Example sentences of "make too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because this advantage was not understood , the devaluation was made too late and was not effectively exploited . |
| 2 | This lady must have been psychic or something , because in no time at all she was asking if I could enlarge necks on jumpers that other people had made too small to go over the head . |
| 3 | Geoffrey ( 4.9 ) : You 've made too many , teacher . |
| 4 | We 've made too many allowances for another top player who thinks he 's bigger than the game . |
| 5 | The Presidium of the Czech National Council approved the draft on Feb. 12 , describing it as " the basic point of departure for the talks … on the final wording of the agreement " , but the Presidium of the Slovak National Council rejected it on the grounds that the Slovak delegation had made too many concessions . |
| 6 | There was also hostility towards the report from some of the provincial premiers who had opposed Meech Lake on the grounds that it had made too many special concessions to Quebec . |
| 7 | Space has allowed me to use only a fraction of the wealth of material provided ; I only hope I have not made too many mistakes or significant omissions and have done at least some justice to all . |
| 8 | I 've led a number of races and I do n't think I have made too many cockups . |
| 9 | I ai n't made too many mistakes oh I 've put them marathon . |
| 10 | And despite the Ramblers ' Association suggestion of management etc , we have not made too good a job of protecting other wilderness areas open to the public . |
| 11 | How a pop star looks is made too much of , though , the way some people are about it . |
| 12 | Clifford 's unorthodoxy was never in doubt : ‘ The Church ’ he claimed , ‘ has made too much of theology . ’ |
| 13 | Made too much noise ? |
| 14 | To repeat , in the words of another , " Some philosophers , no doubt , have made too much of the category of particularized qualities . |
| 15 | At first Stuart had been excited by the sight of an occasional fish rising out of the sluggish water , but later he 'd grown bored because he was too small to row successfully , and trailing his hands over the side apparently disturbed the fish ; baling out with the old saucepan also made too much noise . |
| 16 | Things are made too easy for them . |
| 17 | In the partnership agreement itself it should perhaps not be made too easy for partners to leave , though in practice , of course , an unhappy or unsatisfied partner is a liability whom the firm will usually want to see depart at the earliest convenient time . |
| 18 | Surely not , it would of made too high with casters |
| 19 | It would be different , of course , if the fire were made too large for the grate . |
| 20 | If you have made too few contributions to qualify for the basic pension , you may be able to use some of your ex-husband 's contribution record to build up your pension to the full amount . |
| 21 | ‘ He is made too free of the house , ’ muttered Paul , feeling he must put in his word . |
| 22 | His uncle , the Duke of Albany , was content to act as Regent after Robert III 's death without making too strenuous an effort to liberate the rightful king . |
| 23 | Hosiers were accused of making too little allowance for normal waste , so that they could fine knitters whose returned work was lighter than the yarn which had been given out . |
| 24 | This similarity should caution against making too firm a distinction between the three ; for example one might have sought to make distinctions in terms of being instances of either ‘ new ’ or ‘ old ’ racism , especially on the grounds that new racists , unlike old racists , will justify their position by citing non-racial general principles ( Sniderman and Tetlock , 1986a , 1986b ; see also Potter and Wetherell , 1987 , for arguments against deducing ‘ true ’ attitudes from discourse ) . |
| 25 | Mars charges your love-life with physical energy and passion but do n't spoil it by making too many demands on your partner . |
| 26 | It Charman thought the band was making too many compromises , his own paranoid attitude was not helping his views win favour with the rest . |
| 27 | Enthusiasts however , may have to be gently discouraged from making too many demands on your time and that when you ask a question you are not automatically expecting any action . |
| 28 | He 'd play her along until she got fed-up and started making too many demands . |
| 29 | Of those polled , 51% believe that the government is making too many concessions to Palestinians , 82% oppose the return of the deportees , 89% reject any change in the status of Jerusalem as Israel 's undivided capital , and 59% oppose what you constantly demand , that is , withdrawal to the pre-1967 lines with slight modifications . |
| 30 | Older people are acutely conscious of the possibility of making too many demands , and commonly try to avoid a situation where they have to rely on their children too much . |