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

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1 Does not the right hon. Gentleman believe that that is too high a price to ask the people of Britain to pay in order that he may put the divisions of the Conservative party before this country 's long-term prosperity ?
2 The United States decided that isolation with Israel from the consensus of the whole world community was too high a price to pay .
3 ‘ It 's too high a price to pay for the moon , ’ Nan had said .
4 ‘ But living without women is something we decided had to be done — it 's not too high a price to pay for fame . ’
5 the r reactions on Halcyon , of those reactions thirteen hundred , there were thirteen hundred relate to deaths of the users , and that 's just too high a price to pay .
6 is it is it too no no we 've got to come back here , is this too high a price to pay ?
7 But some say it 's been too high a price to pay .
8 She even sold her house in Germany to pay for it , and while she 's happy to stretch this little two seater to the limit in practice , lasting damage to the Bar-Belle Bomber would be too high a price to pay for victory …
9 David Howell , chairman of the Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee , said China would recognise that ‘ destabilising and smashing Hong Kong is far too high a price to pay for China 's hopes in the modern world . ’
10 But Coun Dr Ann Macleod said : ‘ I think it is too high a price to pay because the housing in the north-east corner will affect far more people than the loss of the National Gallery . ’
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