Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] too [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such men found themselves , however , fighting what became all too clearly a rearguard action . |
| 2 | An often-used phrase in spreadsheet circles is ‘ What if ? ’ and , if you 've ever wondered what would happen to your profits on a certain operation if your costs went up by 5% , you should know only too well the problems in working it out by hand . |
| 3 | As senior officer on duty I came to know only too well the loneliness of old age . |
| 4 | But I did n't know , she argued back , picturing all too clearly the disbelief on the policemen 's faces . |
| 5 | If tighter controls are n't introduced on the hiring of bouncy castles , doctors say all too often the children 's smiles will turn to tears of pain . |
| 6 | It illustrates only too clearly the dangers of inviting outsiders to meddle in the machinery of Government . |
| 7 | The fate of Poland demonstrated the price to be paid for oligarchic fracturing of state power ; the Pugachev rebellion ( see below , pp. 61–2 ) ( 1773–74 ) demonstrated all too brutally the need to buttress the Tsar 's authority . |
| 8 | It 's all placing an intolerable burden on charities like Save The Children who say far too often the international community is not pulling its weight . |
| 9 | Those who made it show all too clearly the strains of their journey . |
| 10 | We think he [ the architect ] has adopted perhaps too late a period for his model : and there is a little exaggeration in the design which we have no doubt will be amended in the future . ’ |
| 11 | The Town Hall in Philadelphia and the Treasury Building in Washington DC show only too clearly the debt which their architects owe to Paris and while there is , of course , no Paris on the Potomac or the Delaware , there is , just the same , a scent of France in the air — and it is the France of Napoleon III . |
| 12 | At the time the name seemed just too obviously a snipe at rdbms rival Oracle Corp , which began rolling out its delayed Release 7 over the course of 1992 : Sybase 's current release name is 4.9 , and there seemed no logical reason to start calling anything out of the fast-growing system software supplier 's warehouses ‘ System 10 . ’ |
| 13 | At the time the name seemed just too obviously a snipe at relational database rival Oracle Corp , which began rolling out its delayed Release 7 over the course of 1992 : Sybase 's current release name is 4.9 , and there seemed no logical reason to start calling anything out of the fast-growing system software supplier 's warehouses ‘ System 10 ’ . |
| 14 | If they get into a sweat and stop still too long the sweat will stop suddenly and they get a chill or a headache . |
| 15 | The point could be put differently by suggesting that in his notions of a " community of Christians " and " parochial units " he displayed little understanding of the nature of English life — his grasp of it was theoretical rather than actual ; just as he adopted almost too perfectly the dress and manners of an Englishman , so he offered an idealized and therefore unconvincing account of English society . |
| 16 | And anyone who has ever seen the devastating effects of alcohol addiction on the alcoholic , his or her friends and family will understand only too well the dramatic and destructive influence it can have on the lives of all concerned . |
| 17 | They accept all too easily the public/private distinction and so rule out a consideration of those " privately " made decisions in the economic sphere that have profound implications for the life chances of millions of people . |
| 18 | The inevitable revolt shows only too plainly the helplessness of the seamen against the power of authority . |
| 19 | Comparison of the road and rail systems here with those in France reveals only too clearly the consequences of neglect ; the French typically spend around 1% of GDP on their transport infrastructure , while we have managed barely half that figure . |
| 20 | The doctors had told him he must take several months off from the exhausting business of running a supremely successful nightclub , for the sake of his health , and looking at him now she could see all too clearly the deeply etched lines on his face , the distinct greyness of his skin . |
| 21 | I remember only too well a student whose little girl died at six months of age . |
| 22 | But I remember only too well the time when we had nothing in the bank and we lived in rented property because we 'd sold our home to keep me racing . |
| 23 | On the specific question of picking winners , they remember all too well the failures of the national enterprise board , which invested in just over 100 companies . |
| 24 | The comments of the Secretary of State indicate only too clearly the delicacy of the task , for which nevertheless I believe our Institute is eminently suited . |
| 25 | From the vantage point of so-called post-liberation , we know only too well the political blindnesses of sexual desire , and how disastrous it can be to make sexuality the prime mover of a political vision . |
| 26 | Kate West and her mother Maureen know only too well the cost of drink-driving . |
| 27 | Shirley Cherrill and her family know only too well the cost of asthma . |
| 28 | King : Sweet Emma , you remember far too well The jeers and cat-calls mingled with the praise When you did sing and dance for half an hour In your own TV show . |
| 29 | Because the polls , and therefore the program , are likely to shortchange the minor parties , and because the minor parties are most likely to make gains at the Conservatives ' expense , the program is liable to project somewhat too high a level of Tory parliamentary support . |
| 30 | He knew only too well the pain of really hiding from someone . |