Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] early say [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It 's too early to say whether the ‘ intensive ’ model will become a regular feature of subject assessment , although early indications are favourable .
2 Support from other UK insurance companies has been mixed — ‘ it is a very conservative sector ’ , he says — and it is too early to say whether the method will be generally accepted .
3 It is too early to say whether IBM 's competitors in the database arena will be able to adapt their products to the new hardware at an affordable cost .
4 It is too early to say whether this is the way the brain works but , as Rolls ( 1987 ) points out , it would make a lot of sense of a lot of uninterpretable data if it was ; it also makes sense on logical grounds , since it gets round the problems associated with grandmother cells , like the problem of perceiving novel objects and the complexities of arranging the massive degree of convergence of input required for grandmother cells to work .
5 It is too early to say whether these increases in process costs will be offset by other efficiency gains .
6 Prof Carter described the laboratory evidence as really dramatic but said it is too early to say whether the same effect can be produced in patients .
7 It is too early to say if his eyesight will be affected .
8 But it was too early to say whether fans would sway any decision on his future .
9 Richard Erb , Deputy Managing Director of the IMF , said that it was too early to say whether Russia could meet inflation or budget deficit targets for 1992 .
10 Another worker said it was too early to say whether industrial action was likely , but added : ‘ My own feeling is that we are caught between a rock and a hard place . ’
11 Mr Murdoch said it was too early to say whether the firm could be sold on as a going concern ; much depended on negotiating settlements on contracts .
12 The Scottish industry minister , Allan Stewart , said it was too early to say if this was the end of the upward trend in unemployment .
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