Example sentences of "too [adj] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Th they they demanded a higher wage er for erm just because Er m a man was n't too dear if it was a good er harvesting day , a man was n't too dear at any price . |
| 2 | The great man himself is now 95 and too frail for any involvement . |
| 3 | Fritz H Schröder 's editorial on screening for prostatic cancer makes the point that the specificity and positive predictive value are too low for any of the available screening tests to be recommended . |
| 4 | The Armstrong chairman , Roy Watts , said the Caparo bid was too low by any standard . |
| 5 | The chances of these Communist tactics leading to the Third World War by 1953 were deemed too high for any complacency in Western capitals . |
| 6 | Prices are generally too high for any quality furniture that might be suitable for reworking . |
| 7 | Fundamental to the stability of a system of taxation is the level at which people are asked to pay , and the switch from local to central taxation achieved by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor in his Budget was widely welcomed because it recognised that the tax burden had become too high for any system to sustain , and that is why he took steps to reduce it . |
| 8 | The rock above me was too steep for any animal to find foothold on . |
| 9 | While attempting to make the wheelchair or baby-buggy pusher 's life easier , planners often do not help by making ramps up and over steps too steep for any but the most fearless . |
| 10 | I 'm too old for any of that . |
| 11 | Fears remain , however , that the area is too unstable for any such measures to be effective . |
| 12 | But it was far too early for any taverns or coffee houses to be open . |
| 13 | But the showing season is in the summer when the weather is often too warm for any jacket , never mind tweed . |
| 14 | Then he said : ‘ You think it is too dangerous for any Baskerville to live at the Hall because of this supernatural hell-hound . |
| 15 | It is , however , all too easy for any of us to take the Students ' Association for granted . |
| 16 | There are only six permanent legislative committees , whose membership is far too large for any real scrutiny to take place . |
| 17 | And just as JET was too large for any single European country to build , its successors may also be collaborative ventures , perhaps involving even more countries . |
| 18 | Or , third , Britain could conclude that modern weapons are simply too costly for any single country of its size to make them on its own — and could stick to international joint ventures in future . |
| 19 | Strikes too streamlined for any doubt to pluck at it |
| 20 | He had now grown accustomed to me , and , as he was too ill for any kind of polite act , had left me in no doubt that he liked me . |
| 21 | He was still too confused for any sort of confrontation with the old man . |
| 22 | Euravia 's history is altogether too brief for any outside to make positive predictions about its future . |
| 23 | ‘ Duke Hussey and I have often discussed how ten years would be too long in any top job and many staff at all levels in the BBC have heard his pleas for the BBC to bring forward younger men and women . |
| 24 | ‘ Duke Hussey and I have often discussed how ten years would be too long in any top job and many staff at all levels in the BBC have heard his pleas for the BBC to bring forward younger men and women . |
| 25 | I am too tired for any fresh effort . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ The trouble with you , Portia Gaitskell , ’ Katherine countered , ‘ is that you 're too good for any man . |
| 27 | Unluckily our moral life is too complex for any single moral principle to be a despot over all the others . |
| 28 | For a long time , I was inclined to think that the contrast was too great for any important exchange of ideas , and that Liebermann 's suggestion , despite its attraction , could not be taken very seriously . |
| 29 | He told Aenarion that he would be accursed if he drew the weapon , that such power was too great for any mortal being , and it could only be bought at the price of Aenarion 's immortal soul . |
| 30 | The benefits received by the satraps were too great for any of these checks to be necessary . |