Sentence examples for if not excessively from inspiring English sources

"Southland" is not a perfect show, by any means, and sometimes it balances its gloominess with epiphanies that are undeniably pat, if not excessively heavy-handed by the standards of basic cable.

"So not excessively excessive.

But if this was not excessively slow play it is difficult to imagine what is.

Fairytales are also and always about transformation of various kinds – frogs into princes, coal into gold – and if they are not excessively moralistic, there is usually a happy ending.

Main findings of this study are as follows: Firstly, both types of enterprises can achieve optimal social investment if the budget constraints are not excessively binding as the government will have sufficient financial resources to subsidize both types regardless of how funds are obtained.

I may gag at the thought of Donkey Sauce as a food item, but if it were the title of a play or a painting or a book, I'd want that work treated honestly, directly, vigorously, creatively -- and negatively if a critic warrants -- but not excessively.

not excessively, not right now.

Third, they are not excessively partisan.