| The letter is written in an apologetic tone, apparently because the return of the books is overdue. |
| After years of cavalier behaviour, the day of reckoning for the British insurance industry was long overdue. |
| Nicky Henderson's gelding is at his best on right-handed tracks and, after a series of good efforts in defeat this season, is overdue a win. |
| Similarly overdue is a more general debate on the limits, or lack thereof, of political debate. |
| He served in the Army for 23 years and thinks a war memorial in Wootton Bassett, where he lives, is long overdue. |
| It's in every backbencher's hands to make today the day Britain has a long overdue conversion on the road to Damascus. |
