Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [adv] [adj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of modern methods of food preparation and presentation , and the trend to make foods more appealing by adding saturated fat and refined sugar , slim people as well as their weightier friends are likely to be eating too rich a diet . |
| 2 | A mere allegation that the goods are his , without any attempt to show how they came on the premises , will not do , for ‘ to allow such a statement to be a justification for entering the soil of another , would be opening too wide a door to parties to attempt righting themselves without resorting to law , and would necessarily tend to breach of the peace . ’ |
| 3 | However , once again , the Council may be assuming too great a role for itself in meeting this need . |
| 4 | London may just be carrying too big a burden of research and teaching for its population — but the means by which research and education get redistributed , rather than simply shut , remain unclear . |
| 5 | It would be placing too heavy a burden on an employer to require him to carry out a formal medical investigation and , even if he did , such an investigation would rarely be fruitful because of the transient nature of the employee 's symptoms and complaints . |