Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] take too much " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Secretary of State for Employment sought to protest when my hon. Friend the Member for Sedgefield suggested to him that we were near the bottom of the league tables , saying that we should not take too much account of them . |
| 2 | You must n't take too much protein out of the wort or there 'll be no head on the finished beer . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ One must n't take too much of a good thing , for money is easily spent ’ , said one of Beatrice Potter 's hosts , putting the cigarette she had offered him on the mantelpiece after one or two puffs , for the next night . |
| 4 | I actually think we should n't take too much notice of the letter . |
| 5 | Whilst they may not take too much notice of advertisements which promote goods and services used in that trade , readers will tend to notice when advertisements by their suppliers are absent . |
| 6 | ‘ Rain is forecast and it would not take too much more to have the meeting cancelled , ’ said Plumpton clerk of the course Cliff Griggs yesterday , while overnight rain would also put Sedgefield in jeopardy . |
| 7 | It would n't take too much more ingenuity to cut the speed of the sample down but keep the pitch the same , thus making the target guitar part much easier to distinguish . |
| 8 | ‘ My stern , ’ tapping his buttocks , ‘ ca n't take too much sun . ’ |