Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [is] too " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defence is too frequent , passionate and uncompromising to suggest that it was all a short-term tactic to confuse . |
| 2 | If the station 's too enclosed and the park 's too open , where do you want to meet ? ’ |
| 3 | Research has shown that the most effective temperature for the bulb in a UV system to operate at is 77°s ; F. If the bulb is too close to the water , it becomes chilled and the temperature drops . |
| 4 | The Protectorate is too small to grow into a series of separate units of Government , even if these are federated together . |
| 5 | The Roadmap is too identified with USL which is now Sun 's competitor , Billmaier said . |
| 6 | The problem is that the string jumps out of its nut slot under heavy strumming , because the post on the machinehead is too high to provide a break angle for the string over the nut . |
| 7 | Taking these ageist attitudes one stage further , Price and Andrews ( 1982 ) state that ‘ diagnosed alcoholism frequently is not referred for alcoholic treatment because of health professionals ’ beliefs that the alcoholic is too old to benefit from treatment' . |
| 8 | And the saloon is too full . |
| 9 | TODAY believes the sentence is too lenient . |
| 10 | If the High Court agrees that the sentence is too severe , then that sentence may be amended . |
| 11 | Normally I like breakfast , but the milk 's too cold and it 's making my face ache . |
| 12 | Things are too urgent for that and the dynamic is too big for any group to claim ownership of it . |
| 13 | The whole thing tastes of flour — the pastry is too thick for the amount of filling . |
| 14 | While some of the same satirical zest is evident in The Bed Sitting Room ( 1969 ) , Lester 's chronicle of a post-holocaust world where a stunned Ralph Richardson imagines he is turning into a bedsitter and a doctor tries to keep the old traditions alive by having someone read the BBC News , and the film shows evidence of a superabundant imagination , the narrative is too unfocused for the satirical barbs to hit home , and the result is often tedious to watch . |
| 15 | The question of remoteness of damage arises where causation in fact is established , but the court holds that as a matter of law the damage is too remote . |
| 16 | If the text is too short , consider the possibility of repetition . |
| 17 | Alternatively , text can be centred over a single column so that , if the text is too wide for that column , it will overlap the left and right of the column equally . |
| 18 | This especially applies to steep banks , where , if the rise is too high it will be like climbing a ladder . |
| 19 | On the other hand , there is not much to be said for a speciality in women 's media because the field is too broad and general . |
| 20 | The first is how to represent the landscape , since assessment in the field is too laborious and costly . |
| 21 | Probably yes , but no one can be certain of safety in this context ; the field is too new , and since treatment may have to be repeated many times , even an unlikely event may eventually happen . |
| 22 | But the RSPCA inspector who found Capri says the ban 's too short . |
| 23 | The accent is too broad to understand . |
| 24 | The spider can judge the size of an insect by the loudness and frequency of its vibrations , and hides or runs away if the insect is too big to overpower . |
| 25 | The coincidence is too much , I ca n't stop myself . |
| 26 | If this is not possible because the drain is too long or the land falls the wrong way , the pipe used for the drain will have to be larger and laid with a gentler slope . |
| 27 | Our echographic measurement of the antrum is too schematic for a physiological study of gastric motility but it is sufficient for use in crossover trials where each subject acts as his/ her own control . |
| 28 | Because the drug is too powerful on its own , and to bulk it out to increase profit margins , E is mixed or ‘ cut ’ with other similar looking substances . |
| 29 | The building is too large for the Queen to see all of it . |
| 30 | Listen to this from County NatWest : ‘ M & S is still a core holding long-term , but even quality has its price : The rating is too rich short-term and we would continue to take profits down to 300p . ’ |