Example sentences of "[am/are] too [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Detroit 's electronic foragers have had pitifully few outlets in Britain — but it is in countries like Belgium , Germany and Holland that Detroit 's sonic architects are honoured and near-deified ( obviously they 're too deep for new jack wank-happy US ) . |
| 2 | I 'm too tired for verbal duelling . ’ |
| 3 | It may be tempting to relate the figures to the general depression of the 1880s and the revival of the nineties , but the figures are too approximate for fine dating , and while the general economic situation undoubtedly played some part , other factors , to be discussed below , had their importance . |
| 4 | In any event , if you are within arm 's length , you are too close for optimum speechreading . |
| 5 | The arguments that the desert-living wild asses in northern Africa live in such small groups that this type of bonding enhancement would not be needed , and that the northern horses have winter coats that are too shaggy for vivid striping , are somehow unconvincing . |
| 6 | Spare bits of wall which are too small for conventional cabinets can be used for mounting peg boards for small implements and utensils ; or pin-board for recipes , bills , receipts , reminders to the family and to yourself . |
| 7 | A robot capable of entering sewers that are too small for human access has also recently become available in the UK . |
| 8 | ‘ Lime Green ’ from Unwins is by far the best colour , but at 2′ ( 60cm ) the plants are too tall for small pots . |
| 9 | There are even crampons with a single front point , specifically designed for use on pure ice such as frozen waterfalls , but these are too specialised for general use in this country . |
| 10 | Cash-strapped governments are being pushed into privatisations that are too big for domestic stockmarkets to absorb at prices that are acceptable to the seller . |
| 11 | If your ability to speak and understand English is limited , there is also the challenge of adjusting to new ways of living and thinking when you feel you are too old for major changes . |
| 12 | The things we really want to know are too difficult for straightforward intuition ; we must therefore ask our informants questions that they CAN answer reliably and accurately . |