Example sentences of "[coord] is too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the child does not know or is too shy to talk a suggestion that ‘ Perhaps mum or dad can remind you ? ’ and encouraging the parents to talk is one way around the problem . |
| 2 | Are they clear and easy to understand or is too much going on ? |
| 3 | Quite simply , this guarantees you money which you will certainly need if a key person dies , or is too ill or too injured to work . |
| 4 | She 's a long way from any source of supply and if there 's something that has to be specially made , or is too bulky to fly out — a new engine , for instance … ’ |
| 5 | At one time they could turn to the Government 's agricultural advisory service , but now this charges for its help and is too expensive to consult in many cases . |
| 6 | The city council says it is the wrong type of grass and is too lush . |
| 7 | ‘ Most of our land at Home Farm is on exposed hillside and is too frozen to plough at present . ’ |
| 8 | Villagers were at a loss as to how to repair the frayed rope , or lanyard , as the flagpole is on the edge of the medieval church 's tower and is too dangerous to climb up to . |
| 9 | Mars is too far away from the Sun , and is too small . |
| 10 | In her view society overvalues children 's ties with their parents and is too slow to cut them permanently . |
| 11 | Tish intends to do some drawing , but is too intent on keeping a diary . |
| 12 | Corris says that there are talks with at least one of these companies , but is too early to say whether any will bite . |
| 13 | This would seem appropriate to the early stages of learning a foreign language , but is too restrictive if carried on to an advanced level . |
| 14 | The lectern at the Guildhall is a classic example of one that looks beautiful but is too small and fragile to use . |
| 15 | Mark Morris 's Motorcade is a gentle enough piece , blending neatly with SaintSaens music but is too subtle an opener . |
| 16 | Social learning theory can be applied in many cases but is too extensive when it says that nothing in the human being is innate and that everything must be learnt . |
| 17 | The SNR shell shows clearly on all images in the west but is too faint to follow to the eastern half . |
| 18 | He undoubtedly wants to know where we are going , but is too proud to speak . |
| 19 | On the other hand , the person who discovers a lump under their skin but is too frightened to go to the doctor lest he diagnose cancer will be perpetuating the threatening situation — and this would hold even if the lump was in fact benign . |
| 20 | The larger lexicon supplied with the second version remedies this problem but is too large to load into the KCL LISP environment . |
| 21 | Pointless samples start every song ; the beat is ridiculously loud and trying to be ravey but is too cluttered and shuffling ; the addition of a backing singer adds little to Peter Hooton 's irritating foghorn voice ; the guitars are still chiming , charmless indie-dance sounds throughout ; they still look like brickies and Peter Hooton still dances like my dad . |