Example sentences of "[is] not too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a classic Italian dish that is not too expensive to prepare , using shin of veal rather than an expensive boneless cut . |
| 2 | It is not too easy to find , but lies in more or less of a line with Beta and 21(4.5) . |
| 3 | He concludes that ‘ it is not too strong to say that the marriage law as it operated in practice in England from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries was a mess ’ ( p. 135 ) . |
| 4 | It is not too strong to say that it is impossible to test Marx 's thesis regarding the labour theory of value at a micro-economic level because Marx and Marxists have totally disregarded any element of profit which may result from risk-taking . |
| 5 | It is not too strong to say that the ultimate economic problem — choice under conditions of scarcity — results from this radical rupture in the natural world and in human personality . |
| 6 | perhaps it is not too strong to say that in national firms or boutiques the culture is defined by the owner or founder of the business . |
| 7 | I hope it is not too late to say yes , I 'd like very much to have dinner on Friday and I too feel we 've been rather silly and it has all been a misunderstanding … ’ |
| 8 | But it is not too late to undo that damage . |
| 9 | As the Denmark Farm experiment shows , it is not too late to restore our countryside — arguably the richest aspect of our national heritage — and recreate a living countryside with a rich biological diversity . |
| 10 | The table below shows when you should get your child immunised ( but if your child is older and has not been fully immunised it is not too late to see your doctor ) . |
| 11 | It is not too late to register for the Booksellers Association 1993 Conference , Investing in the Future , in Torquay from 26th to 28th April . |
| 12 | I hope that it is not too late to provide this . |
| 13 | Perhaps it will provide a beacon of hope for future generations of pianists for whom it is not too late to swerve off their mat and sterile paths , to follow the lead of a genuine eccentric and a genuine musician ? |
| 14 | Unfortunately Atticus is not too pleased to see her and tells Jem to take her and Bill home . |
| 15 | But perhaps it is not too simple to suggest that we are also conscious of Zuckerman as a deflection of the wrath over Roth which works by making Zuckerman responsible for the outrage . |
| 16 | It is not too early to start thinking about sweeping reforms , as history shows . |
| 17 | It is not too early to begin thinking about it now , particularly if this is to be a Royal occasion . |
| 18 | It is not too much to say that we entered the conference in the law and atmosphere of the 17th century and we came out with a fair prospect of 20th century conditions . ' |
| 19 | John Paris , in his biography of Davy published in 1825 , wrote : ‘ I have been able to present to the world a complete history of those proceedings which have so happily led to discovery of which it is not too much to say that it is at once the pride of science , the triumph of humanity and the glory of the age in which we live . ’ |
| 20 | Indeed it is not too much to say that the Inklings were preoccupied with them . |
| 21 | Her life had been full of pain and perplexity ; it is not too much to say that her emotional needs had been fastened on a man whom she never properly understood , and that he in turn was baffled and then enraged by her insistent and neurotic demands upon him . |
| 22 | Indeed , it is not too much to say that this is probably the single thing that " everyone know about Athenian democracy . |
| 23 | It is not too much to say that the quoted argument has the strength of this : We say it is probable that the spoon is under the napkin ; the relation of " being under " is therefore a relation of probability . |
| 24 | It is not too much to say that the probabilistic analyses must revise this into a belief that many effects are not made to happen . |
| 25 | In Billie Holiday 's 1936 recording of ‘ These Foolish Things ’ it is not too much to say that the melody is recomposed . |
| 26 | It is not too much to say that , throughout the last three critical years in China , it is to Dr Morrison that the British public has looked from day to day for the earliest and most accurate intelligence concerning events in which the interests of this country have been so largely involved . ’ |
| 27 | It is not too much to say that this interpretation of what appears the plain meaning of section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act , 1974 , would make a farce out of the children 's hearing system . |
| 28 | But there is not too much to cheer about . |
| 29 | Well , er we 're not saying they do n't , er , you , we , we went there to protest nuclear testing , we knew that er you know , we , that that , that protest would be opposed , but now that those people have been seized , er surely the very least they can do is inform us that they 're safe and well , and where they are and what is being intended ; that , that is not , er that is not too much to ask . |
| 30 | One place in a team is not too much to give up in return for new ideas and expertise . ’ |