Example sentences of "was too [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The local RCM committees followed up in the wake of evacuation , but this was too late for orthodox children arriving at their billets on the evening of Friday , 1 September .
2 Only later , when she was in love with him and it was too late for common sense to qualify her feelings , did she learn more about him .
3 Indeed , when the film came out in 1971 , it was preceded by a clever advertising campaign suggesting that release had been delayed because the makers felt the movie was too dangerous for general viewing .
4 Forrestal was a believer in the theory that it was too dangerous for atomic weapons to be manufactured and stored in the United Kingdom , where they could be overrun in a Soviet invasion of Western Europe .
5 Although the Central Committee could be the centre for major political decisions ( as when Khrushchev ousted his rivals ) , it usually met too infrequently and was too unwieldy for major decision-making .
6 Well stirred by seals , Amos Lake was too murky for direct productivity comparisons with the other lakes .
7 Only four patients were given a combination of ursodeoxycholic acid plus chenodeyxholic acid : this group was too small for statistical scrutiny .
8 The release of information by the assistant was too fast for normal ears to follow , but the Sechem were trained to understand and to interpret for one another .
9 She felt that , even by Nora 's standards , Constance was too headstrong for romantic liaisons .
10 It was concluded that the reason for this was that the prospect of litigation against a trade union was too formidable for individual members .
11 It was thought that the fastest look-up would be achieved using a 26-way tree , so that was implemented , and found to be extremely efficient , but the memory overhead was too large for practical purposes .
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