Example sentences of "[prep] too [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put it down to exhaustion after too much cricket ! |
| 2 | Cynical and astringent too , which she found satisfying after too much flattery . |
| 3 | Were these real tears , or was he just squeezing them out after too much cognac ? |
| 4 | The traditional British verve for raiding had been restored after too many years under the shadow of the World War I failures at Gallipoli . |
| 5 | He 'd met Elaine on several trips around the island which Christina had arranged , including a hilarious afternoon when the three of them decided to try out the hotel 's water sports and attempted to learn to water-ski after too many rum sours at the Reef Bar . |
| 6 | Nasty strategies like Always Defect will come in to keep down the numbers of too nice strategies like Always Cooperate . |
| 7 | Standing behind them looking at the steaming urn on the barrow , I felt worse than hungover ; it was a mixture of too little sleep , being hot and unwashed , completely unaware of what was going on , and worst , I was hungry . |
| 8 | Their doubt is a result of too little involvement in the world rather than too much . |
| 9 | " Oh , " Quiss said , shaking his great bearded head quickly as though the whole subject was of too little consequence to be worth discussing , " they said they 'd see what they could do . |
| 10 | Too much product of too little quality has meant that both manufacturers and retailers have become heavily overstocked . |
| 11 | To combat the often heard argument of too early specialisation the Government intends to introduce A/S levels from September 1987 . |
| 12 | The dangers of too close inspection are obvious , and Long Kin West especially calls for caution : this hole descends vertically for over 500 feet from a rock bridge across its top carrying a track from Cold Cotes on the old road . |
| 13 | It can also control both the quantity and quality of fruit by preventing the overproduction of new , sappy growth at the expense of the fruit , and by halting the production of too many fruit buds at the expense of new , healthy growth which will result in poorer fruit and gradually weaken the vine . |
| 14 | Your memory is a confusion of too many faces and places encountered too rapidly . |
| 15 | But there was an introversion to that which meant that too few readers of too many newspapers knew what it was there for . |
| 16 | But there was an introversion to that which meant that too few readers of too many newspapers knew what it was there for . |
| 17 | It was all very different from his life of the past year , when Sunday began at about noon in a room that smelled of bed , crawled sluggishly through an afternoon of too many newspapers , and , in final desperation , sought escape at a film or some theatre club . |
| 18 | Crucially , the one may support the other : , a prominent Jesuit in Nicaragua , comments ‘ I think the lack of a good academic training is at the roots of too many simplifications in the pastoral work of people using the framework of liberation theology . ’ |
| 19 | In 1992 , Bill Clinton raised the expectations of too many Americans too high . |
| 20 | The better the angler though , the higher number of ’ chance ’ pegs there are , possibly as many as 25 in the hundred ( although I ca n't off hand think of too many venues that are quite that good ) . |
| 21 | Despite the openness and tolerance of our company , the possession of too many layers in the organization inevitably reduces the perception of the headroom that exists , and means that people put more effort into internal argument than external achievement . |
| 22 | [ Honeymoon , by the way , just in case you ca n't cut the etymological mustard , has only in recent times come to denote a nuptial holiday involving the purchase of duty-free goods and the taking of too many colour prints of exactly the same scene . |
| 23 | Curiously , though , in your first paragraph you hit upon the solution to the problem of too many paintings and too little space . |
| 24 | There is no danger of too many coaches spoiling the broth as far as the Hong Kong RFU is concerned though : Simpkin will have all the power he needs on the playing side . |
| 25 | And was it Trevor who opined about the Pakistan side that it was ‘ full of too many chiefs and not enough Indians ’ ? |
| 26 | It is probably true ; he is unlikely to win the votes of too many trade union delegations on a manifesto that promises to reduce their power . |
| 27 | Ending the scandal of ‘ consultancies and all that ’ the outside interests that colour , if not compromise , the activities of too many MPs should , but wo n't be , a General Election issue . |
| 28 | Well , I I was hoping we could , we could avoid discussing the activities of too many District and London Borough Councils for that matter , such as Westminster today , erm , but erm , there are certainly some very fine London Borough Councils . |
| 29 | We have warned against the use of too many words in your notes . |
| 30 | THE Belfast & District League are incensed with the non appearance of too many competitors in their individual championships this season . |