Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] it [is] too " in BNC.
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| 1 | These people will constitute those who are at greatest risk , in that such people can easily go missing from a large church without being missed until it is too late to recover them . |
| 2 | You must tell your partner to stop pushing if it is too painful . |
| 3 | If a point is missed because it is too deeply embedded in its cultural setting in one place , it stands out prominently and unequivocally in another . |
| 4 | It 's like child abuse in the family — people refuse to believe it happens because it 's too difficult to deal with . |
| 5 | They 're coming in on a starship disguised as a Boeing 747 so that the locals wo n't suspect until it 's too late , but when they land at London Heathrow their baggage gets lost ; all their heavy weaponry ends up in Miami and gets mixed up with the luggage of some psychiatrists attending an international symposium on anal-fixation after death , and : Freudians take over the world with the captured high-tech . |
| 6 | I wonder why the right people are so rarely asked to help until it 's too late ? |
| 7 | This procedure can fail to produce a result under extremes of lighting due to spreading if it is too bright or the exposure cut-off if it is too dim . |
| 8 | If this is an alternative , let it be aired before it is too late to act , for the quality for life of ourselves and for our children rests upon our careful deliberation and action now : We can no longer afford the luxury of complacency and continuous contingency reactions |
| 9 | Failing to set the handbrake is sometimes detected when it is too late i.e. when a vehicle has been parked unattended and has then begun to move and run away downhill , perhaps resulting in an accident . |
| 10 | That ‘ something ’ could be the letter in the back of the drawer that nobody finds until it is too late . |
| 11 | There ai n't many people about — I suppose cos it 's too cold . |
| 12 | There ai n't many people in there — I suppose cos it 's too early for people to have their tea . |
| 13 | NEARLY two out of five video owners find it difficult to programme their machines for recording because it is too complicated , says a Mintel market research report . |
| 14 | Surely sense will prevail before it is too late — we can only hope … |
| 15 | Zaire is a huge tropical forest , which is virtually untouched , and not being touched because it 's too inaccessible . |
| 16 | That is the stark truth electors have to grasp before it is too late . |
| 17 | I would like to urge readers , supporters and members to offer support to FAN before it is too late . |
| 18 | GRAHAM TAYLOR searches desperately for someone to get a grip of England 's midfield and you wonder if it is too late — at 28 — for Stewart Robson . |
| 19 | But if it can be proven that overfishing of sand-eel is the principal cause of the problem , we can only hope that remedial action can be taken before it is too late for our important sea-bird colonies to recover . |
| 20 | Often cancers of these organs are not discovered until it is too late to cure them : less than 8% of lung cancer patients are alive five years after diagnosis [ 2 ] . |
| 21 | The accuracy of the feedback need not be greater than the discrimination ability of the trainee but equally its value will diminish if it is too approximate . |
| 22 | ‘ It is time to stop before it is too late , ’ Eduard Shevardnadze told journalists in the Abkhazian village where the plane fell , killing its pilot . |
| 23 | Much physical pain can be suppressed if it is too overwhelming to be borne at the time , and many emotional and mental traumas and conflicts are suppressed if they threaten the integrity or wholeness of the ego or the victim 's self-image . |
| 24 | ‘ Have you ever seen a woman yoked to her husband pulling a plough because they ca n't afford an ox or a horse , while their baby lies under some hedgerow , wrapped in rags , sucking a crust and whining because it is too weak with hunger to cry ? ’ |
| 25 | If this proves not to be the case and if , faced with a major unemployment crisis , Britain finds itself with no recourse , then it should not hesitate in seceding before it is too late . |