Example sentences of "takes too [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | At this point in the debate a public bunfight has arisen between , on the one hand the authors of the Coopers & Lybrand report on Tuesday that warned of a ‘ fiscal reality gap ’ and a public sector borrowing requirement soaring way above Tory and Labour projections ( about which this column warned last week ) and those who believe this takes too gloomy a view of prospects . |
| 2 | He runs too upright , relies too much on sheer strength instead of evading defenders , and so takes too many hits . |
| 3 | It is not likely , however , that you will obtain too many vitamins from food and that this will prove problematic ; the danger nearly always arises when a person takes too many vitamin tablets . |
| 4 | Thus , the transformational capabilities for fulfilling material needs are dangerous to the self if one takes too many of them , and they can be dangerous to others in contact with one . |
| 5 | Sometimes research itself takes too narrow a view of social changes , and their impact on family relationships . |
| 6 | Professor Hirst ( 1973 ) none the less feels that Stenhouse takes too narrow a view of what is meant by " outcomes " , arising from the " engineering approach " which he finds is encouraged by writers such as Tyler , for many years the key author in the field . |
| 7 | If you 're going away , pack only half the clothes you think you 'll want — everyone always takes too much ! |
| 8 | Myth no. 2 : exercising takes too much time Do you have a hectic timetable and feel you just do n't have the time to exercise ? |
| 9 | Left-inclined social scientists argue that the pluralist perspective on British politics is grossly inadequate because it adopts a restricted frame of reference ; takes too much for granted ; and fails to deal with the whole problem of political inaction . |
| 10 | For its part , pluralism adopts a restricted frame of reference and takes too much for granted so that it skates on the surface of political life and only deals with the politics of participation and the politics of satisfaction to the detriment of any consideration of other less " obvious " things : there is little that is deep and illuminating about the pluralist perspective and crucial concerns are ignored as irrelevant to politics : pluralism is less wrong than limited . |
| 11 | If she takes too much . |
| 12 | Because it 's erm it just takes too much energy away . |
| 13 | He says the contract with Sony music is too restrictive and the company takes too much of the profits . |
| 14 | an over-ambitious agenda which takes too long to complete or has to be carried over to the next meeting . |
| 15 | Concrete absorbs next to no water , and soft mortar takes too long to stiffen before it can be smoothed off and marked with a light cross-hatch key . |
| 16 | It takes too long to set up and the shutter speed is so slow . |
| 17 | It takes too long to set up and the shutter speed is slow . |
| 18 | He contends that the style of operation of the CNAA is inimical to this task and that course validation takes too long and compromises in course design which arise from the resolution of the often marked differences within validating boards affect adversely the quality of the work of polytechnics . |
| 19 | Traditionally some vendors oppose asset sales on the basis that it takes too long to obtain the landlord 's consent and the long delay between exchange and completion causes uncertainty for the business . |
| 20 | it takes too long to follow a human birth cohort through life — the information is of little interest at the end of such an exercise |
| 21 | Oh well we 'll forget about the six to start with it takes too long . |
| 22 | When I make the stake-out it takes too little time . |