Even the Dutch, who had a trading post nearby and were anti-Catholic, were startled at the excessive degree of repression.

Her husband was concerned about what he considered the excessive degree of Zdislava's charity to these refugees.

Eugene is played by Paul Singleton, who unfortunately plays the character with an excessive degree of blandness.

"These assets were and still are focused on the Soviet military threat to an excessive degree."

Primary elections have always person-alized politics to an excessive degree, but television has made the situation much worse.

I've also pointed out that you've got those qualities to an excessive degree, in some ways.

"The state has depended on one-shots and borrowing to such an excessive degree that it means you haven't solved the problem," Mr. Hevesi said.

The provinces increasingly viewed him as centralising power to an excessive degree.

Until the conciliation meeting of 21 November it was not possible to agree on a satisfactory solution, and that means living with an excessive degree of risk.

But he played with an excessive degree of expressive freedom.