Example sentences of "be [pron] [adv] many " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are there so many ? ’ said the captain , his lip curling . |
| 2 | Why are there so many visual areas ? |
| 3 | If everything is for the best in Castlereagh , why are there so many out-of-court settlements in actions for damages brought by former detainees ? |
| 4 | Why are there so many people homeless ? |
| 5 | Why are there so many different interest rates ? |
| 6 | go either way on that , er you 've got to be careful with your number of foreign ones , we 've got two down there , which may be one too many , I do n't know . |
| 7 | It was the best time because not only were there so many cars , but they went slowly enough for Denise to write down their numbers and makes as Tony shouted them out . |
| 8 | And as far as I 'm concerned , any additional risk is one too many . ’ |
| 9 | However , a single instance is one too many . ’ |
| 10 | One accident is one too many . |
| 11 | Although every failure is regretted , and is one too many , taken within that context it is actually a very small number who abuse the system . ’ |
| 12 | Even if one person is damaged that is one too many … and that one should receive the highest possible medical care and attention . |
| 13 | ‘ But we accept that any case of overcharging is one too many , and there has been failure on our part , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Sadly , mass closures and redundancies have become commonplace , it 's no longer hitting the headlines , just a few small columns in the paper , so I ask you delegates , go back to your branches , raise the issue not just about coal but about all unemployment , chase up the media , write to your M P , especially the Tories , support the rallies and maybe a petition from this conference could be organized , but I say raise hell , give them no peace , one job loss is one too many and we ai n't gon na accept redundancy in any of our sections without a bloody good fight . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's silly — there 's one too many ! ’ |
| 16 | Are you gon na u can you use all of those or is it too many ? |
| 17 | Mario 's position was that two stars in one team was one too many . |
| 18 | True , it was only one slap , but even that was one too many . |
| 19 | I said of course you were deep in domesticity and waiting for the baby and she said that was what so many good students seemed to be choosing these days … " |