Example sentences of "[coord] not too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The standard manual steering is heavy , low geared and not too keen to turn in . |
| 2 | It looked bulky , but was well designed , and not too awkward to wear . |
| 3 | Folded up , the 750 was only 7in deep , 30in high and 29in long — compact enough to lean against a wall while jobs were in progress , and not too heavy to hang at about shoulder height when stored away . |
| 4 | In fact the props of the speech are important and not too difficult to use to help your presentation . |
| 5 | ‘ I am a proud man , Li Shai Tung , but not too proud to admit it when I have been wrong- and I was wrong about the threat from the Ping Tiao . |
| 6 | He added , cynically , that if Labour came in ‘ it would be too weak to do much harm , but not too weak to get discredited ’ . |
| 7 | Suddenly , Constance realised that she actually was very tired — but not too tired to notice with pleasure the warm wood panelling , the Turkey-red stair carpet and the clean smell of polish which all added up to an atmosphere of richness and opulence quite foreign to her mother 's sparse house in Northumberland . |
| 8 | When the girls eventually reached home Major and Mrs Burrows were already in bed , but not too tired to hear the tremendous news . |
| 9 | Too late for self-respect , but not too late to exact a little vengeance . |
| 10 | Usually they are fat , but not too fat to tie children 's shoes … |
| 11 | The selector switch is a three-way Strat-type , perhaps slower to operate than a toggle-switch , but not too hard to reach in its position beneath the first volume knob . |