Example sentences of "be [not/n't] too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am born of noble stock and I am not too proud to admit it . |
| 2 | I am not too old to accept the difference in life , Miss Cress , and nowadays , people do not dance , they lead such serious , earnest lives . |
| 3 | It is not surprising really , for carp are beautiful fish , they grow to large size , fight very hard , and are not too difficult to catch . |
| 4 | When I used to say , ‘ Oh yeah ’ , he 'd reply , ‘ Do n't be cheeky , you 're not too old to get a clip round the ear . ’ |
| 5 | When George Abbott , the Archbishop of Canterbury , accidentally shot dead a gamekeeper , Andrewes , as a member of a commission of enquiry , urged his colleagues ‘ Brethren , be not too busy to condemn any for uncanonicles according to the strictness thereof , lest we render ourselves in the same condition . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm black , remember , and jobs are n't too easy to come by , even for someone as good-looking and intelligent as me . ’ |
| 7 | Although money does n't exactly fall from the sky , major sponsors are n't too hard to find . |
| 8 | This arrangement might well have been satisfactory , with some accommodation between the two sides being not too difficult to achieve , but for the rancour that had been aroused in recent years . |
| 9 | For some consultants , a waiting list was a badge of status and district health authorities were n't too anxious to get rid of them because they were used by MPs to reinforce claims for more resources . |
| 10 | They were n't too quick to give up their prejudices , for part of the reason for the existence of prejudice is that our intolerance is directed against those who form some kind of threat to us . |
| 11 | This is a classic Italian dish that is not too expensive to prepare , using shin of veal rather than an expensive boneless cut . |
| 12 | It is not too easy to find , but lies in more or less of a line with Beta and 21(4.5) . |
| 13 | 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 ) . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 … ’ |
| 18 | But it is not too late to undo that damage . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ) . |
| 21 | It is not too late to register for the Booksellers Association 1993 Conference , Investing in the Future , in Torquay from 26th to 28th April . |
| 22 | I hope that it is not too late to provide this . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | Unfortunately Atticus is not too pleased to see her and tells Jem to take her and Bill home . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It is not too early to start thinking about sweeping reforms , as history shows . |
| 27 | It is not too early to begin thinking about it now , particularly if this is to be a Royal occasion . |
| 28 | it is not too fanciful to say that they need to be loved and welcome our presence . |
| 29 | It is not too fanciful to see a connection here with a point Ingram has made about the acquisition of linguistic transformations by children ( to dwell within the Chomskian paradigm a little longer ) . |
| 30 | I hope it is not too fanciful to think in terms of the old universities , the civic universities , the former colleges of advanced technology , and the polytechnics grouped like the colours in a spectrum each with its distinctive character but with no barriers . |