Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] too [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were too many working hours for too few police as it was without letting any be wasted unnecessarily . |
| 2 | But there was an introversion to that which meant that too few readers of too many newspapers knew what it was there for . |
| 3 | But there was an introversion to that which meant that too few readers of too many newspapers knew what it was there for . |
| 4 | But some hospitals and some wards of other hospitals have failed to cope with the demands of too many chronic patients , and lack adequate staff , money and enthusiasm to prevent them becoming mere dumping grounds , especially of the psycho-geriatric cases . |
| 5 | Especially with songs like Too Much , which was in an unusual key for us at the time . |
| 6 | And grazing too many animals on too little land leaves soil unprotected against wind or water erosion . |
| 7 | The other thing that 's been done , erm , and has been ongoing now for some months without too much success , but things seem to be moving a little bit , at least we 're told they are , is that I I pressed for , not really a presentation but a technical meeting , I wanted to get there there product engineers |
| 8 | A shorter lexicon will discard the correct words on too many occasions . |
| 9 | All seem to have yielded to the Packman 's spears without too many problems . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As far as I can see , he has no irksome signs of too much self-assurance . |
| 13 | Unfortunately even today , when people are more aware of the dangers of too much alcohol , it is often socially unacceptable to seem to refuse the convivial offer of a drink . |
| 14 | A few have become derelict as smaller farms have been taken over by the larger conglomerates but many have been restored for non-farming families : that is , those which have not got past the point of no return after being left open to the four winds for too many years ; fit only for pigeon habitation . |
| 15 | Beliefs which had become established almost as folk-law , such as the universally harmful effects of too much salt , had less support than might have been expected . |
| 16 | Maidstone was almost certainly all right , just sleeping off the effects of too much drink . |
| 17 | The effects of too much alcohol are not limited to the person who drinks . |
| 18 | If you have a fair , sensitive skin , your genetic capability of tanning may be limited and you are most at risk from burning and all the nasty effects of too much sunlight , including skin cancer . |
| 19 | A graphic account of the cumulative effects of too much stress experienced by nurses is given by Martin Bamber : |
| 20 | Alexei thought , but did not voice the opinion , that possibly the man was suffering from the effects of too much wine . |
| 21 | Being a nurse , she 's always pointing out the dire effects of too much caffeine . ’ |
| 22 | Since the Government first introduced road humps in 1981 , traffic engineers in too many councils have shown naked hostility to the idea of traffic calming and have completely set their face against the idea of road humps . |
| 23 | A group of young drug-addicts and glue sniffers from a nearby remand centre knocked off the voie normale in the company of their warders without too much bother , bringing a new meaning to the old phrase ‘ going high . ’ |
| 24 | I took him to about twenty houses and had made love to him on the splintery boards of about half of them before he decided that this was not a suitable town for his mother to live in — too quiet , too far from London — and the estate agent , whose car had been left standing in leafy side-streets for too many unprofitable hours , gave me a week 's wages and said he thought another job might suit me better . |
| 25 | In 1992 , Bill Clinton raised the expectations of too many Americans too high . |
| 26 | Alone again , Belinda returned to her original plan and successfully reached the chair in the corner of the room , from which she could quietly observe the other guests without too much fear of attracting attention . |
| 27 | Tutors are appointed as and when required and this makes it possible to set up new classes without too much preamble . |
| 28 | No anti-dog lobby , no ‘ Schedule A ’ demanding muzzling and leash orders , and no need for protection against motorways — just a happy relationship with dogs free to be dogs without too much constraint from human packmates . |
| 29 | Resist the temptation to overburden your notes with too much information . |
| 30 | This arrangement can be mathematical once the play is under way ; a conductor or driver may soon assume responsibility for matching passengers to seats and the children will encounter problems of too many , not enough , empty , etc . |