Example sentences of "[conj] be too [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | SENSITIVE gardeners who baulk at using pesticides , or are too unfit for hoeing , should instead eat their way to a weed-free garden , it is suggested today . |
| 2 | ‘ There are some things that are too subtle for television advertising and you are not going to be able to tell the whole story in 30 seconds . |
| 3 | Differences in quality standards , to which my hon. Friend the Financial Secretary referred , involve issues that are too serious for us to ignore . |
| 4 | A robot capable of entering sewers that are too small for human access has also recently become available in the UK . |
| 5 | The arguments that the desert-living wild asses in northern Africa live in such small groups that this type of bonding enhancement would not be needed , and that the northern horses have winter coats that are too shaggy for vivid striping , are somehow unconvincing . |
| 6 | Eagan , Minnesota-based Cray Research Inc has introduced a new Y-MP M90 series of supercomputers , claiming that they offer the largest main memories ever , in the hope that they make it possible to solve important scientific and engineering problems that are too large for the memory of any existing computer system to handle efficiently . |
| 7 | The South American and the African weakly electric fish are quite unrelated to each other , but both live in the same kinds of waters in their respective continents , waters that are too muddy for vision to be effective . |
| 8 | I mean he does n't dress up smartly , he likes wearing jeans and baggy shirts that are too big for him , and his haircut , now , that 's a bit … strange ! |
| 9 | Cash-strapped governments are being pushed into privatisations that are too big for domestic stockmarkets to absorb at prices that are acceptable to the seller . |
| 10 | Frustration , on the other hand , comes when you are taking bites or making jumps that are too big for you . |
| 11 | Feshaie is a bullet-headed 12 year old who wears a striped T-shirt and shorts that are too big for his skinny frame . |
| 12 | Butter knives that had no handles , Copper keys that fit no locks , Rings that were too small for fingers , Dried-up leaves and patched-up socks . |
| 13 | The minor jobbing work such as labels , bills and prospectuses , which every printer undertook , was a valuable — perhaps an essential — part of the scheme , for it filled gaps that were too short for the stages of book production . |
| 14 | They are better off , therefore , learning the game at the possible expense of Scotland 's full international opponents than being too good for everybody else in the under-21 sphere . |
| 15 | Country that is too dry for tropical forest but has enough rain to ward off desert contains scattered trees in a setting that is primarily grassland . |
| 16 | Children do occasionally comment on the length of dresses though , and have to solve the problem of the dress that is too long for them to walk in , or the jacket which is too small . |
| 17 | The poly gave 15 and 16-year-olds hands-on experience of biochemistry equipment that is too expensive for schools to provide . |
| 18 | The unionists are still trying to replace the Anglo-Irish Agreement with a devolutionary plan that is too wishy-washy for the SDLP and Dublin . |
| 19 | If you knit with a yarn that is too thick for your machine and it feels hard work to you , it is probably hard work for your machine too . |
| 20 | At the other end of the scale , if you knit with a yarn that is too fine for your machine , you may not be able to knit a firm enough fabric . |
| 21 | Sometimes they can be given a lump of clay that is too heavy for them to lift and they will gain new experiences as they try to mould or divide it into pieces of a manageable size . |
| 22 | Tundra describes the open country to the north of the boreal forests that is too cold for trees . |
| 23 | You will be advised however , if you enter an unworkable measurement , such as a neck width that is wider than the shoulder to shoulder width , or a sleeve head that is too big for the armhole for example . |
| 24 | Factors at work that cause stress include the physical demands of some jobs , such as poor working conditions , dangerous elements to the work , shift work and travel demands , as well as work overload , both in terms of having too much work to do , resulting in long hours , and of having work that is too difficult for the individual , causing anxiety . |
| 25 | I never practise anything that 's too difficult for me , ever ! |
| 26 | And getting in trim.The tree that 's too big for its roots . |
| 27 | The head twists out as if the skin is wearing an old fashioned collar that 's too tight for comfort . |
| 28 | Auntie Lou said something that was too low for Carrie to hear and Mr Evans laughed . |
| 29 | She knew it was only to talk to her ; there was a yearning look in his eyes , a look that was too young for the rest of his face . |
| 30 | Toby and I both think that he got himself involved in something that was too deep for him , and that is why he was killed . ’ |