Example sentences of "it is [adv] early [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is too early to conclude if the pact on quotas will stick . |
| 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 | Mr Dole hopes this year to slip a repeal measure through the Senate attached to another bill , but it is too early to tell whether he has enough support . |
| 9 | A belated but growing recognition of both of these problems has seen the development of some special initiatives designed to relieve them ; it is too early to tell whether sentencing trends can be reversed but there are early indicators with the under-21s , who are being especially targeted by the probation service in offering courts non-custodial options , that are encouraging . |
| 10 | The E-culture has only been raving since 1986 , so perhaps it is too early to tell if it can cause long term mental changes . |
| 11 | At the time of writing it is too early to determine whether the IEBPC 's Frankfurt seminars , presentations and cocktail parties will lead to a significant international force stimulating a vigorous wave of Data Discman publishing . |
| 12 | It is too early to establish whether recurrent stone formation after percutaneous cholecystolithotomy differs from other non-operative treatments . |