Example sentences of "[vb pp] to [be] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the second year in a row that the Opposition leader has claimed to be too busy to talk to the boisterous crew . |
| 2 | The ‘ taste and decency ’ clauses of the BBC and ITA charters are considered to be too weak by the moral tendency of the Conservative Party . |
| 3 | She eventually died after 65 weeks of successful treatment , with severe cachexia and large bowel obstruction. at the end , her general condition was considered to be too poor to justify a defunctioning colostomy . |
| 4 | Often the volume of references and information produced by online services is considered to be too great and this ‘ sea of information ’ is confusing to the user . |
| 5 | The risk of ethnic conflict in Bosnia-Hercegovina was considered to be too great for that republic to qualify for EC recognition . |
| 6 | This is due to the very limited life time of the adsorbent in this situation and the cost of its replacement is considered to be too high . |
| 7 | They were interested , but their fees were considered to be too high . |
| 8 | This was bought-in at £6 million at Christie 's on 15 April , largely because the estimate was considered to be too high for what one expert commented was ‘ an early , dark , Leyden-period picture , which is at variance with what people want and expect in Rembrandt . |
| 9 | Also the Transport Authority was expressly empowered to require the Executive to provide a service at a cost the Executive considered to be too high , so long as the Transport Authority provided the necessary additional cost . |
| 10 | It appears that changes in the card catalogues were considered to be too difficult and costly to implement . |
| 11 | The risks involved in displeasing the company were deemed to be too great . |
| 12 | It was then necessary to determine the ’ neighbourhood size ’ around each word , i.e. the limit beyond which words are deemed to be too far apart to be considered as neighbours . |
| 13 | These arguments have been used to justify the continued operation of branch railway lines and low productivity coal pits , where the costs of closure to the local economy were deemed to be too high , even if the operations themselves were unviable . |
| 14 | Thrifts were banned by law from investing in equities which were deemed to be too risky . |
| 15 | Insiders in the Cope camp claim that the 34-year-old singer was deemed to be too old and uncommercial by Island . |
| 16 | Almost a quarter of the world 's population — 1.2 billion people — were reckoned to be too poor to meet their most basic needs for food , clothing and shelter . |
| 17 | The increase was even felt to be too great : in 1964 , when British groups reached 212 , it was decided to slow down the growth in the UK — not to ‘ act upon the ephemeral enthusiasms of an odd individual ’ , but to go for quality . |
| 18 | The Department of Defense refused further co-operation , the risk of a hostile audience reception being felt to be too great , and there was perceived to be an indifference to the war created by television news saturation . |
| 19 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 20 | The following night , Vega was prepared to go on but it was decided that since the crowd seemed even more hyper than the previous evening , the risk of damage to singer and gear was felt to be too great . |
| 21 | Elderly men clammed up when Barley asked questions in the presence of his assistant , who was felt to be too young ; men rushed howling from the room when he casually asked about circumcision in a sister 's presence . |
| 22 | To the Nuer , god appears both as lofty and remote , though omnipotent , while sometimes approachable and near-at-hand : indeed on some occasions he is felt to be too close for comfort and is earnestly beseeched to withdraw his presence and leave his people in peace . |
| 23 | Previously , Kiss have had to print different sleeve for the German market because their distinctive logo was felt to be too close to the nazi SS emblem . |
| 24 | Previously , Kiss have had to print different sleeve for the German market because their distinctive logo was felt to be too close to the nazi SS emblem . |
| 25 | Group 2 's justification for this was echoed unanimously : ( c ) and ( g ) were felt to be too repetitive to be placed side by side . |
| 26 | If the parent of the opposite sex was unconsciously seductive with this adult when a young child , and if the excitement of the love of and for this parent was felt to be too dangerous , or was disapproved of by the parent of the same sex , passion and excitement within marriage may continue to be forbidden by an inner imperative . |
| 27 | Central government was felt to be too remote from the people ; they lacked a sufficient sense of participation in its affairs and were beset by a sense of unresolved grievance . |
| 28 | When the issue has not been discussed because it is felt to be too painful to talk about or because it is considered an unsuitable topic of conversation , then there may be problems . |
| 29 | Mrs Fribbens , who was said to be too frail to give evidence in the original court case , died last weekend , from an unrelated cause . |
| 30 | The court will not want the defendant to be liable indefinitely for damage and will impose a cut off point beyond which the damage is said to be too remote . |