Example sentences of "[coord] it is too [adj] " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Relearning is a longer , gradual process with ups and downs and it is too easy just to give up . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | People are showing me great compassion and I appreciate it … but it is too awful to talk about . |
| 14 | But it is too late to turn back the clock on the bank 's international expansion . |
| 15 | But it is too late for that . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When she sees , to her astonishment , by the light of the lamp , that her mate is the god of Love , she does not attack him , but it is too late to stop him from flying away . |
| 18 | But it is too late for that now . |
| 19 | But it is too late . ’ |
| 20 | But it is too late now for regrets , and so we will take our time . ’ |
| 21 | Tim Devlin , of course , has an advantage as the sitting MP but it is too close to call at the moment . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But it is too easy , somehow . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | But it is too early for a balanced assessment of Stockhausen 's place in 20th-century music . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ People who have skills in one authority are likely to be accepted in another unless they have higher standards of training and qualifications , but it is too early to see any pattern , ’ he says . |
| 27 | But it is too bad . |
| 28 | To be fair , it is not dealt with by Nash either , but it is too important an aspect of children 's jokes to be ignored or dismissed lightly . |
| 29 | ‘ Bruises ’ is an elongated approximation of head music , but it is too sturdy to be outright trippy ; ‘ American Money ’ works itself into a right old livid lather , but Andy Spearpoint 's guttural snarls hardly qualify the song as a great party trick of our time . |
| 30 | Used as a revision book it can prompt and encourage some self-questioning but it is too brief to use as a teaching document . |