Example sentences of "may be too [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This temperature may be too low for comfort in a regularly used living room , so try and find a cooler spot for a longer display . |
| 2 | However , it may be too expensive for undergraduates . |
| 3 | These are times when the suffering may be too deep for tears . |
| 4 | ‘ Although it may be too early for Stuart Pearce at the present time , he will surely be in contention at some stage in the future . ’ |
| 5 | Issues relating to the counsellor 's own personal and family life will need to have been processed thoroughly because counselling other people has to be impartial ( rather than be affected by issues in the counsellor 's own personal life ) and because the counsellor himself or herself may become unsettled when an issued being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor 's personal experience . |
| 6 | Roughly midway between the equator and the poles , and in the middle of continents , the summers may be too dry for trees to grow , and the winters too cold . |
| 7 | It may be too late for man though . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it may be too late for words . ’ |
| 9 | The bank manager may want to reduce the business 's overdraft if it assigns security over its debtors to a factor ; and the factor 's fee may be too costly for businesses that work on very fine margins . |