Example sentences of "[noun] too [adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tillyard suggested the principle of order was so taken for granted by the age that it was rarely directly articulated — ‘ the utter commonplaces too familiar for the poets to make detailed use of except in explicitly didactic passages , but essential as basic assumptions and invaluable at moments of high passion ’ . |
| 2 | The scene was alI too familiar to the soldiers , both from C Company of the 5th ( County Londonderry ) Battalion of the Ulster Defence Regiment , but on this occasion the circumstances were rather unusual . |
| 3 | Competence becomes manifest at that age ; and it is essential to search for its precursors to test whether current techniques are too blunt to detect ‘ latent competence ’ , current models too imprecise to point research optimally in that direction , and current theory too stark in the distinctions it draws to serve the interests of process models . |
| 4 | Brothers created elaborate practical arrangements to emphasize their equality ; or they divided the household if they thought the implicit pattern of seniority too discrepant with the facts . |
| 5 | an illness too limpid for the textbooks . |
| 6 | Tour clashes too tough for the refs |
| 7 | As long ago as 1978 , the Scottish Hospital Advisory Service reported from observation visits to long-stay hospitals throughout Scotland that even when adjustable beds were provided , they were frequently found at a height too high for the patients ' safety and unfortunately , this is often still true . |
| 8 | The men are too tired , the women too remote from the issues of the day , to offer more than a commentary on the quiche or a flirtatious skirmish . |
| 9 | The neck is a wee bit too wide for the strings , or the bridge is too narrow for the neck — whichever way you want to look at it . |
| 10 | If we printed details of the case it would make her identity too plain to the authorities but suffice it to say that she was detained with some others for celebrating a ‘ banned person ’ — Nelson Mandela . |