Example sentences of "[noun sg] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They found this conception too optimistic and accepted that not all schoolchildren possess the linguistic means to cope with their present communicative needs . |
| 2 | ‘ Fishing too easy ’ |
| 3 | Although it is now clear that Sutherland 's attempt to fit , indeed squash , corporate crime into his theory of differential association has not proved comfortable , and that his concentration on the economic as opposed to the physical and social effects of corporate crime made his study too one-sided , it none the less did , at the time , constitute a rich legacy to bequeath to criminology . |
| 4 | Slowing down , she listened in case they were in the middle of a talk too personal to be interrupted ; but it soon became clear that they were discussing the house and the various improvements that might be made once Europe had reached some kind of normality again . |
| 5 | Through the wonders of adoption , Peter Pan has become Peter Banning ( Robin Williams ) , a 40-year old wheeler-dealer American lawyer too busy with his mobile phone to turn up at his son 's baseball games or take much heed of his daughter . |
| 6 | Through the wonders of adoption , Peter Pan has become Peter Banning ( Robin Williams ) , a 40-year old wheeler-dealer American lawyer too busy with his mobile phone to turn up at his son 's baseball games or take much heed of his daughter . |
| 7 | The uniform he was wearing seemed to have been assembled from outfits designed to fit several very different people : the sleeves were too long and the neck too wide , while the cap was so small it had left a pink welt around his forehead . |
| 8 | But somehow she could not imagine Francie putting his eye to the keyhole , even only once , just to see her without her knickers — his back was too stiff , his neck too rigid . |
| 9 | I do n't know what to do , tt I ca n't really take that them all take that er I do n't want to kick the boat too hard |
| 10 | It 's a pleasure too sweet to be enjoyed without a little sharpness in it . |
| 11 | Hatfield 's view was that ‘ the wit is too brittle and the inventiveness too superficial to make more than an ephemeral appeal ’ even though he had been enthusiastic when he first saw it . |
| 12 | If a sheep finds her wool too heavy , there is no sheep in her , nor any wool . " |
| 13 | A rock too large |
| 14 | This section includes documents which came to light too late for inclusion in the main part of the review . |
| 15 | Although the passengers in the ‘ sardine box railway ’ had to sit facing each other on long benches in light too dim to read a newspaper , they could breathe . |
| 16 | Call , a loud ringing ‘ kata , kata ’ , frequently uttered in flight , can be very puzzling when light too bright to see birds overhead . |
| 17 | How to succeed in Hollywood but do n't make your script too accurate |
| 18 | He 's supported by dozens of nondescript Brits hired , a la Alien , to give theatrical class ( posh accents ) to a script too dire to be spoken in public , with stand-out work in interpreting it anyway by Rachel Ward 's pouting Queen and Marlon 's mumblingly camp Torquemada — wasted when they 're left at Court while Columbus and co cast off for ‘ America ’ . |
| 19 | Smith himself insisted that his other commitments did not interfere with his mathematics , as that demanded a concentration too great to be maintained for more than a few hours a day . |
| 20 | Her neck rose in a long , rounded column to a face which , though not classically beautiful — the nose was too tilted , the mouth too wide — was heart-stopping in its freshness , its air of innocence combined with its look of deep , untapped feminine knowledge . |
| 21 | He was tall , almost stooping , and with a mouth too sensitive for peace of mind . |
| 22 | Funny eyes , funny nose , mouth too big and teeth too crooked . |
| 23 | Little Maureen , whose face so disturbed me , fair , freckled , abjectly Nordic , the mouth too big or just too external , designed to express only powerlessness . |
| 24 | The city 's manners were too fast , its rhythm too syncopated . |
| 25 | This seems to be pitching things a good deal too high , but the current London Film Festival , which continues until Sunday , tends to confirm the impression that 1989 has been a less than vintage year for the movies . |
| 26 | Dry-eyed , shivering , in spite of the hazy sun , she huddled on the bench in a silent agony of grief too frozen for tears . |
| 27 | Potential competitors such as the hot-shot Mac-to-Unix people at Quorum Software , who might eventually find their market niche too narrow , are also said to be watching . |
| 28 | There he had come to Heather 's aid too late . |
| 29 | But fourteen of 'em were saying , No , me me me , and it er spread the vote too thin . |
| 30 | Such an outcome would require continued development , which in terms of the return on the capital investment would either mean an instrument too expensive to use or the absence of a treatment modality . |