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Tigers mounted a last, desperate attack in the final moments and captain Slater came within two metres of the line but Graham Kitchener's overeagerness got the better of him and James was able to clear the danger.
7 FABIO DA SILVA Again looked a liability in defence that undermines eagerness, all too often overeagerness, to go forward.
McLaren encourages us to "first do no harm" and then by moving from an over-literal reliance on the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) and an overeagerness to prescribe too quickly and too often, (hopefully) do a great deal of good.
Boards are reacting with overeagerness to recruit and seat digital directors for fear of being left behind.
(7) Three main ideas inform this position: (1) the dreams are products of Lucius' desire, revealing his overeagerness for religious experiences; (2) the priests manipulate this desire, influencing or interpreting Lucius' dreams to their advantage; and, (3) Lucius is presented as gullible because he trusts his 'charlatan' priests and believes his 'self-generated' dreams, finding divine significance in unimportant details.
Still, they kept the Falcons at bay until the 17th minute, largely through the overeagerness of the visiting backs to find the million-dollar pass to the wings before sucking in the defence down the middle.
None of these conflict-control devices directly addresses the countervailing bias, which is the overeagerness of defendants and upper-level excess insurers to settle pre-trial when doing so would shift liability onto primary and lower-level excess insurers.
The vendor's financial risk, eagerness, or overeagerness to sell goods or services to the government has no role in the definition of an unauthorized commitment.
Counselors should also be alert to overeagerness of the conscious mind to resolve untidy cognitive and relational issues or to a lack of awareness of unconscious dimensions of the self.
Gordon's antidote to contain a trader's overeagerness and maintain his discipline?
(overeagerness to buy drugs) as additional tip-offs to criminals.
Maybe overeagerness played its part in me not being fit at the start of the season.
It is difficult to criticise, but there was a little bit of overeagerness in Gildea's challenge from behind on Villaneuva.