Example sentences of "too [adj] [prep] an [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But the house is too overcrowded for an extra person . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Non-tidal and desperately steep , they 'll be too hard for an old fart like me ; but round the corner is a huge , blocky , roofed sweep of rock on which I 'd reckon to stand a chance . |
| 5 | Well , it 's what you might call clerkin' work , writin' letters for business firms at 'ome , which do n't come too welcome to an active man like 'im , so 'e likes to get out as much as 'e can to give 'is gammy leg a walk . |
| 6 | ‘ It cost far too much and is far too grand for an old fellow like me . ’ |
| 7 | This is a rough , powerful-looking building of the fortified kind , begun in the year 1080 on the site of a vanished basilica , with a ruined porch , a tall ‘ rustic ’ tower over the northern portal and a tiled tambour above the crossing — but the outside of Sainte-Croix is too complicated for an architectural amateur to describe , a beautiful jumble of roofs , slates , tiles and corbels . |
| 8 | From the moment Galwey won his first international cap against Namibia two years ago the experts claimed he was too short for an international lock forward , too slow to be an effective No 8 . |
| 9 | Three serious question marks stand between Baggio and a first-choice place in Italy 's World Cup team : One : as a small , light , ‘ technical ’ player , is he simply too fragile for an Italian midfield ? |
| 10 | When Eliot had spoken well of me in the reply to John Garrett , to which I have referred , the latter was slightly miffed , I could tell ; for although he showed it me with some pride as being a favourable reply to his request , he countered the praise it contained by saying that Eliot was being far too kind to an absolute novice . |
| 11 | We 're not doing it too strongly because of course it is quite difficult to , for an English ear perhaps to get attuned to it if one was doing it very very strong , so I 'm trying to do one that is n't er too alien to an English ear . |
| 12 | So we can take it that Mick is none too keen on an open door policy at 10 Records ? |
| 13 | Scorching of furniture left too near to an open fire or a gas fire would be considered as fire damage , but if it was an electric fire or a radiator , then this would not be fire damage as there would have been no combustion . |