Example sentences of "take too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would take too long and use too much paper , but it was fantastic ! |
| 2 | ‘ I thought it would take too long to do but it was easier than the problems of printing . ’ |
| 3 | Mr De Klerk justified his decision on the curious grounds that an inquiry would take too long and would create ‘ a climate of suspicion and distrust ’ which ‘ the country can ill afford at this stage in its history ’ . |
| 4 | The result is that I rarely hear students chatting about science — it would simply take too long to formulate a question and answer . |
| 5 | it would take too long to go through the entire programme , which is studded with jewels , but if you can dip into it , try the two Passacaglias ( Kerll 's and Muffat 's , in D minor and G minor respectively ) , the deep and moving Allemande which opens Froberger 's Suite No. 20 ( it bears the inscription , in French , ‘ Meditation on my future death , to be played slowly and discreetly ’ ) , or his Fantasia No. 2 , which follows it here ; try too Buxtehude 's extraordinary Choral Suite Auf meinem lieben Gott ; or Weckmann 's two Toccatas … |
| 6 | ‘ It ca n't take too long to prepare Wavebreaker for a long voyage , can it ? ’ |
| 7 | The reason why this happens would take too long to explain here , but it is not a fault in the program as you might be tempted to think ! |
| 8 | In many cases this list already numbers over 100 , so correction techniques applied to such a long list would probably take too long to be worthwhile implementing , and the results from such techniques would produce many more candidates which would all have to be processed through the remaining stages of the recognition system . |
| 9 | The last bit of ascent into the upper coire is stony , but it does n't take too long to cross the ice-worn boiler plates to reach the lovely little lochan nestling there . |
| 10 | Hopefully Class 42XX 2-8-OT No. 4253 will not take too long to return to full working order . |
| 11 | If on the other hand you frequently send out stories which will be of interest to quite a wide selection of the media it will take too long to go through a large directory and jot down the names every time . |
| 12 | It would take too long and she would n't understand ; besides , she had phoned at a bad moment — Anne was obviously in a hurry to go out . |
| 13 | Production of the maximum possible yield might , for example , require too high a consumption of an expensive starting material or the process might take too long and thus prove uneconomic . |
| 14 | An MX on rails is not really a solution anyway , because it would take too long to load the missiles on to trains in case ofa surprise attack . |
| 15 | It would take too long to get the computer up and do it for you , but erm you can take that away with you if , if you like , that just makes the same points I 've been making now , but using a computer simulator . |
| 16 | So that 's it for this week , sorry we did n't have room for our promised body building item , I 've been told to work on my pecs before we get back to it and er it should n't take too long . |
| 17 | Erm I hope it did n't take too long to read our statement . |
| 18 | So perhaps we might need to do might want to until I return , which I should n't think will take too long . |
| 19 | But they hope it wo n't take too long or they 'll be rocking around the grandfather clock . |
| 20 | Mr Freitag says it will take too long to give proper values and that will lead to disputes . |
| 21 | Do n't take too long then cos that water 's pretty cold quick then have you eaten that all up Charlotte ? |
| 22 | Other fields that we 've been working on particularly are the educational field and the content and scale of education , it 's link with the unemployment problem and it would take too long really to list the whole range . |
| 23 | Yesterday things looked pretty hopeful but that it would n't take too long to get the whole thing sorted out , but I must admit things seem to be escalating and getting a lot worse now . |
| 24 | Did you take too little or too much liquid on board ? |
| 25 | The result was that the dealers did n't take too many orders for the ‘ old ’ car . |
| 26 | He could n't take too many more like that … |
| 27 | 7 Do n't take too many clothes during the season . |
| 28 | She 'll need to watch she does n't take too many of them . |
| 29 | I only want to deal with it in broad terms and that is that compared to earlier E I Ps where West Yorkshire authorities were saying , Do n't take too many people into North Yorkshire , as you 'll undermine our regeneration to paraphrase . |
| 30 | Oh it would take too many spare people rest day . |