of everything else in the series, and made so effortlessly that it might have been on a different pitch, served to over-emphasise how poor the rest of the batting was.

Andy Flower must turn England batsmen into masters of spin | Mike Selvey 2012

Mott thinks that punk has been misrepresented since, both by rock historians who have over-intellectualised its meaning and context, and by curators who over-emphasise its artistic links to previous avant-gardes.

Loud Flash: the art of punk 2010

Heroic poetry has a tendency to focus on the aristocratic classes on the very reasonable basis that they were the ones who could afford bards and one might expect it to over-emphasise aristocratic weapons such as swords, at the expense of more egalitarian weapons like spears and bows that were available to more of the population.

Bowmen in medieval Wales Carla 2009

Besides which - intelligence is an over-rated commodity in politics if only because intellectuals over-emphasise the role of reason and planning in human affairs.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2007

Besides which - intelligence is an over-rated commodity in politics if only because intellectuals over-emphasise the role of reason and planning in human affairs.

It's not good out there 2007

On the other hand, there are plenty of crime journalists who can't write good fiction, and if you over-emphasise the credentials, it'll look as if you haven't worked that out.

Bartleby the Scrivener*** Miss Snark 2007

Now I do appreciate that it is sometimes necessary to over-emphasise a position in order to get it noticed, but the poor practitioner must feel pushed from pillar to post.

Archive 2007-04-01 Clive Shepherd 2007

Now I do appreciate that it is sometimes necessary to over-emphasise a position in order to get it noticed, but the poor practitioner must feel pushed from pillar to post.

An end to polarised argument Clive Shepherd 2007

However, in his statement he said he had commented in particular about the manner in which communities tended to neglect boys and over-emphasise the traditional upbringing of girls, as evidenced in ceremonies such as the reed dance.

ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

I commented in particular about the manner in which communities tend to neglect the boy children and over-emphasise the traditional upbringing of girl children as evidenced in ceremonies such as the reed dance.

STATEMENT BY ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA ON REMARKS ABOUT GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY 2006