Example sentences of "[coord] the [noun] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those regions where rainfall is adequate , the soil tends to be poor , or the weather too cold . |
| 2 | Strings of pack-animals ( up to thirty per string ) carried bulky loads when the distances involved were too great for cumbersome carts , or the job too urgent for river transport . |
| 3 | If the crowd became too large or the children too cheeky , the stall owner who had granted me permission would disperse them . |
| 4 | When prototypes have satisfied the OR Staff , production is carried out by the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence , using commercial contracts of a number of different types such as ‘ fixed price ’ , ‘ single tender ’ , and the much criticised ‘ cost-plus ’ , which is used when the technical risks are too high , the contractors able to tender too few , or the time too short for normal competitive tendering . |
| 5 | The Earth also spins , quickly enough to ensure that the nights are not too cold , nor the days too hot . |
| 6 | But two ill-fated sojourns to Britain , where he found the language , the climate and the cuisine too harsh for his exotic tastes , left him vowing never to return . |
| 7 | With their curiosity satisfied and the music too slow to be interesting , Wayne and Sandy had taken themselves out into the gardens to cool off . |
| 8 | The sceptics argue that the cost of running rail services will prove too high and the return too low for the private sector . |
| 9 | But the union was too weak and the employers too powerful for much to be achieved . |
| 10 | Roughly midway between the equator and the poles , and in the middle of continents , the summers may be too dry for trees to grow , and the winters too cold . |
| 11 | So , before the rhymes get too painful and the chainsaw too piercing , I decided to state the obvious . |
| 12 | Carrying torches to light their way , they all reached the shore safely , but to their dismay found the wind still unfavourable , and the sea too rough to allow them to get away . |
| 13 | The supper had been too good , the weather was too pleasant and the company too friendly to worry about newspaper stories . |
| 14 | The text written with a generally light touch ( surely some unintentional humour : ‘ Some people consider Rego a feminist because her main characters are always women and they are usually up to mischief ’ ) but the artist 's biographies are fairly useless and the glossary too short to bother with . |
| 15 | ‘ These leases are far too long and the rents too high . ’ |
| 16 | When any seeds arrive from him I will take the first opportunity of sending you a share and in return shall trouble you for some Northern and Welsh plants which I hope we shall make proper conveniency to receive into our Garden in a short time ; for several of those which you were so good as to furnish me with a few years since are lost for want of proper soil and situation , the natural earth of our Garden being too light and dry and the bottom too warm . |
| 17 | But malaria was only regionally important and the drug too expensive to give in sufficient dosage ( McKeown and Brown 1955 , Hobhouse 1985 ) . |
| 18 | If all the voices sing in unison , the sopranos have to sing rather low and the basses too high , so unison singing of the whole choir is seldom used . |
| 19 | An innovation has been to introduce four kings , representing the four corners of the earth , who come to woo Epine and win the kingdom she has seized , are entranced by Rose but rejected by her because the North is uncouth , the East too vain , the West too cynical and the South too violent . |
| 20 | Hatfield 's view was that ‘ the wit is too brittle and the inventiveness too superficial to make more than an ephemeral appeal ’ even though he had been enthusiastic when he first saw it . |
| 21 | If the burden becomes too much and the responsibilities too great , one must always feel that one can turn to somebody who is more knowledgeable , or has broader shoulders and who will share the burden . |
| 22 | What can be asserted is that the benefits are too marginal to warrant the attention the subject has aroused — and the undertaking too complex to be able to withstand the political controversy surrounding it in the West . |
| 23 | The songs , though , are too good , and the melodies too strong , for ‘ Contribution ’ to grow bland . |
| 24 | The songs , though , are too good , and the melodies too strong , for ‘ Contribution ’ to grow bland . |
| 25 | The magnetic deflecting torque is proportional to both the current I in the suspended coil and the magnetic induction delivered by the fixed coils which in turn is also proportional to the same current I. Because the deflecting torque is proportional to I 2 , both alternating and direct currents cause a steady deflection of the suspended coil , the natural frequency of the suspended system being too low and the damping too great for any fluctuations in I 2 to be followed . |
| 26 | He thought the agenda too large and the business too hurried . |
| 27 | They scattered across the dirt plaza that gave the low-lying village its air of consequence ; those whose homes lay uphill began their journey with scuffling games of last-lick which ceased as the road became steep and the heat too strong . |
| 28 | There was not a lot to tour in the inclement weather , though the Bohemia concert party was marked down for a visit , and the bandstand too held promise , though with all these people about , she doubted she would hear the music . |
| 29 | The uniform he was wearing seemed to have been assembled from outfits designed to fit several very different people : the sleeves were too long and the neck too wide , while the cap was so small it had left a pink welt around his forehead . |