Only years later did we understand the trade-offs this involved: the creation of excessive bureaucracies(官僚機構),the difficulty of forging personal connections between teachers and students.

Concern about excessive Internet use isn't new.

But as reliance on the Web grows, there are signs that the question is getting more serious attention: Last month, a study published in CNS Spectrums claimed to be the first large-scale look at excessive Internet use

L) The college admission essay contains the grandest American themes―status anxiety, parental piety (孝順), intellectual standards—and so it is only a matter of time before it becomes infected by the country's culture of excessive concern with self-esteem.

Rule against Monsanto's excessive extension of its patent rights

Of the produce that does appear in the supermarket, commonly used sales promotions frequently encourage customers to purchase excessive quantities which, in the case of perishable foodstuffs, inevitably generate wastage in the home.