Example sentences of "become too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is necessary to change panel membership to stop conditioning from becoming too strong and this can add greatly to the cost of operating the panel . |
| 2 | The sixteen giant stainless steel tanks in which this waste is kept have to be constantly agitated and cooled to stop the liquid either precipitating or becoming too hot . |
| 3 | But it 's also fears that the Party itself is becoming too radical too , they always want to control two elements and I mean on the last page , point number sixteen it says that how that erm tt that how that the Communist Party members ought to refrain from securing undue benefits by taking advantage of their leading position . |
| 4 | Perhaps I am becoming too gullible in my old age . |
| 5 | Women seem fearful of becoming too friendly with a single mother ; fearful that if they spend too much time with her , they might just get a taste for something that is denied them . |
| 6 | Some think the agencies ' analysts risk becoming too friendly with the companies they rate . |
| 7 | Interviewers have to strike a careful balance between establishing the kind of relationship with respondents that will encourage them to be frank and truthful , and avoiding becoming too friendly so that respondents try hard to please . |
| 8 | Erm , and perhaps because he was becoming too friendly with Josephine , he was sent to Spain by Bonaparte , but then he fell out with Bonaparte , and Bonaparte fell out with him , and he was put under surveillance by the erm , the President , and erm , it makes you wonder what really went wrong . |
| 9 | Offensive weapons are becoming too expensive for smaller countries to afford ’ . |
| 10 | Although he had managed to complete " East Coker " there , his duties as an air-raid warden were becoming too arduous for him — he had to sit up two nights each week , and his general loss of sleep made any kind of work more difficult . |
| 11 | ‘ The guilt was becoming too great to bear , ’ she has confessed . |
| 12 | First , the strain of maintaining Martin Luther King 's advice to " turn the other cheek " was becoming too great to bear in the face of continued attacks and insults . |
| 13 | Admittedly there were signs in the late 1980s that this pattern was breaking down , if only because both superpowers were becoming too weak economically to maintain their former roles , and because the model of a world divided by the October Revolution had little relation to the realities of the late 20th century . |
| 14 | For them , the change in leadership and the promise of reform opened up opportunities denied to the Red Guard generation and they did not want to jeopardise them by becoming too involved in a politically orientated movement . |
| 15 | Alison was already becoming too much of a fixture in his life . |
| 16 | And some are becoming too much of a good thing . |
| 17 | The pressure was becoming too much for him , and though at first they had taken the challenge with both hands , and had almost made a joke of it , now the months of confinement and running , running and confinement , the eternal hiding , were beginning to take their toll of his spirit . |
| 18 | On top of it all , the remorseless heat was becoming too much for Hugh , his sunburn itched and he felt sick . |
| 19 | Again you , you never felt that you were , because you were doing that , you never had the feeling that perhaps you were becoming too much a part of management rather than er simply representing work or did you simply see it as part of your , your job to look after the incentive scheme in that way because it did er that was a part of representing the workforce ? |
| 20 | It was becoming too much . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know much about your life , ’ Joe said , feeling that they were becoming too emotional . |
| 22 | There is the widespread image these days that most tennis players , most independent promoters and certainly the agents , are becoming too greedy for their own good . |
| 23 | As the British railway network grew , so did Stephenson 's , and as the century neared its end , so the company George died in 1848 ; Robert in 1859 came to the conclusion that the Newcastle Works were becoming too small . |
| 24 | I used to be aloof because I did n't want people becoming too familiar . |
| 25 | If you plan to stay where you are , the likelihood is that at some point you will want to make some changes or improvements : install central heating , insulate the loft , modernise the kitchen or perhaps convert part of the house to a granny flat for an elderly parent who is becoming too frail to live alone . |
| 26 | Second , to prevent a particular interest rate structure from becoming too entrenched . |
| 27 | Then she realised that the sensation was becoming too pleasant , and she tried once more to pull away . |
| 28 | A British Rail quality manager and former Sunderland nut , he changed allegiance in 1980 when it seemed to him that some Roker players were becoming too mercenary . |
| 29 | Ensure an adequate fluid input to prevent secretions becoming too viscous ( thick and sticky ) . |
| 30 | Since then , for thirty-four years , she had lived a fairly unpleasant life as a result of the relocation of the ureter and had to take potassium tablets–to prevent her blood potassium level from becoming too low . |