Example sentences of "[that] [noun] [verb] too " in BNC.
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| 1 | The divisional controllers themselves complained that this compromised their own line of authority within the division , and they generally harboured a strong feeling that headquarters interfered too much in the design of new stations . |
| 2 | For , as the report went on to show , the problem is not that manufacturers employ too few people , but that the few people whom they do employ produce much less than their counterparts elsewhere in the world . |
| 3 | Once again pundits are saying that Transvaal do too much too soon and burn out before the end of the season . |
| 4 | Motoring organisations like the AA agree that drivers take too many risks . |
| 5 | The assumption here is that ‘ when [ a driver ] happens to feel subjective risk or fear he often tends immediately to eliminate this feeling by certain behavioural changes ’ ( Summala , 1976 , p.239 ) , a major cause of accidents is thus that drivers have too high a ‘ subjective risk threshold ’ . |
| 6 | He said to one of his chaplains that Ramsey spent too much time theologizing up in York instead of tackling problems practically . |
| 7 | Administrative support is inadequate , so that inspectors spend too much time on routine , low-level , clerical tasks . |
| 8 | Others feel that Freud used too few subjects to test his theories . |
| 9 | But he accepted that his defeat revealed ‘ a general reluctance ’ in the party to see that opposition voiced too vehemently in public . |
| 10 | But in the aftermath of the bid , while suggestions that TI paid too much for Dowty were still flying around the City , the group won praise and respect from many analysts when it released a detailed account of the provisions it would be making in connection with the takeover — £87.1m in all , of which £41m represents asset write-offs and £46.1m additional expenditure that TI will have to incur . |
| 11 | Though I believe that Darwin laid too much stress on biotic interactions as a promoter of evolution and extinction , to the extent of substantially dismissing changes in the physical environment , there is no justification for going to the other extreme , as several examples will illustrate . |
| 12 | ‘ I love children , ’ she said softly , seeing that Lucenzo did too . |
| 13 | Fifth , listen to the real customers — and not just the information systems managers of IBM 's 10 top mainframe customers — part of the problem is that IBM pays too much attention to their needs and not enough to what 's going on elsewhere , says Smith . |
| 14 | He hesitated and looked as if he was going to abandon the trip , his smile coming back with such speed that Maggie stood too . |
| 15 | The copious illustrations provided make it possible to assess the truth or falsity of the accusation that Gleizes had too strong and enduring an influence . |
| 16 | ( He still thinks that universities accept too low a standard of written English communication from their students . ) |
| 17 | ‘ I could n't do that to Stephen , ’ she said , uneasily conscious that Elaine had too high an opinion of her . |
| 18 | Professor Hirst ( 1973 ) none the less feels that Stenhouse takes too narrow a view of what is meant by " outcomes " , arising from the " engineering approach " which he finds is encouraged by writers such as Tyler , for many years the key author in the field . |
| 19 | Even scholars who think that Kantorowicz read too much meaning into this picture would agree that it represents the emperor as if he were Christ seated in majesty . |
| 20 | But the danger is that things get too cosy . |
| 21 | It was only because her mother approved so strongly of Pogo that she was allowed to go out with him to places like this , and then , as often as not , her mother insisted that Aubrey went too . |
| 22 | I was beginning to get a sense that people held too many differing visions of Peru , beyond the often mentioned three realities of costa , selva y cordillera . |
| 23 | My main reservation about the book , which is more evident to me now than when it first appeared , is that Lodge has too direct and univocal an understanding of the elusive concept of ‘ literature ’ . |
| 24 | It said that terrorism had too often been treated as a law-enforcement problem when it should be treated as a matter of national security and an act of aggression against the USA . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't say that Rosa talks too much , just that any talk is too much in a major race . |
| 26 | He argues that cricket has too little regard for these moments , and wishes baseball 's practice of measuring and recording big hits was adopted . |
| 27 | Not that she was jealous , she just thought that Nona had too much of everything . |
| 28 | One marriage counsellor commented , ‘ It is a common difficulty that couples want too much from each other . |
| 29 | Research has confirmed that Glasgow has too many old properties of the wrong size and in the wrong place , in contrast to the attractive greenfield sites — some with special status — enjoyed by other areas of Scotland . |
| 30 | Teacher : Siobham , I think that glass has too much water in it . |