Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [am/are] too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 They 're tired of having to deal time and again with criminals who are too young to go to prison …
2 Lucker and myself lie together idly exploring each other 's bodies with the curiosity of two baby elephants who are too young to take advantage of what they have found .
3 And those who are too young to realise the dangers around must be well protected .
4 Children who are too young to understand explanations of their situation , or those who may suffer from learning difficulties understandably come into this category .
5 For children who are too young to learn a relaxation technique , a reassuring presence and a warm drink can often stave off an attack .
6 This show will be a revelation for the many Americans who are too young to have seen the major survey mounted by Wildenstein in New York in 1949 .
7 One obvious disadvantage of a telephone survey is that it does not represent people who are too poor to afford telephones .
8 The Milk Bank at Sorrento Maternity Hospital in Mosely provides a life-saving service to premature and sick babies who are too weak to feed directly from the breast .
9 But teetotallers include people who are too ill to fancy a drink , and a smattering of ex-alcoholics who have been warned that their next drink may be their last .
10 There is even a portable unit for home use by people who are too busy to come to the Centre .
11 He does n't appeart to have struck since the end of January but one thing worrying the investigators is that there may be more victims who are too scared to come forward .
12 The result : a burgeoning young generation of 100,000 hard-core otaku who are too uptight to talk to a telephone operator but who can kick ass on the keyboard of a PC .
13 ‘ I do n't think I know many married people , ’ said Sam , wrinkling her forehead , ‘ except the ones who 're too ugly to find anyone else . ’
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