Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] too [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too much had been hidden too long . |
| 2 | This will lead me to take seriously some of those attributes of professional work which have perhaps been dismissed too lightly in recent work as mere political rhetoric . |
| 3 | That opportunity has been delayed too long . |
| 4 | It is thought that the separation of children from poor parents , the keeping of children apart from parents and the removal of parental rights are undertaken too readily by these agencies . |
| 5 | She thinks her son may have been discharged too early . |
| 6 | Parking is a major problem , often because vehicles are parked too close to their vehicle . |
| 7 | Firemen said the joist had been installed too close to the flue . |
| 8 | Indeed , the research community 's self-restraint may have been carried too far . |
| 9 | Because of the extent of such powerful human action Sherlock concluded that there were indications that the doctrine of uniformitarianism had been carried too far , believing that the present , which has been so modified by human action can not readily be the key to the past , when the extent of human modification and human influence was significantly less . |
| 10 | It seems that in his habit of making films that are considered too long for the US cinema circuits , Cameron may have unwittingly provided film companies with a money-spinning way of making people pay to see the same movie twice . |
| 11 | Dein lost his place on the League management committee because it was felt that the interests of the so-called ‘ Big Five ’ clubs , including Arsenal , had been pushed too hard . |
| 12 | Clifford always insisted that there must be a real ‘ conversion ’ for each individual although he also thought that the belief in individualism had been pushed too far both in the Church and in society . |
| 13 | Once a system has been pushed too far out of equilibrium , it takes just a little further input for a period of turmoil to ensue , followed by a new equilibrium . |
| 14 | But she felt curiously light-headed , detached , as if she 'd been pushed too far , and her brain had temporarily given up the struggle to cope with this Alice in Wonderland situation . |
| 15 | Had the kidnappers been tracked too clumsily and killed the boy as they fled ? |
| 16 | Performance falls , for example , if inspectors are pushed too far by the pressure to get aircraft back in the air and earning money . |
| 17 | If the excitation changes are made too quickly the motor is unable to move the motor to the new demanded position and consequently there is a permanent error in the actual load position compared to the position expected by the controller . |
| 18 | The main problem , at least on the first night , was that too much of the dialogue was overplayed — Lochhead recognises that you do n't need to soup up the Scots speech to make it funny , or poignant or significant : it 's all already there in the words , but if they 're spoken too self-consciously they end up sounding like rather forced one-liners . |
| 19 | ‘ The main difference between cricket and rugby now is that they 're both more competitive , which means they 're taken too seriously . |
| 20 | In Weekes v Gallard ( 1869 ) 21 LT 655 , the fact that a property had been valued too low did not stop the court ordering specific performance of the contract of sale at that low valuation . |
| 21 | Even Chamberlain 's been had too often . ’ |
| 22 | They had been bitten too often by Congress reneging on agreements negotiated in good faith by the White House . |
| 23 | Any present-day fan will be familiar with the Botham story , for it has been told too often to need repeating . |
| 24 | William Hyatt had been told too often as a child that ‘ the sins of the fathers ’ shall be visited on the ‘ third and fourth generation of them that hate Him ’ . |
| 25 | There is a danger that , if the powers are used too freely , the symbolic significance of a demonstration may be lost . |
| 26 | ‘ If these two concepts are interpreted too simply , there 's a danger that people will believe we have to ensure only that the customer is satisfied or delighted . |
| 27 | Statements by officials , including some made by ministers in Parliament , have been used too often to mislead in connection with Ulster affairs . |
| 28 | It is a broad term , with the appropriate emphasis on the child 's potential , but has been used too often previously to contrast with ‘ blind ’ without consideration for the needs of pupils who have to use both tactile and visual methods for learning . |
| 29 | The planning function , as the Treasury saw it , had been performed too well to the detriment of its control function . |
| 30 | Every year , over 60,000 babies are born too soon . |