Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] be too [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her mother was reported in the Star as saying : ‘ It has all been too much for her . |
| 2 | There has not been too much building to spoil the village , and the population has not greatly altered over the years , so it is a pleasant village in which to live . |
| 3 | One of the problems , of course , is that , with the invariably available and endlessly enthusiastic Dixon having achieved the remarkable feat of being appointed to no fewer than five of Scotland 's summer tours , there has not been too much opportunity for anyone else to advance his claims . |
| 4 | But perhaps it is better to avoid Rouen , the midday traffic going in and coming out is too much of a worry . |
| 5 | ‘ The thought of not being there for them as they grew up was too much to bear , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Hence the presence of entry barriers may not mean there are too few firms in the industry , there may actually be too many ( von Weizsacker , 1980 ) . |
| 7 | Q. Do you think there are too many Indians in Southall ? |
| 8 | Do you think there are too many detective programmes on TV ? |
| 9 | Do you think there are too many or not enough ? |
| 10 | This alone had been enough to bring frowns to Felipe 's dark face , but as they were leaving Ana 's tears had suddenly been too much for Mitch to bear . |
| 11 | There had already been too much of it in our novels . |
| 12 | I 'm essentially a social historian , although I sometimes think that if I wanted to find the right adjective , and I 've never been too much worried about adjectives , I would say I 'm really a cultural historian . |
| 13 | There had never been too much money , but never less than enough . |
| 14 | We urge the Government to make swift progress with this issue , for there have already been too many years of procrastination during which we have paid a high price in terms of serious and irreversible environmental damage . |
| 15 | I arrived home just before midnight , the Institute beckoning early next morning to share my moment of glory ( there have n't been too many of those with my beloved , knowing how proud she would be of her hero ! ! |