Example sentences of "too [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 There is a danger too that campaigning or lobbying activities fit uneasily with service delivery .
2 Light : Moderate but not too strong light and the shadier areas of the tank should be chosen .
3 That 'll be perfectly all right — Rose was out of her mind buying you that ridiculous creation anyway , far too low cut and tight in the bust . ’
4 However , the president of the Anti-Vice League in the USA , the notorious Anthony Cornstock , did not approve , complaining , ‘ There 's too little mom and too much maid ’ .
5 We have considered at length why natural monopoly leads to socially inefficient outcomes : too little output and too high a price in that industry .
6 By the end of the day , the effect of too much alcohol , too little food and a sortie in his shirt sleeves on an uncommonly chilly autumn morning began to take effect .
7 Too little research and the risk will be too great .
8 Jackson feels that Niskanen credits the ‘ sponsor ’ with too little power and too many information problems .
9 Because it is difficult to get everyone together , too little time and consideration will be given to making the final decision , which may well be made simply to bring the meeting to a close because one or other member of the panel has to get away .
10 There was too little time and too great a crisis .
11 In short , George — a strong disciplinarian — will say the whole business is getting too high profile and must stop …
12 Streicher has abandoned the softness of the other Viennese instruments , with their too delicate touch and bouncing rolling action , and on Beethoven 's advice and request has given his instruments a more resisting touch … so that the virtuoso … has more control … in the striking and releasing .
13 It was pointless him going right through the centre because he was incurring far too much damage and eventually he would be shot down .
14 They have said that there is too much legislation and that voluntary codes are required .
15 It has far too much legislation and far too much centralisation .
16 Too much conflict and
17 Mind you , there 's a danger in too much interbreeding and it 's no different with human beings .
18 Avoid fussiness — too much going on at once — too much chopping and changing about .
19 He had most of the presents and all the adults to himself , and it only came to an end for him when he was very sick late in the morning , but whether from too much excitement or too many sweets , nobody could tell .
20 The goals of the first transition phase , the first series of internal tariff reductions and measures designed to reduce the differences in the external tariffs of the Six , had been achieved without too much hardship or dispute , and the Commission was looking forward with confidence to shortening the planned duration of the second transition phase .
21 The physical symptoms occur as a result of too much oxygen and too little carbon dioxide .
22 Cadbury 's Roses verdict neat box but too much packaging and they cost a hundred and one P for a hundred grams .
23 Anyway , there are bogeymen much closer to home : true Brits who drink too much lager and then get behind the wheel of a car .
24 It was too early for me to be a Yuckie — the tabloid newspapers ' shorthand for the young city slickers who celebrated the end of a day 's trading with too much lager and then reverted to type as the football hooligans they really were under the skin .
25 A lower tax rate ( including a zero tax rate ) leads to too much consumption and production of cigarettes .
26 They were used to seeing 3 × 80 oz. bottles put in with too much colour and a ‘ hope for the best ’ attitude .
27 Plants can suffer from too much sun or too little water , or a watch from rough handling .
28 Most of them late arrivals back on board , suffering from too much sun or too much of the local wine . ’
29 Vines can be lifted high off the ground to avoid frost ; dropped as low as possible to benefit from heat reflected by stony ground at night ; generously spaced along the rows to attract the sun and avoid humidity ; or intensively cultivated into a canopy of foliage to avoid too much sun and encourage humidity in dry areas .
30 " Too much sun and fresh air , " Sara said weakly .
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