Example sentences of "far too small [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pluto ( since discovered to be a ‘ double planet ’ ) is far too small to create the perturbations in Neptune 's orbit that started off the search in the first place . |
| 2 | Such a crack is far too small to see under the optical microscope and might be hard to see with an electron microscope . |
| 3 | If this picture is correct , it spells bad news for would-be space travelers : the extra dimensions would be far too small to allow a spaceship through . |
| 4 | Looked far too small to play with Wallace up front . |
| 5 | A simple zone covering a city centre only would be far too small to achieve the objective of lowering congestion in the whole city : indeed at morning peak ( before 9 a.m. ) city centres , including Cambridge , are often the quietest part of a city . |
| 6 | Pluto appeared tiny right from the start ; it is now known to have a mass only 0.2 per cent that of Earth , far too small to have caused the irregularities in the orbits of Uranus and Neptune attributed to Planet X. A dedicated group of astronomers have maintained that a tenth planet is required . |
| 7 | The additions made to the salaries of teachers or doctors working in undesirable areas have been far too small to have the intended effect . |
| 8 | They soon proved to be far too small to contain his collection . |
| 9 | As it is , they say , British broadcasters are far too small to compete effectively in export markets or to resist overseas predators . |