Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [be] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To avoid delaying the progress of a study by being too concerned with defining the environment or other CATWOE elements correctly , it may be necessary to merge some real-world facts with the systems thinking , for example by considering the relationships between the group being studied and other parts of the organisation , and setting the system boundary accordingly . |
| 2 | If she caught me now in the front hall she would waste a good ten minutes warning me that I was risking tuberculosis and a gastric ulcer by being too late to eat a proper meal quietly , and probably throw in the chances of my poisoning a patient with the wrong drug before the night was out through carelessness induced by my own lack of blood-sugar . |
| 3 | There the reading risks abandonment by being too obscure and incoherent ; here a non-fan of SF might stop reading because the text seems too obvious or " given " , without much concession to the reader 's own processing strategies . |
| 4 | I do n't want to f— up my music by being too political . |
| 5 | However , when dealing with the primary sufferer and attempting to get him or her to seek appropriate treatment through a 12 Step programme it is best to avoid antagonising the denial system by being too direct . |