But the overriding theme of the 1998 initiatives is not conservative at all.

Art's particular ability to shape history is the exhibition's unspoken but overriding theme.

An overriding theme in his novels is the focus on the common man.

Nothing less than the human condition was Limon's overriding theme until his death in 1972.

The overriding theme is self-determination in conducting their own affairs.

The overriding theme was a feeling of helplessness by a population determined to be heard.

The book's overriding theme is the spoiling of the seas.

His overriding theme was that he has faith in the team.

The overriding theme is the nature of women's work at that time, in the context and community.

The overriding theme of those years was her constant struggle to make ends meet.