Example sentences of "[is] too [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The sample is too small for reliable analysis and the speculations within the text are probably all that this study justifies . |
2 | Hydrangeas are very good , but these have to come from the corporation nurseries as it is too early for outdoor ones . |
3 | Country that is too dry for tropical forest but has enough rain to ward off desert contains scattered trees in a setting that is primarily grassland . |
4 | Many techniques for assessment in Religious Education are recognised within the Catholic sector but sometimes these are casually applied and yield a diversity of information which is too general for effective use . |
5 | Its bottom octave is too weak for ordinary use , though it is attractive when extremely lightly accompanied . |
6 | It is too late for British Telecom to return to its old ways if only because the public now knows that it does not have to put up with a telephone system built for the 1950s . |
7 | No fate is too cruel for voracious snails , here devouring Iris foetida |
8 | However , the practical implementation of these specialised services is too cumbersome for regular use outside these fields of activity , and more general services such as Telecom Gold , whilst offering the possibility of adequate authentication , can prove expensive ( and thus unattractive ) if used for that purpose . |
9 | ‘ Poland is too poor for social experiments , ’ he likes to say . |
10 | Blast is still going strong though , perhaps because its sound is too loud for wet fashion victims to handle . |
11 | Water temperature of 84°F is too high for lush plant growth — many plants will not tolerate such high temperatures — and should be reduced to 78 or 80°f . |
12 | The A.82 road from Fort William to Spean Bridge , although affording glimpses of Ben Nevis and company , and introducing a vast cattle ranch on a Wild West scale , is too busy for leisurely contemplation of the scenery . |
13 | If your yarn is too thick for full needle rib then use 1 × 1 setting ( Knitting Technique 1 ) but keep the stitch size quite small . |
14 | As a woodwork teacher for many years I consider this design to be dangerous because power drills run at a much higher speed than a brace and consequently the feed is too fast for accurate control . |
15 | Furthermore , the change in speed occurs within a couple of trials of changing the magnitude of reward , which is too fast for conventional learning mechanisms . |
16 | Ian Witten 's Principles of Computer Speech is too detailed for general study , but could form the basis of a final-year option . |
17 | He 's too rough for civilized structures . |
18 | ‘ It 's too confidential for public discussion . ’ |
19 | Yeah , well , I would n't ask him because I think it 's too cold for poor devil to work , you know |