Example sentences of "[v-ing] too much [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head was itching too much from the dreadful old grey wig . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , one does not have to be a hedonist to agree that a person is somehow impoverished by living too much for the future or for other people , and ‘ Be aware ’ can show us why . |
| 3 | But was she sacrificing too much on the altar of women 's equality ? |
| 4 | Norman Lamont , out of government and now just plain old MP for Kingston , Surrey , accused the Prime Minister of ‘ short-termism ’ and listening too much to the opinion polls . |
| 5 | Some argue that valuations may yet fall further and that care is still needed to avoid paying too much for the wrong deal . |
| 6 | It says Morland is paying too much for the new pubs and that it 's ’ the latest in a series of flawed actions by an increasingly desperate board . ’ |
| 7 | It says Morland is paying too much for the new pubs and that it 's ’ the latest in a series of flawed actions by an increasingly desperate board . ’ |
| 8 | this proved to be a pretty good compromise sack for mixed daywalking and light load carrying — the back system and simple frame helping out when needed without adding too much to the weight the rest of the time . |
| 9 | He 's still dwelling too much on the past , in my opinion . " |
| 10 | However , it seems likely that this burden can not be lightened without forcing too much of the decision-making task onto the focusing component of a system , with consequences such as those we saw earlier . |
| 11 | 1992 has not been an easy year , but both the underlying business performance , BP 's general high reputation , and a tremendous buy-in by all of our people to the concept of teamworking makes me confident about 1993 , without expecting too much in the way of improvement in the overall economic environment . |
| 12 | The system goes from getting too much of the neurotransmitter 's effects to not enough ; heaven turns to hell . |
| 13 | And it 's asking too much at the moment . |
| 14 | He is against the proposed plan to introduce a 10-team league playing each other home and away as he feels it would be asking too much of the players . |
| 15 | An FA source revealed last night : ‘ Graham Taylor feels another game would be asking too much of the players . |
| 16 | You can stay up late for a few nights to finish that urgent report without getting irritable or asking too much of the people you live with . |
| 17 | Indeed , in making this distinction between major and minor issues , we are conceding too much to the modern point of view . |
| 18 | Since he arrived at Number Ten , back in November 1990 , friends have been insisting that he is his own man , sometimes protesting too much in the process . |
| 19 | Comes of drinking too much in the past , I told 'im . |
| 20 | The cull grenade is the old Norwegian method but without the explosive in the bomb ; and the Spanish , Icelandic and Korean whalers had removed the explosive because the explosions were spoiling too much of the meat , which was a major export product to the Japanese market . |
| 21 | I think you 're all reading too much into the Morrissey thing as to why he wrapped himself in the Union Jack , I think he was probably just cold … |
| 22 | But officials cautioned against reading too much into the statistics . |
| 23 | I do n't know if I can answer that to be absolutely honest I I mean I really feel that erm that would be reading too much into the decision that that our members took at that time . |
| 24 | But the centres which were the linchpin of the movement were criticized both for erring too much on the side of prevention — tackling such issues as racism , poverty and education in the communities served , and for doing too little prevention , this arising from the affiliation of most of them to general and mental hospitals . |
| 25 | He was worried that the media might be making too much of the religious implications , and not the real issues at hand . |
| 26 | She was making too much of the encounter . |
| 27 | I mean tha , is it all , you know , do we need all the time to have erm extra administrative help and in in , and in terms of which we 've been talking about before , I know they might sound like two conflicting issues but one of the ways of ensuring we get the work done is do we trying too much at the Synod ? |
| 28 | It served her right for thinking too much of the violets ; not caring much for drink , she did not mind losing the Madeira . |
| 29 | The mistake is often made of leaving too much to the insurance broker — not giving him sufficiently clear instructions and then , most importantly , not checking with him that the policy taken out does cover the risks which need to be insured against . |
| 30 | A rigid class system was established , and soon an urbanised and caste- and status-conscious bourgeoise was established which would keep the lower orders under control without demanding too much from the colonisers . |