Example sentences of "only too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The limp body of the monkey is only too human in its proportions , the cries of triumph only too reminiscent of the yells of a hooligan mob bent on violence in a city street . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm sure they will be only too intent to get back on the rails , ’ he observed . |
| 3 | The signs of retreat in the Ryzhkov formula are only too apparent compared with the plan put forward by his deputy , Mr Leonid Abalkin , only a month ago . |
| 4 | That for many people words are grey and lifeless objects is only too apparent from the way they use them , especially in print . |
| 5 | J T Scoulding in Hudsons Ward spoke of housing , ‘ the immediate necessity of which is only too apparent and has been continually kept in the front of the Labour Party 's demands on the West Ham Council ’ , education ‘ free from the elementary school to the university thus give our class equality of opportunity ’ , and municipal employment , ‘ the local authority being model employers and setting the standard for the rest of the community in respect to wages and conditions of employment ’ ( Election leaflets , 1919 ) . |
| 6 | It was only too apparent , as Olga tore into him about the disgrace she would suffer , that , like a hippie , he cared nothing for the kind of life his parents led ; he did not share their values or ambitions . |
| 7 | In the case of instinctual communication the fortuitous nature of this process is only too apparent ; for it requires the formation of new closed genetic programmes for both the production and processing of the complex signal . |
| 8 | Fortunately this is usually true , but there are occasions when the commercial instincts of the USA or their sensitivity to political lobbying are only too apparent . |
| 9 | The absence of senior and middle management leading from the front is only too apparent . |
| 10 | The consequences of that are only too apparent in cases such as that of Andrew Docherty . |
| 11 | The pleasure in his surprised look was only too apparent . |
| 12 | David introduced her to the warden , then they made their way to the residents ' common-room where Rachel was given a rapturous welcome by her new friends , in particular by a young Down 's syndrome woman called Belinda whose delight at seeing her again was only too apparent . |
| 13 | The pressure of work , the need to earn , the pressure of family and children , the disappointment of new partners are only too real but do not say , ‘ I only have strength to carry on this path I am treading . |
| 14 | Among the most painful objects of the present are those that tackle the evanescence of contemporary life with something only too material : fibreglass , life-size millworkers in industrial theme parks ; Tudor-style triple garages . |
| 15 | A good deal of the historical footage I had already seen over the years and some of it , such as the dreadful footage of the Warsaw Ghetto , was only too familiar . |
| 16 | For some who have been caring for a dependent relative for many years the problems involved are only too familiar . |
| 17 | In lieu of an overarching policy of universal nursery education , within which special needs would have an acknowledged place , we have the hotchpotch of provision with which practitioners are only too familiar , and which mostly reflects local and regional idiosyncrasies rather than a planned and coherent structure based on policy . |
| 18 | We were also surprised and disappointed that some of the reporting of the conference seemed to trivialise the issues in a way that is only too familiar us — these are age old techniques which help oppression remain and flourish . |
| 19 | Like so much else about Paris and New York , that sounds only too familiar in London . |
| 20 | Technological change is something that the personal computer industry is only too familiar with ; buy the latest home computer this week and it 's likely to be out of date within six months ! |
| 21 | She was happy to let Charlotte deal with the registrar , coroner and undertaker , with whose procedures Charlotte was only too familiar . |
| 22 | It 's a position that 's only too familiar to myself as an ex-member of the Camel Laird workforce . |
| 23 | He was only too thankful that Sarah was to be removed from his home . |
| 24 | I 'd be only too thankful to answer the phone . " |
| 25 | Our canine consultant , Sally , was only too keen to check out its bona fidos . |
| 26 | Now the Network has over 100 local organisers , many of them recruited from the ranks of sports development officers all over the country , who are only too keen to incorporate running for women as part of their programme . |
| 27 | It should have been called , ‘ The World Is Only Too Keen To Listen . ’ |
| 28 | It is also only too keen to buy and , just two months after the release of ‘ The World Wo n't Listen ’ , Rough Trade were forced into the position of issuing yet another Smiths compilation album , this time a double album , on to the English record racks . |
| 29 | Most employers are only too keen to introduce new employees gently to their employment . |
| 30 | Those conscientious airlines that put safety before profit make the major contribution , while all the rest are only too keen to read about other people 's troubles but less willing to contribute themselves . |