Example sentences of "[conj] is too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the child does not know or is too shy to talk a suggestion that ‘ Perhaps mum or dad can remind you ? ’ and encouraging the parents to talk is one way around the problem . |
| 2 | She 's a long way from any source of supply and if there 's something that has to be specially made , or is too bulky to fly out — a new engine , for instance … ’ |
| 3 | But sportsmen must retire ; their bones insist upon it , and most try to do so if not at the height of their powers — that is too much to ask , no matter how determined the vows of youth — at any rate a day before they are asked to go rather than a day after . |
| 4 | develop a defensible niche in a market segment that is too small to interest large businesses . |
| 5 | In order to placate Washington Israel officially claimed this was all an unauthorised operation but in the intelligence world an unauthorised operation is simply one that is too hazardous to handle by normal channels in case something goes wrong . |
| 6 | The segregated forms of provision that exist to deal with disruptive pupils reflect a bias in terms of race , class and gender that is too conspicuous to go unchallenged ( Coard 1971 , Tomlinson 1981 , Eggleston 1986 ) . |
| 7 | At one time they could turn to the Government 's agricultural advisory service , but now this charges for its help and is too expensive to consult in many cases . |
| 8 | ‘ Most of our land at Home Farm is on exposed hillside and is too frozen to plough at present . ’ |
| 9 | Villagers were at a loss as to how to repair the frayed rope , or lanyard , as the flagpole is on the edge of the medieval church 's tower and is too dangerous to climb up to . |
| 10 | In her view society overvalues children 's ties with their parents and is too slow to cut them permanently . |
| 11 | Corris says that there are talks with at least one of these companies , but is too early to say whether any will bite . |
| 12 | The SNR shell shows clearly on all images in the west but is too faint to follow to the eastern half . |
| 13 | He undoubtedly wants to know where we are going , but is too proud to speak . |
| 14 | On the other hand , the person who discovers a lump under their skin but is too frightened to go to the doctor lest he diagnose cancer will be perpetuating the threatening situation — and this would hold even if the lump was in fact benign . |
| 15 | The larger lexicon supplied with the second version remedies this problem but is too large to load into the KCL LISP environment . |