With the passing years, Fellini approached his material with an extravagance that bordered on the bombastic.

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Mr Pickles has been at the forefront of the government's efforts to decentralise power - and has fought a series of high-profile battles with quango and council bosses over alleged extravagance with public money.

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At a time when movie musicals have come to be synonymous with emotional and visual extravagance -- the super-mega-over-the-topness of "Chicago" or "Dreamgirls" -- Mr. Carney has dared to take everything down to its essence.

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The worry that a resolution of 3, 840 x 2, 160 (four times that of 1, 920 x 1, 080 Full HD) is not only an extravagance, but an invisible extravagance to anyone with regular visual acuity?

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Galina and her Moscow set, with their tolerated immorality and conspicuous extravagance, were a foretaste of the Yeltsin era.

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Women attending the race keep custom clothiers in business, with eye catching clothing and millinery extravagance, a sea of silk, chiffon, sateen, and lace.

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Yet the main reason for dissatisfaction with America's performance is not its extravagance: it is the numbers of uninsured (see article).

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The desert city of tantalizing debauchery and entertainment extravagance logged in 88, 198 filings last year, with one out of every nine home owners in distress.

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With many Americans struggling to pay bills, find jobs and even avoid foreclosure, it may seem like an extravagance to spend hundreds of dollars on a laptop or a digital camera.

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