Example sentences of "that [is] too " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir , I wonder if any of your readers has found a problem with a private spring water supply that is too acid ? |
| 2 | But that is too simple . |
| 3 | Consider a small protein 100 amino acids long ; if that is too improbable to arise by chance , then certainly a whole organism is . |
| 4 | The governors now meet every two weeks : that is too often for any non-executive board . |
| 5 | That is too meagre a ration of choice for a country that spends the equivalent of nearly a full day out of every week of its life in front of the set . |
| 6 | ‘ Again , that is too strong an expression . |
| 7 | They explored the drawing-room next — or perhaps that is too formal a name for the large and very cheerful room on the other side of the hall . |
| 8 | It may mean being anti-social at times , but that is too bad . |
| 9 | Many may interpret such a self-centred approach as selfish or stand-offish — that is too bad . |
| 10 | One may remark that it is common experience to find that conscientious people who have a job to do that is too much for them ( like writing a book ) turn in their uncertainty to doing a succession of easier jobs instead ( like answering their mail , drawing up syllabuses , or rationalising office organisation ) . |
| 11 | It is , however , plausible to view criminal laws as the outcomes of clashes between groups with structurally generated conflicting interests , and to argue that the legislators ' intention , or if that is too conspiratorial , then the law 's latent function , is to provide the powerful with a resource to reduce further the ability of some groups to resist domination . |
| 12 | These regulatory agencies are increasingly faced with transnational adversaries who are capable of shifting their main base of operation — or if that is too drastic , their illegal activities at least — to other countries where laws against such behaviour do not exist , or if they do , where enforcement is even more lax . |
| 13 | If that is too hard to stomach , then the political will should be discovered or constructed so that our government will pursue vigorously and ruthlessly all those , including transnational corporations , who violate laws , particularly those designed to protect our lives and limbs . |
| 14 | The matter of the paper is to present those areas of AI ( some would say that is too parochial and what I shall put forward belongs more generally to Computer Science ) where a mechanical analogue of consciousness might be sought in the future , and to argue that they are not the obvious places , and have not been subjected to much philosophical investigation . |
| 15 | That is too suggestive of positions for which there is no kind of necessary connection between a thing 's natural character and its value . |
| 16 | ‘ Shield-like ’ is often mentioned , but that is too imprecise . |
| 17 | But that is too simple . |
| 18 | " Psychobiographical " accounts of Eliot have seized upon such references as evidence for his sense of guilt or unworthiness , but that is too deterministic . |
| 19 | Certainly the easiest approach to the whole thing is to rubbish it , although I suspect that is too easy an option . |
| 20 | Now again , that is too fast for an H G V. |
| 21 | And of course I suppose the advantage of that is too that erm if you needed the money to pay the course fees to get on the |
| 22 | " That is too much ! " snapped the old woman . |
| 23 | " I do n't think that is too much of a problem . |
| 24 | I believe that is too high . |
| 25 | If that is too difficult , seek other help — counselling will do you more good than valium ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ That is too late . |
| 27 | There is a sound reason for rewording that clause , because that is too frequent an occurrence in day-to-day life in prison . |
| 28 | Does not the right hon. Gentleman believe that that is too high a price to ask the people of Britain to pay in order that he may put the divisions of the Conservative party before this country 's long-term prosperity ? |
| 29 | and I 've told you where it 's come from , can you say that is too much |
| 30 | Actually , that is too great a relaxation , sinced it allows genetic values to range from minus infinity to plus infinity . |