Example sentences of "said [prep] be too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Fribbens , who was said to be too frail to give evidence in the original court case , died last weekend , from an unrelated cause . |
| 2 | The court will not want the defendant to be liable indefinitely for damage and will impose a cut off point beyond which the damage is said to be too remote . |
| 3 | Another Royal Bank policy , to prevent reporting accountants from then undertaking the receivership and so prevent potential conflicts of interest , was also said to be too restrictive . |
| 4 | The Atkinson definition of ‘ a reasonable size ’ was said to be too vague , and based upon existing levels of practice , rather than any desirable ideal . |
| 5 | Much of the time was spent bashing Everett : it was said to be too small , and with no adjacent military airfield . |
| 6 | Whilst any human cost of alcohol abuse could be said to be too great , it is important not to ignore both the economic and the social benefits associated with drinking . |
| 7 | The fees charged by lawyers were said to be too high for ordinary people to afford . |
| 8 | Ms Gibson was taken to Hammersmith police station and was said to be too distraught to be interviewed , a CID spokesman said . |
| 9 | And it was fifty-fifty , he said , that that would be said to be too big , which it was of course , in that room , taking up far too much space . |