We are already late and need to concentrate on accelerating the process.

Asking for a less burdensome severance pay regulation doesn't mean that we want to avoid paying it.

The additional costs incurred in power generation should be seen as emergency expenditure. Once prices go up, there is no way they will ever come down again, even if costs fall.

A bride should concentrate on where she is in the process.

We come too late to say anything which has not been said already

You can say you're getting in a little too late when the newspaper is already at your door by the time you get to your room, ... Obviously, it's not the most beneficial situation. You'd like to get in at a decent hour and catch some decent sleep as opposed to getting in, sleeping and going to the park when you wake up.