Example sentences of "too [adj] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great man himself is now 95 and too frail for any involvement . |
| 2 | His original intention was to do research in Political Geography , but Central Europe was at that time too political for such research to be practical . |
| 3 | Even the federal analogy is too strong for most groups . |
| 4 | It may be just a little too strong for some people . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're getting far too tall for that pony . ’ |
| 6 | Mrs Lowes said : ‘ The plan shows Bellburn Lane as the proposed access but this is a quiet cul-de-sac and far too narrow for more traffic . |
| 7 | We were then too high for much detail , but it looked a general melee back where Mala had been . |
| 8 | The chances of these Communist tactics leading to the Third World War by 1953 were deemed too high for any complacency in Western capitals . |
| 9 | Fundamental to the stability of a system of taxation is the level at which people are asked to pay , and the switch from local to central taxation achieved by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor in his Budget was widely welcomed because it recognised that the tax burden had become too high for any system to sustain , and that is why he took steps to reduce it . |
| 10 | Prices are generally too high for any quality furniture that might be suitable for reworking . |
| 11 | The headstock has the single butterfly-type string guide , to maintain a healthy break angle across the nut , which itself is nicely cut , if a mite too high for some tastes . |
| 12 | The price of integration of the British and American programmes had proved too high for both sides . |
| 13 | In general we could surmise some possible causes : lack of clear guidance either in ‘ help routines ’ within the program or as printed instructions in the documentation accompanying the program — lack of preparation , ie , reading the documentation , which may suggest the demands are too high for most teachers ( teacher 's guides are rarely read ) — poor ‘ driving system ’ within the actual program , ie , the central organization of the system does not match teachers ' needs — poor ‘ driving system ’ that either confuses the teacher through its complexity or , at the other extreme , is not flexible enough for him to achieve the flow of his planned lesson — poor ‘ driving system ’ that interrupts the presentation of relevant displays with detailed control instructions on the screen . |
| 14 | There was concern amongst delegates that the information technology requirement of the level III award was too demanding for many students . |
| 15 | The rock above me was too steep for any animal to find foothold on . |
| 16 | Being 18 , I was too old for many children 's homes and too young for adult residential homes . |
| 17 | A single man might be useful for attacking the marauders that Winnie feared , but then he might expect his washing and ironing to be done , and his socks darned , and Winnie was beginning to feel rather too old for such mothering . |
| 18 | ‘ Only because you 're too old for that sort of thing . |
| 19 | He thought of following her and then changed his mind ; he was too old for that sort of gesture . |
| 20 | Or C , tell him you 're too old for that sort of mus , music ? |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm getting too old for this kind of caper , Willi , ’ Busacher said testily . |
| 22 | When I 'm too old for this line , I reckon Europe should just about be ready for me . ’ |
| 23 | I 'm too old for this game . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Getting too old for this sort of thing , ’ he told himself . |
| 25 | ‘ I am too old for this sort of thing . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm getting too old for this sort of thing , ’ he said . |
| 27 | When the English upper classes grew too civilized for such ideas , Cromwellians overthrew them and carried on worse than before . |
| 28 | The whole technique of communication is far too detailed for this paper but needs special care in such ‘ mixed ’ situations . |
| 29 | Although hardly challenging lyrically and far too glossy for most rock purists , they have to date sold 15 million albums worldwide . |
| 30 | But it was far too early for any taverns or coffee houses to be open . |