Example sentences of "use too many " in BNC.
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| 1 | Uses low-status behaviour , avoids eye contact , keeps the face frozen , uses defensive body language , mumbles , speaks too quickly or too quietly , and uses too many ‘ ums ’ and ‘ ers ’ . |
| 2 | Do n't use too many transparencies and do talk to the audience and not to the screen . |
| 3 | Try not to use too many fingers , just one |
| 4 | If you use too many , what you 're playing no longer sounds like a guitar , and if you do n't want it to sound like a guitar why are you playing it ? ’ |
| 5 | Metaphors produce a clear effect on the reader but that effect will become confused and diminished if you use too many or if you mix them up , as in these lamentable examples : |
| 6 | But , as I say , doctors are slow to start using that so that , whereas sometimes they are overenthusiastic and use too many medicines , at other times they are too slow and too reluctant to start to use new innovations . |
| 7 | People often avoid using too many straight lines in a garden as they fear that the end result will look clinical . |
| 8 | Others are mumbling , excessive fidgeting , slumping into the chair , giving one-syllable answers , giggling , using too many hand gestures and smoking too much . |
| 9 | I like a picture to be fairly full as if it is too empty it can become boring to look at after a few months , but it is very easy to get carried away with all your lovely pressed flowers and try to fit them all into one picture — using too many flowers looks just as bad as not using enough . |
| 10 | Some people find their hair looks better if they change their shampoo regularly because using one product can cause a build-up of residue , as dies using too many styling products . |