His position placed too great a social distance between him and me not to make me feel the necessity of fashioning my demeanour accordingly.

Without shield four," Worf pointed out, "we place too great a strain on three and five.

Critics contend that theorists place too great an emphasis on the role of social networks while often almost entirely ignoring the cultural underpinnings that allow these networks to form and subsist.

More day trippers would be encouraged to visit the glen, ruining its present appeal and placing far too great a pressure on the single track road leading to it - the only way in or out.

The players, who want to retain the existing free-market system of determining salaries, budged slightly in devising their plan but clearly were not willing to place too great a restriction on the salaries they might earn.

He told her he would assume that she could play the great harp but the octave reaches would place too great a strain on her left hand.

Between you and me, I prefer to keep spiritual leaders at distance; they place too great an emphasis on celibacy and moderation.

Amongst the criticisms of UK financial institutions are the allegations that UK banks place too great an emphasis on lending to consumers, whereas overseas banks are primarily concerned with long-term industrial finance.

Very wide-ranging structural reforms are therefore required, which must prevent problems also being caused by the State placing too great a burden on GNP, unduly high taxes and social and benefits policies making excessive demands.

Researchers and medical professionals "may be placing too great of an emphasis on specific physiological reactions," Koch says.