Sentence examples for proved excessively from inspiring English sources

That paragraph proved excessively tricky to compose, as Ponting and Clarke have just been run out.

The result was that share options dished out to directors proved excessively generous as share prices shot up after privatisation.

But, as defensive skills improved, the average length of a game in moves increased, and 24 moves in two hours proved excessively generous.

Other desserts proved excessively saccharine: apple and jammy blueberry crumble, a syrupy rendition of bananas Foster and a disappointing strawberry shortcake with juiceless strawberries and an unpleasantly soft "biscuit".

But a lovely pork chop could have used more subtle accompaniments: The mango-bourbon sauce proved excessively sweet, and the flavor of the whipped sweet potatoes was too strong.

In 1991 Deep Thought's team said the program, renamed Deep Blue, would soon be playing at the equivalent of a 3000 rating (compared with Kasparov's 2800), but this proved excessively optimistic.

Though the territory of conflict is traversed with wide-awake, cliche-subverting intelligence, these connections do occasionally clunk; the parallels occasionally prove excessively neat.

The Dutch government has said that by next year 30% of executive board positions should be held by women, but that may prove excessively optimistic; the level is currently just 6%, according to Mijntje Luckerath, an academic at Tilburg University, who also blames old-fashioned selection processes.

The issue was most pronounced in certain breeds, with 80percentt of pugs, 68percentt of Basset hounds and 63percentt of Labradors proving excessively fat.

It is also reasonable to suggest that attempts to undertake frequent intercourse for the duration of the cycle (NICE, 2004) may prove excessively demanding and thus as emotionally challenging as timing intercourse to the fertile period.

So disturbed was Mr. Vallone's staff about the criticism that late yesterday his aides toured Room 9, where the City Hall reporters work, showing them old budget estimates by Mr. Hevesi that had proved to be excessively pessimistic.