Example sentences of "be too [adj] for comfort " in BNC.
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| 1 | Below The Bundorragha River flows south of the gold-prospecting area , but should mining begin locals feel it would still be too close for comfort |
| 2 | To the Nuer , god appears both as lofty and remote , though omnipotent , while sometimes approachable and near-at-hand : indeed on some occasions he is felt to be too close for comfort and is earnestly beseeched to withdraw his presence and leave his people in peace . |
| 3 | Cross-addictions may be hotly denied because the subject matter may for some be too close for comfort . |
| 4 | Issues relating to the counsellor 's own personal and family life will need to have been processed thoroughly because counselling other people has to be impartial ( rather than be affected by issues in the counsellor 's own personal life ) and because the counsellor himself or herself may become unsettled when an issued being discussed with a sufferer may be too close for comfort to the counsellor 's personal experience . |
| 5 | This temperature may be too low for comfort in a regularly used living room , so try and find a cooler spot for a longer display . |
| 6 | Recognise that the federal government 's pension liabilities in the next century will be too big for comfort and start cutting benefits , at least for the better-off . |
| 7 | The Parker Bowles 's lived just 20 minutes from Highgrove , Charles and Diana 's Gloucestershire home , and the princess feared Camilla and her husband were too close for comfort . |
| 8 | He looked miserable , as if his jeans were too tight for comfort and his jacket too thin for warmth . |
| 9 | But mother 's too close for comfort ; there 'd be too many nearby friends , too many chances of bumping into people I 'd rather not bump into ; too much mitigating against the clean break ; new start . |
| 10 | The head twists out as if the skin is wearing an old fashioned collar that 's too tight for comfort . |
| 11 | That had been too close for comfort . |
| 12 | At times , the similarities are too close for comfort , edging towards the derivative . |
| 13 | Try Bitez in early or late season or Vassiliki , Finikounda or Cannigione , remembering that some afternoons are too windy for comfort . |
| 14 | Edward Kawak , who won in four successive years ( 1982-1985 ) , mysteriously representing France , Lebanon and West Germany , was too close for comfort in second place ( he was French this time ) . |
| 15 | It was too close for comfort — and revived memories of Backley 's resounding flop in last year 's world championships in Japan . |
| 16 | ‘ It was too close for comfort , but fortunately for us it missed the works . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ That was too close for comfort . |
| 18 | If the choice of site was intended to reinforce fraternal solidarity , it failed : Lothar 's palace at Thionville was too close for comfort , and his brothers still mistrusted him so much that they demanded hostages from him to guarantee the security of their own negotiators . |
| 19 | But his shot was too close for comfort and Philip Whitehead cleverly smothered the ball . |
| 20 | A street market in the Rathausplatz selling everything from pottery to radios was too busy for comfort . |