Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] too [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ As far as I can see , putting together an international programme would not present too many problems — and it would be nice if we could tie in something with Australia as well . ’
2 Mr Bull , 75 , said he would not have too much difficulty in finding the extra £15 a year to pay for the new road tax fees and would economise on petrol .
3 He had promised himself that he would not get too involved with her , but at this moment he could no more have parted from her than he could have cut his own throat .
4 She just hoped that the lady would not charge too much for taking the child off her hands .
5 His kindness must have gone to her head , but she would not read too much into it .
6 Jimmy and Denis we decided would not look too kindly on our request , the one being too staid and the other too much engrossed in his wife and family .
7 It would not look too good if a 110 flown by a man well over forty had outpaced and outmanoeuvred two Spitfires piloted by ‘ the cream ’ .
8 It would not need too keen an eye ( nor a cynical disposition ) to spot a coincidence between one of the editors of the volumes and the present author of this piece and think …
9 ‘ Rain is forecast and it would not take too much more to have the meeting cancelled , ’ said Plumpton clerk of the course Cliff Griggs yesterday , while overnight rain would also put Sedgefield in jeopardy .
10 But there were fears that it would soon lean too far to be corrected .
11 It was a good sign ; if the jacks did n't decimate the fry the water would soon become too populated and no longer produce the big fish me and my ilk were keen to catch .
12 But if she did n't try , or he refused her food because she would n't do as he told her , she would quickly become too weak .
13 In many cases this list already numbers over 100 , so correction techniques applied to such a long list would probably take too long to be worthwhile implementing , and the results from such techniques would produce many more candidates which would all have to be processed through the remaining stages of the recognition system .
14 If all its facilities were used it would also cause too many problems of transfer to other systems .
15 This task would later prove too great for both men .
16 I decided that they simply would n't have understood why I 'd done this and would now feel too hurt and abused ever to want to see me again .
17 One might think that this unpredictability would n't matter too much if it occurred only at the big bang ; after all , that was ten or twenty billion years ago .
18 I would n't pay too much heed myself , though . ’
19 I think this is because for the last five months I was pregnant I was so withdrawn and would n't talk to anybody — would n't go out of the house , I used to sit upstairs or here hoping she would n't kick too hard and my dad would n't see anything .
20 The workshops would n't generate too much traffic and the proximity to Temple Meads station and the rail network would be useful for despatching goods .
21 She looked young but experienced , the sort that would n't waste too much of his time .
22 I would n't do too much .
23 But I would n't go too much on that .
24 But if a trip abroad could result in Ben giving her some of those hot , steamy looks that handsome Ross was throwing his own wife 's way — well , she would n't complain too much about that !
25 Mark would n't suffer too much though .
26 ‘ They did miss chances , but I would n't place too much emphasis on that .
27 Yesterday things looked pretty hopeful but that it would n't take too long to get the whole thing sorted out , but I must admit things seem to be escalating and getting a lot worse now .
28 It would n't take too much more ingenuity to cut the speed of the sample down but keep the pitch the same , thus making the target guitar part much easier to distinguish .
29 ‘ Naylor would n't say too much , I expect , ’ Cicely clipped in warmly .
30 This , of course , will use up space on the memory card , but in practice you probably would n't save too many versions of the pattern , as too many stitches between the repeats will lead to long floats on the reverse side of the knitting .
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