Example sentences of "[to-vb] too many " in BNC.
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| 1 | IBM Corp yesterday replaced its PS/2 Model 90 XP 486 machines with new models that use the 80486DX2-50 and offer enhanced graphics support and ISO-compliant fonts — but as they cost $4,135 with 8Mb and 212Mb disk , $4,665 with 400Mb , they are not likely to find too many takers . |
| 2 | One reported that safety inspectors had been told " not to find too many faults " . |
| 3 | When we had finished , Maria brought Turkish coffee in a brass pot and took the lamp , which was beginning to attract too many insects . |
| 4 | ‘ But I do n't want to know too many details . |
| 5 | However , you do n't want to slip too many needles side by side unless you want a very loopy effect . |
| 6 | Keep the content of each effect simple — do not allow it to contain too many different elements at once . |
| 7 | The major opposition party hesitates to launch too many full-scale attacks on the government if they are likely to result in a series of defeats by however small a majority , since this would tend to demoralize their supporters . |
| 8 | For understandable reasons , neither side is prepared to proclaim the change too loudly : the left hates admitting defeat , while the right does not want to offend too many loyal party members by appearing triumphalist . |
| 9 | He perceived very well the dangers involved in an attempt to concentrate too many resources upon major capital projects . |
| 10 | It never crosses Hoving 's mind that Ingres is an artist by whom it is impossible to own too many works — nor , for that matter , that the ‘ uninspired portrait of the Marechal Count Gerard , which to me summed up the pomposity of Bonaparte 's court ’ ( one of the Ingres mentioned in Hoving 's list ) is in fact a fine , signed and dated , late work by Jacques-Louis David ! |
| 11 | You have tried to create too many Special Relations . |
| 12 | He took everything too seriously , and was apt to shoulder all burdens , all responsibilities , to initiate too many schemes for battered women , delinquent children , alcoholics , drug abusers , prostitutes , the old and the destitute . |
| 13 | The only thing you have to be careful of is that the hardcard is thin enough not to obscure too many of the very few slots that the 2000 series has . |
| 14 | To avoid too many technicalities , we will confine the story to a small number of topics : cancer , high blood pressure , and mental disorders will serve to illustrate the ways in which problems have been solved . |
| 15 | He 's worked out how to avoid too many queues and crowds and how to get the most for your money . |
| 16 | This provides the framework for establishing strong links between large amounts of inter-dependent software , without the need to list too many individual modules . |
| 17 | It is perhaps a mistake , though , to try to identify too many categories of independent craftsmen , even though the sources can attest a surprising level of specialization ; in a small community , a jobbing builder could be his own mason , bricklayer , carpenter , tiler , thatcher , and slater , possibly even burning his own lime and making his own bricks . |
| 18 | You had to buy too many fonts , and it was too expensive , and people did n't want to by linotype matrices of that size . |
| 19 | My Lords , I can give My Noble Friend an assurance that Christianity as the main traditional religious tradition of this country will be taught at every key stage , both key stages er at key stages , one , two , three and four and that er knowledge of other religious is also a requirement , but I can also say to My Noble Friend that model syllabuses have just been released for consultation and there is a real concern which I share with My Noble Friend that young children at the ages between five and eleven are required to cover too many religions and that 's a question that will be covered during the consultation period . |
| 20 | ‘ The biggest mistake caterers make is to put too many chips in a basket at a time . |
| 21 | That we did n't want to put too many people on the back of the people actually doing the work . |
| 22 | WITHOUT WISHING to divulge too many trade secrets , if you 're ever called upon to interview an Australian punk rock band , the first question is a cinch . |
| 23 | Try not to use too many fingers , just one |
| 24 | It was followed by the much more extravagant and fanciful Columbia Market , but this overawed potential vendors , who were not allowed to do too many things ( like sticking bills on the columns inside ) , while potential buyers of the poorer classes did not dare to put a foot inside it . |
| 25 | I do n't really want to have to do too many commit myself till the ammunition 's here , but we are in fact , actually er , addressing this very specific issue . |
| 26 | I 'm trying to do too many things at once and I 'm getting , Oh oh is it . |
| 27 | More damaging to the continuity of sessions were the frequent occasions when teachers interrupted themselves , either because they did not have a very clear idea of what they were trying to say , or because their organizational structure was so complicated that they were trying to do too many things at once . |
| 28 | Our housework was hard and long and laborious and erm we 'd got two children to look after and then I 'd got my brother who did n't leave home until he was thirty and er , you had n't got the time , you know , to do too many things , so er my interest was the young wives ' and it was really a as regards the erm the Guild itself , I was thrown in at the deep end when this lady who was with my mother , mother was treasurer , she was secretary , erm she used to come down for me and , I know you should n't canvass but she used to canvass and say erm you know the voting , you know , will you , will you come and vote ? |
| 29 | You have taken on far too much and are trying to do too many things at the double . |
| 30 | In this case B is significantly lower than the other conditions ( t(58)=2.58 , p<0.01 ) , corresponding to a tendency to give too many ‘ Yes ’ responses . |