Example sentences of "too [adj] [to-vb] that [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed it would not be too much to say that neither woman ever really got over it ; a day before the wedding he had written to Mary Trevelyan , expressing the hope that she would remain on friendly terms both with him and his new wife , but the old intimacy had necessarily gone for ever . |
| 2 | It is not too much to say that this interpretation of what appears the plain meaning of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , would make a farce out of the children 's hearing system . |
| 3 | It was too much to hope that any sign of human presence in the tree would have survived two and a half wintry weeks . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is too much to hope that this concert finally dragged the Petersfield Musical Festival into the 20th century , but with a promised appearance by the acclaimed National Youth Jazz Orchestra next year , as well as The Dream of Gerontius , it remains only for the committee to do something about the slow start to the week for the festival to regain some of its former splendour . |
| 5 | Fifty years after er the end of second world war , it 's too early to speak that this history should n't have any more influence on German politics . |
| 6 | It would therefore not be too unfair to conclude that many teachers , whether in primary or secondary schools , are , by tradition , unfamiliar with discussions that involve the whole curriculum of a school . |
| 7 | The Government 's aim is to decide all cases within a matter of months so that all those affected do not have to wait an inordinate length of time to ascertain their legal status in the U K. It 's obvious to everyone not too blind to see that such changes are vital to the mounting pressures on the existing system |
| 8 | It is stretching cynicism too far to doubt that these men meant what they said , even though other less obviously praiseworthy intentions crept in . |