Example sentences of "too [adj] for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The blueshifted features were too weak for us to measure their positions . |
| 2 | But he argues that the benefits were ‘ too small and too short-term for us to know what they meant in the long-term ’ . |
| 3 | In January 1963 , de Gaulle vetoed the application on the grounds that Britain 's links with the US and the Commonwealth were still too strong for her to become truly European — which was true ! |
| 4 | But , as the king found , he could not rely upon the Flemings ; their links with England were too strong for them to act with determination against those who supplied them with the wool upon which their own economic prosperity depended . |
| 5 | The rivers and streams of Central America have virtually no plant life , as the current is too strong for them to survive . |
| 6 | Another welcome gain is that if a husband 's income is too low for him to use all or part of the married couple 's allowance , he can request that the unused part be transferred to his wife — thus reducing his wife 's tax bill . |
| 7 | Many elderly people who suffer from backache and stiff joints find bending and stretching difficult , so it is important that the cooker , sink and work-tops should be at the correct height for them , and that cupboards and larder shelves that are in daily use should not be too high or too low for them to reach without strain . |
| 8 | As it turned out my sperm count was too low for them to store any , because of my operation and the treatment . |
| 9 | TRAINS were stuck at a new bridge after a planning blunder meant it was too low for them to get under . |
| 10 | The Parsons ' slimline dining table was too low for me to get a proper purchase to relieve the cramp . |
| 11 | Unfortunately , their energies nowadays would be too low for us to observe them directly . |
| 12 | Away from the human-made cacophony of towns and cities , elephants call to each other through kilometres of dense forest using sounds too low for us to hear . |
| 13 | When the noises were recorded , it was found that much of the call was at frequencies too low for us to hear , and it seems likely that the females were responding to this infrasound . |
| 14 | He spends as much time out of the house as possible , and what they do is too subtle for him to notice . |
| 15 | But just as often it 's too subtle for you to pinpoint , especially if you 're working in liberal organizations with well-intentioned colleagues . |
| 16 | Makes the ground too dry for it to grow on . |
| 17 | Some jobs were too short-lived for them to build up sufficient contributions to acquire eligibility for unemployment benefit . |
| 18 | Last night , Gen Noriega 's armed militia were still setting up roadblocks in the city 's main financial district , while the new civilian government , headed by Mr Guillermo Endara , was kept under guard by the US military , which said it was too risky for it to appear in public . |
| 19 | Are the apples too high for me to reach ? |
| 20 | Apparently , the flat had been previously inhabited by giants : I am tall for a woman , but all the shelves were too high for me to reach without standing on a stool . |
| 21 | The S.D.D. ( Scottish Development department ) had been approached about funding such a project but they had replied saying that the projected cost of such a project would be too high for them to offer financial aid . |
| 22 | The woodwind parts are too high for it to double effectively . ) |
| 23 | They emit a variety of noises , many of them too high for us to hear . |
| 24 | So many unreflecting looking-glasses , three big ones hanging in a row above the fireplace , but too high for anyone to look into . |
| 25 | Everything was too messy for him to cope with . ’ |
| 26 | The sounds were too indistinct for him to hear the words , but the tone was clear enough . |
| 27 | It 's too light for me to lift . |
| 28 | He saw himself as the political leader of the Evangelicals , but in reality his views were too extreme and his style too combative for him to command general support . |
| 29 | He had gone from her , leaving her life too empty for her to wish even to kill herself . |
| 30 | The story of the gun was the story of the most important part of his life , but it was a part too painful for him to describe coherently . |