Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] is too " in BNC.

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1 It is , however , because religion is about the archaic heritage of humanity , and involves relations with parent figures , particularly the father , that one would expect emotional reactions to the subject ; either religion is the most important part of life , and immune to scientific investigation for that reason , or it is too trivial to be worth a working scientist 's time .
2 He does not know her name , and he is too shy to ask .
3 A World Championship conker must be exactly a week old , any less and it is too soft and if it lies any longer , the inside shrivels up .
4 I am often asked why I go night fishing , and it is too easy to say it is because my chances of catching big fish are greatly increased at night .
5 I got a bit carried away with Martha and dallied in the Arran Heritage centre over long — ‘ Everyone wants to know about the past and it is too late . ’
6 San Antonio is , however , only one site in many to be investigated in detail by archaeologists and geomorphologists and it is too early to extrapolate from there to the Maya lowlands in general .
7 It is not necessary here to weigh the relative merits of successive waves of public sentiment , and it is too early to guess the judgments of history , but differences between American and British obscenity law can be assessed on their technical merits , and the consequences are significant .
8 Support from other UK insurance companies has been mixed — ‘ it is a very conservative sector ’ , he says — and it is too early to say whether the method will be generally accepted .
9 Relearning is a longer , gradual process with ups and downs and it is too easy just to give up .
10 The point to note about the above defences is that if they are given a wide construction by the courts ( and it is too soon to tell , as too few cases have been brought ) , then the risk of prosecution diminishes even further .
11 At the time of writing only reports for 1991 and 1992 have been published and it is too early to evaluate the input that these new reporting arrangements will have .
12 Teachers and schools , however well resourced and staffed , can only do so much to counter the effects of social disadvantage , and it is too easy to use them as scapegoats for the failure of political and economic policy .
13 Then the risks that Hayzen associates with the ‘ Scramble ’ position may not exist , because rivals have been kept out of the market and it is too late to enter .
14 ‘ Queen Street has always been one of the main access points to the beach and it is too far to expect old people to walk around the end of the development , ’ she added .
15 The replies were versions of , ‘ He is a brave man for talking out about corruption , but he is too unstable to make a leader , ’ and ‘ We village people are all stupid , we know that , but we do n't want another war . ’
16 Jeremy is coming with me but he is too young to do this alone , and in any case I 'm the only one who can deploy O'Brien . ’
17 ‘ Just imagine him standing by the side of you , with his hands crossed before him in a Miss Mollyish style , his intended bow half a courtsey , his fat arms and legs assisting , as in duty bound ; his side glances at you every ten seconds , while he softly , sweetly and insinuatingly informs you — that he has made the arts his peculiar study for the last eight years , and that he flatters himself , by his unremitting study he has greatly contributed to their improvement ; that he came to Ambleside for that purpose ( 't is a great big lie — he came solely to get a living for himself and family , but he is too proud to acknowledge this ) and hopes that the time has been employed with equal advantage to the arts and to himself . ’
18 But he is too smart to say it : he 's been on a Racism Awareness course .
19 But it is too much .
20 Wheelbarrow attempts to pull the bag from the hole , but it is too heavy .
21 Mr Dole hopes this year to slip a repeal measure through the Senate attached to another bill , but it is too early to tell whether he has enough support .
22 But it is too late to turn back the clock on the bank 's international expansion .
23 But it is too big to be allowed to fail .
24 But it is too late for that .
25 But it is too early for a balanced assessment of Stockhausen 's place in 20th-century music .
26 People are showing me great compassion and I appreciate it … but it is too awful to talk about .
27 I am not refusing him , but it is too soon .
28 What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves .
29 Bones in organic rich soil appear to be altering more than bones in well drained sandy soil , but it is too early to attach any significance to this apparent change .
30 Small shareholders ' champion Gideon Fiegel — the man who led the revolt against Sugar — has won a battle , but it is too soon to say whether or not he has won the war .
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