It was in the same year that the church decided that a replacement was well overdue and began fundraising.

BBC: Bristol

If we liberalize them, which seems well overdue, should we still punish the people who violated the law which we later deemed too harsh?

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Ministers agreed that energy conservation was well overdue, but said that the subject had been ignored by the previous government so there wasn't even an energy-saving team in place in the department.

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The plan includes no-objection certificates from lenders and others like fuel suppliers, as well as payment of overdue salaries, Mr. Mallya said.

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Stronger links to China are long overdue as well.

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Those are going well, as part of the overdue refresh.

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But the announcement on January 9th that the government is to encourage the building of nuclear-power stations is more electric: overdue, perhaps, but important and controversial (as well as right).

ECONOMIST: Bagehot

The eighth leg has been a long-overdue success for both boats, who were expected to to well from the start.

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The recovered papers related to demands for overdue tax by the Inland Revenue amounting to millions of pounds as well as records of inquiries by national newspaper journalists asking for information about shareholdings related to Polly Peck International.

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I'm also expecting a decent cup run this season (for no other reason than the fact we're overdue one) and, if you're looking for a daft bet, what about Well skipper and BBC pundit Stephen Craigan to win the European Golden Shoe thanks purely to own-goals?

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