Sentence examples for was deemed excessive from inspiring English sources

The toss was deemed excessive, and the Huskies were penalized 15 yards.

In one case, inflicting cuts and bruises on a child was deemed "excessive corporal punishment," amounting to neglect, the most basic and frequently charged form of child mistreatment.

He was accused of failing to protect the meetings and merchants, and for letting the police use force that was deemed excessive by many.

And if you thought it was a sound left behind in the 1970s and 1980s – a time when no saxophone riff was deemed excessive – you'd be mistaken.

That is, a fixed monthly late charge of $20 was allowed by the courts, while $50 on a rent of $405 was deemed excessive.

And by the same token Monaco also bought him as an investment; they paid €5m (£3.7m) – a price that was deemed excessive in France – for a player who at the time of moving in 2013 had made only three appearances in Ligue 1. Two years later, thanks to the freakonomical ways of the international transfer market, the player's value has increased tenfold.

An increase is deemed excessive if it is "unreasonably high in relation to the benefits provided".

Animals, such as the geese in this article, whose populations have been deemed excessive, received the death penalty.

In fact, with a clearer idea of where other traffic was, the three-mile distance might be deemed excessive and could be cut in certain circumstances.

This allowed member states to avoid collecting VAT on low-value imports where administrative costs were deemed excessive when set against tax receipts they generated.

If the Taser is used outside such circumstances then its use could be deemed excessive and disproportionate – and challengeable by law.