Example sentences of "proven too [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One other respect in which Pascal is a modem thinker is in his view , which he shared with the Jansenists , that language had proven too strong for mystery , so that theology had become merely a branch of rhetoric . |
| 2 | The market , it seems , has proven too small even for Vicom , and that firm has now filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US federal courts . |
| 3 | The humid heat of the New Guinea forest had probably proven too much for someone used to the dank climate of south Wales , they reassured Joan . |
| 4 | high-profile job and the leadership of a professional association , which might have proven too much for a lesser , or older , man . |
| 5 | In Russia imperialism had developed alongside a semi-feudal agrarian structure and the bourgeoisie had proven too feeble to overthrow the absolute monarchy . |