Example sentences of "[coord] too [adj] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 're too big to be niche players and too small to be low-cost producers . ’ |
| 2 | If this all sounds a bit old-fashioned and too good to be true , you have only to look at the happy faces of these children who thoroughly enjoy spending their weekends mucking out , cleaning tack and grooming , while waiting their turn to ride . |
| 3 | And too good to be true . |
| 4 | Under the glare of the fluorescent light the whole bizarre scene , Berowne 's sprawled body and severed throat , the clotted blood , the tramp propped like a stringless marionette against the wall , looking for a moment unreal , a Grand Guignol tableau too overdone and too contrived to be convincing . |
| 5 | The main point to realise is that if you can not feel a positive lock , you are either not pushing hard enough or the lock is completely out of adjustment and too light to be effective . |
| 6 | The pyocyanases and the penicillia did not appear to harm patients , but they were too difficult to extract and too unstable to be useful . |
| 7 | She was too restless to stay still for even a moment , but too tired to be able to think straight . |
| 8 | They are ingenious but too contrived to be convincing . |