Example sentences of "not [verb] too [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can not emphasize too strongly that I have not here attempted to provide a detailed exposition or erect a comprehensive critique of multiculturalist and antiracist assumptions and practices . |
| 2 | but I can not emphasize too strongly that you should only choose furniture and furnishings that make you feel comfortable . |
| 3 | I can not stress too strongly that it is vital to know what you are treating , and that unless the problem is obviously pathogenic ( eg White Spot ) or organic ( visible tumour ) then you should ALWAYS suspect an environmental problem , and usually the culprit is poor water quality . |
| 4 | Yet the Nazis knew that they could not behave too outrageously because there was always the threat that the League of Nations might call in the Poles to annex the city and suppress the NSDAP in the name of European peace . |
| 5 | It is important to be aware that trade unions are organisations in their own right , and we must not assume too hastily or too readily that the goals of a trade union organisation are the same as those of its members or full-time officials . |
| 6 | But if Sartre anticipates such later thinkers we should not assume too quickly that they have simply taken his insights further . |
| 7 | To those who are new to this absorbing — and highly addictive — branch of the model hobby , I can not repeat too often that the two essential ingredients for success are dogged persistence and experienced help . |
| 8 | It helps people to appreciate mystery by not defining too easily and sewing it all up . |
| 9 | One way and another , it appears that the search for a new chief executive for IBM Corp is not going too well as one after another , the most fancied candidates declare that they are non-runners — so long after their names were first widely canvassed in the press that they leave the strong impression that they have considered or been considered for the job , but after having looked into it , decided that they would n't touch it with a bargepole : latest to declare his belated non-candidacy is former Hewlett-Packard Co chief executive John Young , who says he is ‘ definitely not a candidate ’ — ‘ He 's enjoying retirement , ’ said a Hewlett spokeswoman ; all attention is now focussed on the thought-to-be front runners that have n't ruled themselves out — Paul Stern , recently retired chairman and tough manager of Northern Telecom Ltd , who could be planning to repeat his double act at that company with another former IBMer , Edward Lucente , who has also just resigned from Northern Telecom ; the other two whose odds have shortened are George Fisher , chairman and chief executive of Motorola Inc , Morton Myerson , chairman of Perot Systems Corp , and Louis Gerstner , head of RJR Nabisco Co ; industry sources told Reuter that the name of Michael Armstrong keeps coming up within IBM — but he quit only a year ago , and has just taken the top job at Hughes Aircraft Co . |
| 10 | Algae and other weed in the canal shows it is not used too often and some patches grow right across although it is not hard to paddle through them and the lengths of wood and other floating debris . |
| 11 | Yet he should not weep too long because old stone face himself , Ivan Lendl , made five attempts to land a major title . |
| 12 | The notion of educational ‘ stages ’ is useful as long as it is not interpreted too rigidly or schematically ( Squires 1989a ) . |
| 13 | Her father was not doing too badly and perhaps , after all , he might be right about McNab . |
| 14 | Do not knit too quickly or you will find that you are racking as you knit , which will break or damage the needles . |
| 15 | At the beginning of a relationship sex is often taken for granted as a possibility , but girls have to take care that it does not happen too easily or too often . |
| 16 | They were a happy family and very hospitable , but Mary told me I was not to call too often or I would wear out my welcome . |
| 17 | On the one hand towards a more realist approach which is essential but can not go too far because if pursued at other than a meso-scale level is in danger of leading towards natural and biological sciences . |
| 18 | But he would not press too vehemently or he would lose the support of the Prince . |
| 19 | Settlements emparked in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries tend not to survive too well as earthworks , but abandoned sixteenth-or seventeenth-century garden schemes often incorporate remains of village earthworks . |
| 20 | Do not bandage too tightly but arrange it so that you can move your ankle sufficiently to use foot techniques . |
| 21 | The deification of the Emperors , introduced by Augustus , was not taken too seriously and signified little more than in later ages was implied by the adjective ‘ Holy ’ in the title ‘ Holy Roman Emperor ’ . |
| 22 | The easterners could not complain too bitterly while their exports to Western Europe were growing by double-digit amounts . |
| 23 | We have a situation where the landowner is going to have to sell land relatively cheaply , in order that the land then , the land prices do not reflect too horrendously when it comes through to the price that has to be paid by the person who 's going to occupy the property ; either in terms of a letting figure or of something which is going to be an , effectively a mortgage figure . |
| 24 | Once we have this model , we will not worry too much whether what we 're into is presence , power , proclamation or whatever kind of evangelism . |
| 25 | At this stage we need not worry too much whether the material is glassy or crystalline and all we really need to know about the solid is the Young 's modulus and the surface energy . |
| 26 | Yet loyal Yorkshire fans in and around Teesside need not worry too much because I am confident Acklam Park will continue to stay on the White Rose map . |
| 27 | You must not worry too much if she seems a bit depressed during the first few months , instead of being a ‘ sweet and grateful granny ’ . |