Example sentences of "find the [noun] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He began to find the room too oppressive . |
| 2 | But Christie found the pace too hot as Marsh scorched home in 19.73sec , only one-hundredth of a second outside the world record . |
| 3 | It was an unusually poor night for Jeremy Maxwell whose Fun ‘ N ’ Games jumped badly in the Mickey McArdle Chase won by Harristown Lady while Banour ran better but found the pace too hot in the Carrolls Hurdle won by Frank Berry 's Shankorak for the second year running . |
| 4 | The Committee made no reference to complaints from Members , although the IBA survey showed that the percentage of MPs who found the Chamber too hot rose from 9 before the experiment to 36 after it had run for four months . |
| 5 | Some found the conflict too intense and retired back to the closet , perhaps for ever . |
| 6 | There was only one thing to do — brazen it out , and hope that Howard found the facts too ridiculous to believe . |
| 7 | It experienced no problems but found the fuel too expensive , at about 24 pence a litre compared to 10 pence a litre for diesel . |
| 8 | But Lydia had discovered , to her own surprise , that she found the matter too significant to quarrel about in a childish way . |
| 9 | The London-based band , booked for a gig in Naples on an Italian tour , found the stage too small and insufficient power for their equipment . |
| 10 | Mr Bourne had a history of anxiety and agitation and a psychiatric report stated he found the world too difficult to cope with . |
| 11 | Readers who find the discussion too brief may wish to consult one of the many basic economics textbooks which cover this area . |
| 12 | If they find the stimulus too strong they know they can reduce it . |
| 13 | There is no point in developing the demands of civilization to the point where the majority of people find the tensions too great to bear and react , through regression , to the primal horde . |
| 14 | Managers , it seems , find the topic too arcane and inaccessible . |
| 15 | COOK 'S NOTE : I tend not to use virgin olive oil for this dip as I find the flavour too strong for the roe . |
| 16 | Zak , I thought , would be finding the competition too stiff , the fiction an anti-climax after the fact . |
| 17 | Neither of the girls was impressed by Venice , finding the views too familiar , the hype too strident . |
| 18 | Finding the workload too much , ‘ Nibby ’ coaxed Reg Pybus back as his assistant , but when Walter Niblet dropped dead during a 3–1 defeat by Red Star Onglethorpe , Ken refused to appoint Reg as caretaker manager . |
| 19 | Some marched around the perimeter path like prisoners , finding the area too small ; others loitered , choosing casual acquaintance like Gina . |
| 20 | I could conclude only that he was finding the job too big for him , and was himself under stress , which he relieved by persecuting a subordinate who was particularly vulnerable . |
| 21 | I am pleased with the progress to date and trust you are not finding the process too disruptive . |
| 22 | Accordingly , in the television Nice Work , Rummidge University is played by Birmingham University and fears that some may find the performance too convincing have prompted a closing caption , of conspicuously meticulous wording , thanking the real campus for its ‘ good-humoured co-operation ’ . |
| 23 | " I hope you do n't find the gas-fire too high , " said Mrs Hodge , " it 's easily lowered . |
| 24 | May find the pressure too much . |