Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This arrangement was terminated as it apparently consumed too much valuable wood . |
| 2 | Those Victorian forces had apparently enrolled too many inadequate individuals , susceptible to the kaleidoscopic temptations of street life . |
| 3 | The alienation of groups among the younger voters has perhaps received too much publicity but it is an attitude which is shared to some degree by other sections of the community . |
| 4 | So lowly , indeed , was the job that it was long considered too insignificant to warrant a credit on the programme . |
| 5 | The tasks of survival suddenly looked too urgent , and too grave , for the intellectual indulgences of Modernist metaphysics . |
| 6 | The assistant putting that bib on him had foolishly come too close . |
| 7 | They were not popular , Long deemed too grey , Oulton too abstract . |
| 8 | We have perhaps conceded too much to ‘ pension find socialism ’ : although workers ' savings are very important it remains true that income ( and hence saving ) is highly unequally distributed . |
| 9 | ‘ Generally speaking the results have been good although we 've perhaps drawn too many games we should have won . ’ |
| 10 | Susan had insisted on doing all the washing up by herself ; they 'd all had too much wine and might break something , she said . |
| 11 | You 've obviously had too much to drink again . ’ |
| 12 | The intense processing involved obviously exhausted too much of Gav 's thinly-stretch grey matter to allow speech in the near future , so he contented himself with a grunt and submerged again . |
| 13 | But the strain of being underwater for so long proved too much for the fragile beauty . |
| 14 | It had all seemed too much for Laura to cope with . |
| 15 | Loesser 's The Most Happy Fella ( ) is the only ( nearly ) complete recording of this batch ; there is one scene missing which was apparently judged too visual to record , but this is a vivid performance , visual enough through the interpretations of Robert Weede as the winegrowing Tony , longing for happiness , and Jo Sullivan as his confused ‘ mail-order ’ bride Amy/Rosabella . |
| 16 | Mr Fisher said Neill had perhaps taken too many initiatives at once in the past year . |
| 17 | Liverpool continued to power forward , but in doing so left too much room at the back — a foolish thing to do when they know just how Beardsley can exploit space . |
| 18 | The Sproati all get interned by the British immigration authorities ; thanks to a false reading on a spectrograph when they were planning the operation they 've all taken too many tannin pills and they 're almost black . |
| 19 | Gentlemen , we have all drunk too much at times and seen others in their cups . |
| 20 | He drank with Brendan Bracken , the red-haired Irishman who many thought was Churchill 's bastard , and slept more than once on a settee in the great man 's flat in Morpeth Mansions when they had all drunk too much whisky — although never while Churchill was in town . |
| 21 | The tenant should ensure that the landlord is not given too long to make up its mind and the period of 60 days suggested by the precedent seems fair to both sides . |
| 22 | He was tired of teaching , had already given too much of his life to it . |
| 23 | Turning to the volume 's introductory pages , I read some encouraging words that at once led me to hope that I might yet track down a few potential search areas that had not already received too much attention . |
| 24 | At around £5 per foot in 1964 it was not considered too expensive . |
| 25 | Colleges and universities were advised to strengthen discipline , already considered too strict by many students , and step up ideological work . |
| 26 | Although this area has not suffered too much in the past it was mentioned that now many farm buildings are being declared ‘ redundant ’ and given planning consent for residential development ( barn conversions etc ) while a short distance away there is an application for a farmhouse from someone wanting to start an agricultural holding . |
| 27 | That was just what she was afraid of , she thought suddenly ; he had already wrought too many changes , not just in her life but — but … |
| 28 | And despite the Ramblers ' Association suggestion of management etc , we have not made too good a job of protecting other wilderness areas open to the public . |
| 29 | Space has allowed me to use only a fraction of the wealth of material provided ; I only hope I have not made too many mistakes or significant omissions and have done at least some justice to all . |
| 30 | I 'd want to vote for the official candidate , but Frank 's not done too bad , ’ said Mr Dean . |