Example sentences of "[verb] are [adv] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My main criticism of the proposals is that the reforms that they suggest are far too complacent and conservative . |
| 2 | The individuals who have contributed are far too numerous to mention . |
| 3 | Those involved are either too distressed , too wounded or too ill-equipped to say what happened and yet it is vital , for the safety of others , that it be brought to public notice . |
| 4 | The amounts of fat-gain and fat-loss involved are usually too small to show . |
| 5 | Because the risks involved are now too great , much of the work of the Christian communities has been abandoned , but religious and lay followers of the Popular Church consider that Romero remains their spiritual leader and continue to provide important support to the opposition : |
| 6 | For some who have been caring for a dependent relative for many years the problems involved are only too familiar . |
| 7 | The costs and the human effort required are simply too great . |
| 8 | I am afraid that by taking the extraordinary measure of stapling this report ‘ because some of the contents are so disturbing ’ , Amnesty has again given credence to the belief that recent torture in Kuwait has been more terrible than in any other part of the world , whereas the repugnant patterns of pain-infliction described are all too familiar from Iran , from Myanmar , Amin 's Uganda , a South America , South Africa etc . |