Example sentences of "too high and [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The sceptics argue that the cost of running rail services will prove too high and the return too low for the private sector .
2 It was noted that the localiser deflection sensitivity of the No. 1 VOR was set too high and the flag alarm settings on both the localiser and the glideslope were such that the flags would not appear even when the signals were unusable .
3 The bridge saddles were too high and the truss rod needed a full half-turn to make the neck straight and playable .
4 Taxes were too high and the state bureaucracy too large and too much power had become centralized in Washington at the expense of the states .
5 At low frequencies the signals do not have much carrying capacity , but go too high and the oxygen and hydrogen molecules in the atmosphere can actually vibrate in sympathy with the radio waves , absorbing the signals .
6 She had turned the hob on too high and the bacon had begun to burn .
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