Example sentences of "have been [vb pp] too [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the struggle between Keynes and ‘ orthodoxy ’ has been depicted too much as a battle of theory , not enough as a conflict between rival conceptions of the art and duty of government . |
| 2 | Perhaps Dorothy had been shielded too much , and again in her marriage she had been protected , so that there had been nothing in her life to prepare her for what was happening now . |
| 3 | At the back of his mind was the fear that he had been given too much air , that his lungs could not sustain the pressure , that they would collapse as Commander Barnwell 's had collapsed . |
| 4 | Their only concern was that , in the darkness , one , or more , of the ropes had been loosened too much and it would be noticed when they emerged from the back of the van . |
| 5 | Yavlinsky refused Gorbachev 's invitation to the G-7 summit because , he claimed , his programme had been weakened too much to make it viable . |
| 6 | Schools , temples and churches have been hit too many times in the past few weeks to be the victims of mistakes . |
| 7 | The ability to understand the mistake made by another individual and the willingness to make the effort to correct it have been considered too much for non-human animals , because of the implication of intentionality of behaviour , and of a kind of consciousness . |
| 8 | It 's been done too many times . |