Example sentences of "too [adj] for any " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was too late for any of them apart from the Asian couple . |
| 32 | ‘ Too late for any more sightseeing now , ’ said Robins . |
| 33 | Too late for any more useful sleep , I 'd be leaving for London at six to avoid the rush . |
| 34 | But the molecular weights were enormous , implying molecules which contained thousands of atoms , much too complicated for any details of their structure to be worked out . |
| 35 | The economic results of the reforms are very difficult to judge because the period was too short for any economic stability to be achieved . |
| 36 | Hating the idea of killing , he had hoped to serve with the Medical Corps but instead was assigned to the ‘ Bantam ’ battalion , being , as he said , ‘ too short for any other ’ . |
| 37 | ‘ It 's too small for any of us , but he might be able to get out and have a go at the door from the other side . ’ |
| 38 | The differences between the samples ( although of course the numbers are far too small for any quantitative analysis ) can be summarised as follows : |
| 39 | If anyone collects old aquarium stuff and they would like to contact me , I 'm willing to sent it to them for the cost of the postage , as it is far too small for any of my set-ups . |
| 40 | Things are too urgent for that and the dynamic is too big for any group to claim ownership of it . |
| 41 | But the atmosphere in the Kashmir valley seems far too volatile for any talk of elections . |
| 42 | The fog was too thick for any of the heavies to attempt takeoff , but it was thought that the lighter , smaller and more manoeuvrable Mosquitoes might just make it . |
| 43 | The system is too new for any conclusions to be drawn yet , but one problem has developed already . |
| 44 | The theory , in all its latest elusiveness , might suit Tristan , more or less , but continued to stand in a highly problematic relation to Wagner 's musical oeuvre as a whole — an oeuvre surely too varied for any useful all-embracing formula . |
| 45 | The situation was too fluid , the future too uncertain for any relaxation yet . |
| 46 | The details are too uncertain for any useful discussion , but the meaning of the episode is that about 200 B.C. one Roman writer had deluded himself about his chances of importing fifth-century Athenian freedom of speech into Rome ( Cic . |
| 47 | It 's that the class antipathies of black American culture the ‘ rap gap ’ have grown too wide for any one person , star or politician , to bridge . |
| 48 | Baldersdale was far too remote for any of the gentry to be interested in building a country residence there All the more accessible dales had their halls , manors and castles , but the high moors sweeping up to 1,500 feet above the valley of Baldersdale was the habitat of a creature which every aristocrat , and many wealthy merchants and other nouveau riche with aristocratic pretensions pursued , then and now , with fanatical zeal — Lagopus scoticus , feathered-footed member of the Tetraonidae family , otherwise known as the red grouse For the locals it meant an extra cash crop during the days following the Glorious Twelfth — the shillings and sovereigns tossed , somewhat disdainfully , at them for providing a back-up service , such as beating the heather to alarm the birds into the air and towards the buckshot , or placing their horses and wagons at the disposal of their lordships so that ammunition , lunch and the essential bottles of whisky could be transported to the guns and the day 's bag of slain birds brought safely to the all-important count . |