Example sentences of "[adj] be too [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the bare minimum market value is offered to compensate for disturbance or injury , disputes inevitably ensue , with professional advisers saying , ’ This is too little ’ and the proposer saying , ’ It is about right ’ with the inevitable delay that results . |
| 2 | To charges that this is too much of a good thing , the BBC say they have always given the World Championship around 70 hours and the audience figures remain high . |
| 3 | But there is still controversy over whether this is too much of a compromise , and the church continues to deteriorate . |
| 4 | AB : I can certainly see his point , but I just wonder whether this is too much of a generalisation . |
| 5 | This is too much for me , she thought , I am drowning . |
| 6 | Really , at your age , this is too much . |
| 7 | Do you think that this is too many special issues , too few |
| 8 | This was too much for Evelyn . |
| 9 | This was too much for the professor and Doisneau was ordered by a French court to destroy the original negative . |
| 10 | But this was too much for me . |
| 11 | This was too much . |
| 12 | This was too much for Mrs Frizzell . |
| 13 | This was too much of a threat to the rest of the work of the organization which is rooted in competition and activities . |
| 14 | This was too much for young Edouard . |
| 15 | This was too much for his opponents who now clearly saw that de Gaulle was opposed to the ‘ Community approach ’ in all areas , including economics . |
| 16 | However , this was too much for Attlee and Cripps : they flatly declared , ‘ Unless agreed conclusions were reached there was no point in negotiating . ’ |
| 17 | When Ian Smith proclaimed UDI in November 1965 this was too much . |
| 18 | This was too much for Mrs Joe . |
| 19 | The Lewis Carroll logic of this was too much for her ; she ran up a white flag , acknowledging defeat . |
| 20 | This was too much . |
| 21 | I was probably meant to listen , not to go down ; but this was too much . |
| 22 | – This was too much for Heathcliff . |
| 23 | This was too much even for men still undisturbed by the first stirrings of the women 's movement . |
| 24 | This was too much . |
| 25 | After the third such incident in the 2nd half , some sections of the crowd thought this was too much and while the trainer was bandaging away sang ‘ keep the ball , keep the ball , keep the ball ’ . |
| 26 | Now in the early thirties this was too much for the troops to take , so they took their problem to Shaw who then went to the NAAFI and bought all the cups for a penny . |
| 27 | Determining how much is too much is debatable but authoritative ( if somewhat tough ) guidelines have been set by Alcohol Concern in consultation with the Health Education Council and the medical professions ( Alcohol Concern , 1986 , p. 5 ) . |
| 28 | We all row sometimes , but how much is too much ? |
| 29 | The secret of wearing strong eye or lip colours is knowing how to apply them , how to blend them , and how much is too much . |
| 30 | You 've got five executive directors I should think that 's adequate with one or two outside directors to bring outside knowledge or experience but , er thirteen is too many I suggest . |