"It seemed excessive," Eichel said.
"It seemed excessive to tell you the truth.
"For a three-minute speech, it seemed excessive to scrutinize and rescrutinize every clause," said Ahmad Fawzi, a U.N. spokesman.
While some of these improvements seemed eminently reasonable -- for example, making sleeping bags out of materials that do not absorb water -- a lot of it seemed excessive.
Ng, a thick, genial man with pillowy bags under his eyes, marvelled at Cheung's audacious charm, even when it seemed excessive.
Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon, then brown the veal in the fat (pour some off first if it seems excessive).
Todd Maisel, the vice president of the New York Press Photographers Association, said he disagreed with the decision by the police to take Mr. Nicholas's cameras, saying it seemed excessive.
"It seemed excessive to persecute a man in such fashion," he concedes after slashing the cheek of a hated colleague, the victim's inferior rank insuring that he, not Zama, is banished as a result.
Occasionally it seemed excessive to the layman, most obviously the convoy between the hotel and the ground or airport when the roads were cleared for the buses carrying the teams and the press.
