Example sentences of "too [adj] for a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was an eerie place , full of strange sounds and dank smells and things too frightful for a small boy to contemplate . |
| 2 | If anything , Ambassador is perhaps a little too strong for a three-day event horse … ’ |
| 3 | If the ball is too far away to trap normally , just press and release the fire button — as long as it 's too low for a diving header , you 'll execute a sliding tackle . |
| 4 | If the lavatory is too low for an elderly person , a raised polypropylene toilet seat which fits over it , but is easy to remove and to wash , can be very useful , and a chromium-plated hand-grip fixed very securely to the wall at the side of the lavatory can also be helpful . |
| 5 | But the house is too overcrowded for an extra person . |
| 6 | ‘ The bridge was too high for a good angle anyway and the fact that it blocked the view of so many meant that the atmosphere never developed properly , so that the cameras had nothing convey . |
| 7 | Trading in the company 's shares was hectic and the 3.5 million Saatchi shares that changed hands by closing time is too high for a simple ramp . |
| 8 | Bates entered his third final in an uneasy mood , stating his opinions about a fine which he considered to be too high for a verbal abuse offence — this did affect his performance . |
| 9 | The role of Treasurer over the years has grown from overseeing simple book-keeping to an extensive involvement and the contributions of Leslie Wise , A.J. Chapman , Albert ( Bert ) Ford and currently Jim Grey , have been valuable indeed and it is not surprising that Arthur Chapman felt the work was too demanding for an Honorary Treasurer , although what each does might vary depending on what bias the secretary brings to his post . |
| 10 | Today 's Eastern Europe is too messy for a tidy plan . |
| 11 | You 're not too old for a good smack . ’ |
| 12 | At 41 , the experts told Liliana she was too old for a natural birth . |
| 13 | We have moved away from such remedies as being too brutal for a humane society and nowadays those who advocate them are seen as blimpish relics of an imperialist , authoritarian society which favoured cold baths and weals on the buttocks as character forming . |
| 14 | Labour 's policies would be mercilessly attacked , but the personalities would receive the ‘ Ashdown treatment ’ — in other words , sex scandals apart , they would be regarded as far too bland for a no-holds-barred hatchet job . |
| 15 | The results of these Monday afternoon treks ( is at Nursery and I am not at work only Monday and Friday afternoon and Friday afternoon is not a good time to go bothering people ! ) were now covering rather more than a double page and indeed was too much for a single newsletter article . |
| 16 | With like at stake , she does n't think it 's asking too much for a reduced speed limit , crossing and street lights . |
| 17 | I did not think £9 too much for a fine steak , or £150 too much for the sort of weekend that would cost £200 in Edinburgh or London . |
| 18 | According to the DoT 's own guidelines such a figure is too much for a dual carriageway . |
| 19 | It was too much for a little girl and I think it rather put me off chapel . |
| 20 | If the upkeep of a garden is getting too much for an elderly person , and finance and willing helpers can be found , a suggestion that it should be paved , with a few easily managed tubs of flowers and shrubs at a convenient height , is often an acceptable idea . |
| 21 | That 's too much for an old lady . ’ |
| 22 | But it is too early for a balanced assessment of Stockhausen 's place in 20th-century music . |
| 23 | He was far too pure for a young boy and he was n't very realistic . |
| 24 | It was too low-lying for a mobile phone and completely isolated , but the buyers loved it . |
| 25 | That night , just seven prison officers were coping with seven hundred and fifty inmates , many violent street gang criminals , involved with drugs and too dangerous for a low security jail . |
| 26 | On the Lantonment and river sides of the banqueting hall there had been no firing of chain shot to clear the jungle : this was partly to save powder , partly because the banqueting hall was , anyway , higher than the surrounding land and thus more difficult to surprise ; there were also natural clearings to be seen here and there where the ground was too stony for a thick growth . |
| 27 | When cultural and economic identity are lacking it is all too easy for a capitalist system to ‘ sell ’ culture issues and values quite aggressively . |
| 28 | Our echographic measurement of the antrum is too schematic for a physiological study of gastric motility but it is sufficient for use in crossover trials where each subject acts as his/ her own control . |
| 29 | When the number of enquiries gets too large for a logarithmic search , or even some form of interpolation search , an indexing technique can be used to retrieve records more quickly . |
| 30 | It is too ambitious for a financial organisation to hope to recognise such situations and respond accordingly ? |