Example sentences of "are too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stress is caused not only by chemical imperfections , but by ponds that are too shallow to give the Koi a sense of security ; or by excessive netting out and handling ( paradoxically , by over-anxious owners giving them the once over ) . |
| 2 | They argue that Egyptians are too passive to revolt on their own . |
| 3 | If Westminster MPs are too haughty to consider a role for themselves as a junior revising chamber of the European Parliament and too short sighted to invite Strasbourg experts on to their own select committee on EC affairs , they , not the MEPs will be the eventual losers . |
| 4 | None of the films are too long to outstay their welcome , but there are n't any real home runs in the batch , which range from the slickly professional ( Rosebud ) to the endearingly rough-and-ready ( Public Enemy/Private Friends ) . |
| 5 | if the sentences are too long to manage , first record the sentences phrase by phrase , i.e. : record the dialogue sentence by sentence with a pause long enough for you to mimic , then having LH repeat the sentence , i.e. : record the first phrase or word of each sentence with a pause long enough for you to produce the whole sentence ( i.e. with cue/prompt ) . |
| 6 | The nails are too long to do this actually . |
| 7 | CHAMPIONS Leeds take on Premier League leaders Norwich today with a warning from captain Gary McAllister ringing in their ears : ‘ I hope nobody is thinking we are too good to go down . ’ |
| 8 | Webb , signed from Manchester United , said : ‘ Forest are too good to go down . ’ |
| 9 | His claims that most people are too stunned to react violently — ‘ the nearest we come to any threat is people laughing at us ’ — are contradicted by the experience of his right-hand man , Mr Mark Smith , whose cat was garrotted last week , but he sticks to his guns regardless . |
| 10 | First , the notions of closeness , resemblance and similarity are too imprecise to support the sort of precise comparative judgement which such an ordering would require . |
| 11 | The most serious problems over credit use — sometimes an extreme manifestation of one of the general problems , such as the relationship between ignorance , high-cost credit use , and over-commitment ; sometimes something quite distinct — are too rare to show up in a quantifiable way in a sample survey such as ours . |
| 12 | I asked him if the fundamental problem is that those who have are too selfish to help . |
| 13 | Her father was explaining something to her in that overloud , careful voice which he used to her mother , the voice which said : ‘ I know you are too stupid to understand this but I will talk slowly and loudly and hope that you wo n't try my patience too far . ’ |
| 14 | If you are too stupid to know when to draw the line physically then you will be too stupid to know when to stop emotionally as well . |
| 15 | Starting from Poulantzas ' counterfactual example , I have suggested that the categories and relations he discusses are , as they stand , too abstract to provide any grounds for such claims , and indeed are too schematic to yield detailed explanations of particular historical events . |
| 16 | But the New People are too mean to give and too small to admit it . |
| 17 | The rest of the details are too grisly to describe . |
| 18 | For ethical reasons , no social researcher should expose respondents to that possibility , and others over whom this threat does not hang or by whom it is treated lightly , such as ex-policemen and women or disgruntled members of the force , are too unrepresentative to give a balanced view of policing Therefore , it was necessary to undertake an overt study and to obtain permission for the research from the Chief Constable . |
| 19 | This condition has been widely noted to have a distinct , seasonality of occurrence , appearing in greatest incidence in temperate areas during the warm summer months , and almost disappearing when the temperatures of autumn , winter and spring are too low to allow development of eggs to the infective stage . |
| 20 | The sensitivity , specificity , and positive predictive values of all three diagnostic tests ( digital rectal examination , prostate specific antigen , and transrectal ultrasonography ) are too low to justify their use . |
| 21 | Transfer of micro-organisms from a surface at this stage is unlikely to be harmful as the numbers involved are too low to cause immediate infection and there is no time for multiplication on food . |
| 22 | Hundreds of hospitals across the UK are incinerating potentially hazardous medical waste at temperatures which are too low to ensure the breakdown of pollutants , according to a report issued by the National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors . |
| 23 | We do not see why the advantages should not be extended to working class people whose wages are too low to bring them within income tax limits ’ ( my italics ) ( Labour Party/TUC , 1929 , para. 4 ) . |
| 24 | There is usually little they can do and , even if they could , the imprisoned creatures are too demented to thank them for it . |
| 25 | I do n't think the boys are too keen to have you around at the moment , and I ca n't say I blame them . |
| 26 | Many of us are too polite to resist their pressure and we end up sacrificing our time to their sales pitch . |
| 27 | Most people who notice it at parties are too polite to ask what it is and why I am wearing it , but to the few who do I say ( because I find it embarrassing to explain ) that it is concerned with the story of the sinking of the Bismarck ; and then relish the look of puzzlement on their faces . |
| 28 | Although the sociologists and anthropologists are too polite to mention it , social codes in general including in these changing times whichever one was brought up in oneself by the preceding generation , can be seen from a sufficient distance to have been in large part shaped by gross delusions about the cosmos and about man , and by a brutal ignorance of everyone outside one 's own people , sex and class . |
| 29 | Most of us are too polite to object , but imagine the embarrassment we could be saved if the authorities allowed people to ride in shirtsleeves in hot weather . |
| 30 | Parents may see danger when their children are too inexperienced to recognize it . |