Example sentences of "[be] too [adj] to allow [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The duration of such responses would , however , be too great to allow the rapid succession of contractions needed to maintain the high frequency of the wing beat in many efficient flyers . |
| 2 | The bonds were too tight to allow the muscular body any movement , but the bird crossly jerked its head and opened its pointed beak to hiss at Joseph 's fingers . |
| 3 | We must conclude that , despite its initial attractions , the proposal that pragmatics be based on a notion of appropriateness should be discarded : language usage is too elastic to allow a pragmatic theory to be based on such a concept . |
| 4 | It recently boycotted a visit by a South African diplomat to Darlington , saying it was too early to allow the economic barriers erected against the country 's apartheid policies to be brought down . |
| 5 | She wanted to cry out in protest against his charge , but her throat was too tight to allow the words to escape . |