Example sentences of "it [be] too [adj] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 But it 's too simplistic to pretend that one way is better than the other because the comparison is n't between like and like .
2 Of course , erm there 's a lot more individual responsibility is needed than that , but it 's too simplistic to say that that erm to smile upon these people who have problems would solve everything erm but erm to make it your own responsibility to find out more and to find out the ways in which you can help I think is very important and is everybody 's responsibility .
3 And I do n't think that it 's too far-fetched to assume that person is one and the same ! ’
4 It 's too early to say whether the ‘ intensive ’ model will become a regular feature of subject assessment , although early indications are favourable .
5 She said she 'll send me a letter , but I reckon it 's too early to go and have a look .
6 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 .
7 Doctors say it 's too early to tell if she 'll be able to see again .
8 No , it 's too easy to forget that something which I hardly ever think about now was then a very great concern .
9 Did n't get the plates , I 'm gon na get them tomorrow , it 's too awkward to carry but I generally get nothing exciting .
10 Gain attention before speaking , then make the subject known at the beginning of the conversation , not at the end when it is too late to contribute or to follow the train of thought .
11 This rift in work relationships can be shattering , producing a sense of redundancy at a time when it is too late to retrain or seek another label and identity .
12 Today , with less than 2½ per cent of Britain 's people left on the land ( and this percentage is still falling ) , the destruction of the ‘ bold peasantry ’ might be considered complete ; that it is too late to revive and rebuild it .
13 It is too strong to say that it has been corrupted — after all , James I dished out so many knighthoods ( 2,600 ) that the Venetian ambassador to London thought the knights ‘ no longer distinguishable from common people ’ — but at best it is dull .
14 It is too easy to say that the Opposition are just scaremongering and making it all up , and it will not be as bad as we fear .
15 It is too easy to assume that older patients can not inject their own insulin and thus need to involve relatives or the district nurse .
16 It is too simplistic to suggest that by offering improved opportunities in a less restrictive setting , individuals with often severe learning difficulties , frequently additional disabilities , and histories of damaging experiences , will thereby have access to improved , more satisfying life-styles .
17 It is too early to conclude if the pact on quotas will stick .
18 Support from other UK insurance companies has been mixed — ‘ it is a very conservative sector ’ , he says — and it is too early to say whether the method will be generally accepted .
19 It is too early to say whether IBM 's competitors in the database arena will be able to adapt their products to the new hardware at an affordable cost .
20 It is too early to say whether this is the way the brain works but , as Rolls ( 1987 ) points out , it would make a lot of sense of a lot of uninterpretable data if it was ; it also makes sense on logical grounds , since it gets round the problems associated with grandmother cells , like the problem of perceiving novel objects and the complexities of arranging the massive degree of convergence of input required for grandmother cells to work .
21 It is too early to say whether these increases in process costs will be offset by other efficiency gains .
22 Prof Carter described the laboratory evidence as really dramatic but said it is too early to say whether the same effect can be produced in patients .
23 It is too early to say if his eyesight will be affected .
24 Mr Dole hopes this year to slip a repeal measure through the Senate attached to another bill , but it is too early to tell whether he has enough support .
25 A belated but growing recognition of both of these problems has seen the development of some special initiatives designed to relieve them ; it is too early to tell whether sentencing trends can be reversed but there are early indicators with the under-21s , who are being especially targeted by the probation service in offering courts non-custodial options , that are encouraging .
26 The E-culture has only been raving since 1986 , so perhaps it is too early to tell if it can cause long term mental changes .
27 At the time of writing it is too early to determine whether the IEBPC 's Frankfurt seminars , presentations and cocktail parties will lead to a significant international force stimulating a vigorous wave of Data Discman publishing .
28 It is too early to establish whether recurrent stone formation after percutaneous cholecystolithotomy differs from other non-operative treatments .
29 An employer will have to write down the assessment as a record only if it is too complex to repeat when necessary .
30 The problem for many people today is not that it is too difficult to believe but that it is too easy .
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