Example sentences of "not too [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IT 'S NOT too surprising to discover that House Of Love 's mainman , Guy Chadwick lives in a house that is , literally , a house of love . |
| 2 | He added , cynically , that if Labour came in ‘ it would be too weak to do much harm , but not too weak to get discredited ’ . |
| 3 | It is not too early to start thinking about sweeping reforms , as history shows . |
| 4 | It is not too early to begin thinking about it now , particularly if this is to be a Royal occasion . |
| 5 | He concludes that ‘ it is not too strong to say that the marriage law as it operated in practice in England from the fourteenth to the nineteenth centuries was a mess ’ ( p. 135 ) . |
| 6 | It is not too strong to say that it is impossible to test Marx 's thesis regarding the labour theory of value at a micro-economic level because Marx and Marxists have totally disregarded any element of profit which may result from risk-taking . |
| 7 | It is not too strong to say that the ultimate economic problem — choice under conditions of scarcity — results from this radical rupture in the natural world and in human personality . |
| 8 | perhaps it is not too strong to say that in national firms or boutiques the culture is defined by the owner or founder of the business . |
| 9 | ‘ I am a proud man , Li Shai Tung , but not too proud to admit it when I have been wrong- and I was wrong about the threat from the Ping Tiao . |
| 10 | I am born of noble stock and I am not too proud to admit it . |
| 11 | Suddenly , Constance realised that she actually was very tired — but not too tired to notice with pleasure the warm wood panelling , the Turkey-red stair carpet and the clean smell of polish which all added up to an atmosphere of richness and opulence quite foreign to her mother 's sparse house in Northumberland . |
| 12 | When the girls eventually reached home Major and Mrs Burrows were already in bed , but not too tired to hear the tremendous news . |
| 13 | So it 's not too ridiculous to compare them to a cross between Marc Almond , Nick Cave and The Chameleons . |
| 14 | This is a classic Italian dish that is not too expensive to prepare , using shin of veal rather than an expensive boneless cut . |
| 15 | I used to tell trainees that it was their first aptitude test to see if they could make it over Stamford Street ! ’ was not too upset to find that she will have to devise a new aptitude test from the summer . |
| 16 | The standard manual steering is heavy , low geared and not too keen to turn in . |
| 17 | The discussion that is recorded about Lothar 's age suggests that some were at first not too keen to elect a pope in his thirties who , on recent record , might last for half a century . |
| 18 | I could immediately guess why she was not too keen to stay . |
| 19 | ‘ Well at least it 's not too far to go to get to work in the morning , I 'll give it that . ’ |
| 20 | It was not too far to jump and I know every inch of the lake . |
| 21 | Vicky has also kindly volunteered to give a general valuation of anyone 's long-forgotten schoolgirl stamp collection — if not too cumbersome to bring to the meeting ! |
| 22 | It was not too hot to sleep : in Coffin 's life it had never been too hot or too cold or too anything to find oblivion . |
| 23 | Not too hot to handle , for an old-fashioned family publisher like Jackson 's ? |
| 24 | Unfortunately Atticus is not too pleased to see her and tells Jem to take her and Bill home . |
| 25 | I 'd like to say that I was not too sorry to see him go . |
| 26 | It looked bulky , but was well designed , and not too awkward to wear . |
| 27 | however , if this happens to your windows , it 's still not too late to rectify matters — sanding will restore their former glory , then you can work out a treatment programme to keep them looking good . |
| 28 | The table below shows when you should get your child immunised ( but if your child is older and has not been fully immunised it is not too late to see your doctor ) . |
| 29 | Well , it 's not too late to put things right . ’ |
| 30 | I hope it is not too late to say yes , I 'd like very much to have dinner on Friday and I too feel we 've been rather silly and it has all been a misunderstanding … ’ |