Example sentences of "[vb -s] be too [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ There has been too much talk about the job and not enough about our position in the League . |
| 2 | Hussey denies the charge that he has been too much of a ‘ hands-on ’ chairman . |
| 3 | There has been too much diversion of activity towards the idea of maintaining simple diversity in the living systems of the planet . |
| 4 | I believe that there has been too much attention to ordering of content — which is an easy job — and too little in considering the process — which is a very difficult one . |
| 5 | There has been too much upheaval , too much conflict , too much misunderstanding , about farming and the countryside . |
| 6 | Some critics say there has not been enough action over Aids while others complain there has been too much . |
| 7 | Many teachers in Britain regard verbal arts , under the guise of ‘ creative writing ’ , with suspicion because often there has been too much emphasis on free expression . |
| 8 | Historically there has been too much reliance on ex post financial accountability in the form of audit reports and ad hoc investigations . |
| 9 | Even the very limited amount of competition and market liberalisation proposed in the Electricity and Gas Directives has been too much for the German ( highly inefficient ) coal-mining interests to swallow . |
| 10 | For those who have survived the recession intact there has been too much self-interest , need and greed , stab and grab , call it what you will , and companies I believe are suddenly beginning to realise that integrity , ethics and pragmatism may have a ‘ bottom line ’ value in the years to come that the accountant 's profit culture attitude may change a little . |
| 11 | Similarly it was in a private letter that a Cornish mine agent wrote in 1793 : The common tinners continue to be very refractory and insolent : many of them refuse to work , and have not gone underground for three weeks past — They have no cause for it for their wages have been rather too high lately than otherwise ; the consequence has been too much brandy drinking and other bad practices . |
| 12 | ‘ There has been too much of that already , ’ said Owen . |
| 13 | And my enormous thanks go to my own Table , Chester seventy six , very very true friends indeed and the same for the whole of my own area , Area thirty six Wirral and the Marches , where nothing has been too much trouble and they are here today as you 've just seen in some considerable strength . |
| 14 | It 's been too much for him , too great a burden . |
| 15 | There 's been too much velvet in our revolution . |
| 16 | ‘ There 's been too much talking already . |
| 17 | Though up to now he 's been too much in love with himself , ’ said the chief inspector frankly , ‘ to show much interest in girls . |
| 18 | There 's been too much bitterness already . |
| 19 | There 's been too much of that . ’ |