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It was seen as too precocious or too artsy or too, I don’t know, overly grand.

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The UK has become the "most expensive place in the world" to build nuclear power plants, according to a government review detailing the "overly complex" bureaucracy around the sector.

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“In some ways it can be a good boundary with family, because you have your own built-in source of support if your family is overly intrusive,” Coleman said.

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This could mean no strain in the vocals, and overly polished production, according to Tony Rigg, music industry advisor and lecturer in music industry management at the University of Lancashire.

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The film is sweet and affecting, never treacly or overly sentimental.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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