Example sentences of "[conj] too [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anywhere that was obviously occupied he drove on past , as he did with any place that was exposed or too close to the main road , but deserted-looking buildings on village outskirts and elevated rows that were set back from the road generally rated at least a circling-around and a second look . |
| 2 | ‘ Look , the tear on the shift is too high to coincide with that on the dress , and too far to the side . ’ |
| 3 | The article was n't particularly poignant but it did , in places , slide too near to home and too close to the bone . |
| 4 | This stem has been cut at too sharp an angle , and too close to the bud . |
| 5 | We 've all been overtaken by someone going too fast and too close to the vehicle in front . ’ |
| 6 | Despite vehicles themselves being made safer , Peter Joslin says drivers are still travelling too fast and too close to the person in front . |
| 7 | More objective observers regarded the contest as too close to call . |
| 8 | It remains to be seen whether in the context of ‘ cohabitation ’ Jacques Sallois , the current incumbent , will be perceived as too close to Lang — he was head of his private office 1981–84 — to serve under a Minister of the Centre Right . |