Example sentences of "[is] too [adj] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ … there are innumerable situations in which they [ tests of significance ] are totally unnecessary — because the difference is grotesquely obvious , because it is neglible , or because , whether it be formally significant or not , it is too small to be of any practical importance . |
2 | By then it is too late to be of any good to anyone , and particularly dad . |
3 | Such a model , in this bare form , is too mechanistic to be of real value . |
4 | The potential net pay of the basinal carbonate unit is too thin to be of interest as a reservoir because the total thickness of the unit in Tønder-2 is only 3 m . |
5 | Wendler recognises that object-oriented technology will play a central role in the distributed management systems of the future , though it is too immature to be of any real use at present , he says — ‘ the class definition stuff that OMG is working on now is much more important than the Object Request Broker . ’ |
6 | It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time . |
7 | Combine these two flaws and there 's often a lack of players on-screen at one time — the scanner does n't help matters as it 's too small to be of any use . |
8 | It 's too fat to be in a shoe box . |