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I think sports are overemphasized, but it's hard to change.

The media and the religious right both overemphasize the importance of social issues.

Earlier, he said people should not overemphasize the whole issue of the declaration.

But to call for prayer right now would overemphasize the problem that we face.

But the significance of this association should not be overemphasized.

Such things may have an influence on the margins, but they are overemphasized.

"We've probably had periods where we kind of overemphasized the mission."

In trying to reach 18 to 49 viewers we sometimes overemphasize the lower end, the 18-to-34 part.

And the company may have "overemphasized cost containment," the report said.

Perhaps he could be accused of overemphasizing the hand's evolutionary role.

The value of having a big serve - in the men's game, anyway - cannot be overemphasized.

"Neither side should be overemphasized at the expense of the other," he said.

The wisdom and historical impact of this action can not be overemphasized.

Schools overemphasize a culture based on group learning and demand a certain personality type.

This may lead adults to overemphasize the differences between youth and other age groups.

The value of recordings to modern musical culture cannot be overemphasized.

"It's important, in a list of 10 vital issues, not to overemphasize one or two."

"The importance of teaching the Holocaust cannot be overemphasized," he said.

It would be hard to overemphasize the sense of wariness and death here.

"I feel the Mayor in this city has overemphasized that.

The impact of the wider geographical area also seems overemphasized.

I cannot overemphasize how important it is to read stories back before you publish them to the web.

"We cannot overemphasize the significant role that he played."

It would be impossible to overemphasize the importance of television in Japanese life.

If basic skills were undervalued before, they are probably overemphasized now.

Yet we cannot overemphasise that trade is good for both parties.

Take care not to overemphasise a particular colour as the result can be visually dull.

I cannot overemphasise the importance of this proposal.

I cannot overemphasise the role played by the European Parliament, which has been working earnestly on this issue since 2005.

It is hard to overemphasise how important the Camp David accords are to Israel's security.

It is a country that is careful not to overemphasise the status of its own language in the context of its actions.

One mustn't overemphasise it.

Critics have suggested that excessively dramatic presenting and selective editing are used to overemphasise the level of danger and difficulty.

So while we have readjustments to make and recommendations for improvements, at the same time we do not want to overemphasise the negative aspects of our report.

Their analysis reported no statistically significant relationship between passive smoking and lung cancer, though the accompanying editorial noted that "they may overemphasise the negative nature of their findings."

As the mother of 3 teenagers, I think you cannot overemphasise the massive step backwards for millions of teens the withdrawal of EMA was.

The style isn't as cogent or attractive as the old, especially the low-drag nose and some colours overemphasise the ludicrous rear lamp/spoiler moulding.

PPP calculations tend to overemphasise the primary sectoral contribution and underemphasise the industrial and service sectoral contributions to the economy of a nation.

And today's debate will doubtless not be the last - although a better slot next time round would be nice. We as a parliament clearly cannot overemphasise our position on liberalising postal services.

Mr President, I cannot overemphasise the importance of the issue that has been raised by some speakers already, that is to say, the basic question of how the Agenda 2000 dossier is to be moved forward.

This family connection may lend some weight to some of the hearsay stories in Pitscottie's chronicle, although the relationship also caused Pitscottie to overemphasise the roles of the Lindsays of Byres.

Mr President, we cannot overemphasise the importance of EU-China relations, which have developed significantly in recent years, as we all know, specifically in the areas of political dialogue, trade relations, and scientific and technological cooperation.

Mr President, when we talk about tobacco products, we cannot overemphasise how much damage they cause to people's health, not just active smokers but also those who are passively exposed to the carcinogenic effects of tobacco smoke against their will.

The fostering of this false security by diving agencies that overemphasise the effectiveness of the buddy system, develops a sense of complacency in divers about their capability to deal with these problems, a capability which they often do not have.

Criticism might be aired at the precision of control being a mite loose for some of the game's more intricate sections, but to overemphasise such a minor fault would be unfair to a game that really does get so much right.

I cannot overemphasise the need for proper building insulation and, as my colleague just said, the need to stop the waste of energy in these enormous slab blocks in the Eastern European countries that are now in the European Union.

I don't want to overemphasise the importance of my relationship with Mr B, which has become an occasional feature in my life rather than a grand passion, but to rediscover yourself as an attractive, sexual being in your fifties is no small thing.

But I think that to overemphasise this in the report without, at the same time, trusting in the fact that China is more than capable of evaluating whether or not it is in a position to cope with accession is to underestimate China's capabilities considerably.

- (PT) We cannot overemphasise the importance of support instruments for small and medium-sized undertakings, which play a crucial role in job creation, in the impetus for investment and in the economic growth of the Member States and the European Union.