Example sentences of "[pers pn] is too [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is too nice for words . |
| 2 | It is too pure for this impure world , therefore they condemn it as vile . |
| 3 | But Mary feels it is too small for the lower wind speeds , so she may introduce an overlapping furler for the 10 to 18 knot band . |
| 4 | If I was writing it now I would change it , it is too long for a start , there are about four different sections to it . ’ |
| 5 | Not many modern readers like this sonnet — it is too clever for our tastes . |
| 6 | Then he said : ‘ You think it is too dangerous for any Baskerville to live at the Hall because of this supernatural hell-hound . |
| 7 | Or is it so high that it is too cool for crops to ripen ? |
| 8 | It is too deep for me … |
| 9 | The final contents of the budget are only revealed to the Cabinet the day before the Chancellor presents it to the House of Commons , when it is too late for any major changes . |
| 10 | But it is too late for that . |
| 11 | It is too late for British Telecom to return to its old ways if only because the public now knows that it does not have to put up with a telephone system built for the 1950s . |
| 12 | By moving away from his first mate , the male prevents the female from assessing his true status until it is too late for her to do anything about it . |
| 13 | But if it can be proven that overfishing of sand-eel is the principal cause of the problem , we can only hope that remedial action can be taken before it is too late for our important sea-bird colonies to recover . |
| 14 | But it is too late for that now . |
| 15 | ‘ It is too late for that . ’ |
| 16 | I went towards him , and said : ‘ It is too late for Frankenstein to forgive you . |
| 17 | ‘ I am afraid it is too late for that , ’ Mr Aycliffe said with a faint smile . |
| 18 | And even if my eight have sunk to the bottom , it is too late for anyone to interfere with this battle now . |
| 19 | ‘ Hopefully it will save other lives , although it is too late for my son . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Hopefully it will save other lives , although it is too late for my son . ’ |
| 21 | This means that the three remaining days will be packed more tightly and although it is too late for this academic year we will in subsequent years have one day at the start of each term . |
| 22 | Well , it is too disgusting for me to be able to tell you . |
| 23 | It is too disgusting for the children to know ; they have not the same respect for their parents when they know that . |
| 24 | It is too easy for a villain to con his way into an entrance hall by pressing any bell and claiming to be a delivery man . |
| 25 | Here the incoherence has been identified as probably resolvable by a metaphoric reading , but the respondent obviously feels it is too invisible for her to be able , as yet , to resolve it successfully . |
| 26 | But it is too early for a balanced assessment of Stockhausen 's place in 20th-century music . |
| 27 | Hydrangeas are very good , but these have to come from the corporation nurseries as it is too early for outdoor ones . |
| 28 | The tree has fruited quite well again , though it is too early for the fruits to have taken on their heady aroma . |
| 29 | Though it is too early for beginners to concern themselves with the relationship between musical forms and mathematics , the often surprising exactness in the relative proportions of musical sections , and even between movements , may be mentioned here . |
| 30 | I would suggest it is too early for the Working Group to take a definitive view -Divisions may have to respond differently , it is not clear that consultancy is the answer , there still is opportunity to influence the size of the new authorities and then their structure and staff . |