Example sentences of "too [adj] for any " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great man himself is now 95 and too frail for any involvement . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The chances of these Communist tactics leading to the Third World War by 1953 were deemed too high for any complacency in Western capitals . |
| 4 | Prices are generally too high for any quality furniture that might be suitable for reworking . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The rock above me was too steep for any animal to find foothold on . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I 'm too old for any of that . |
| 9 | Fears remain , however , that the area is too unstable for any such measures to be effective . |
| 10 | But it was far too early for any taverns or coffee houses to be open . |
| 11 | But the showing season is in the summer when the weather is often too warm for any jacket , never mind tweed . |
| 12 | Then he said : ‘ You think it is too dangerous for any Baskerville to live at the Hall because of this supernatural hell-hound . |
| 13 | It is , however , all too easy for any of us to take the Students ' Association for granted . |
| 14 | There are only six permanent legislative committees , whose membership is far too large for any real scrutiny to take place . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Strikes too streamlined for any doubt to pluck at it |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He was still too confused for any sort of confrontation with the old man . |
| 20 | Euravia 's history is altogether too brief for any outside to make positive predictions about its future . |
| 21 | I am too tired for any fresh effort . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ The trouble with you , Portia Gaitskell , ’ Katherine countered , ‘ is that you 're too good for any man . |
| 23 | Unluckily our moral life is too complex for any single moral principle to be a despot over all the others . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | The benefits received by the satraps were too great for any of these checks to be necessary . |
| 27 | The magnetic deflecting torque is proportional to both the current I in the suspended coil and the magnetic induction delivered by the fixed coils which in turn is also proportional to the same current I. Because the deflecting torque is proportional to I 2 , both alternating and direct currents cause a steady deflection of the suspended coil , the natural frequency of the suspended system being too low and the damping too great for any fluctuations in I 2 to be followed . |
| 28 | It has been estimated that in the years 1877–1904 70 per cent of Pomeranian farmland was held in large estates and only 30 per cent in peasant smallholdings of various kinds : about two-thirds of Pomeranian farmers were smallholders living in the most appalling poverty ; their assets were non-existent or too small for them to think of trekking westwards to look for factory work ; they were too poor to pay cash for their land , and too impoverished for any bank to risk giving them a loan . |
| 29 | The final contents of the budget are only revealed to the Cabinet the day before the Chancellor presents it to the House of Commons , when it is too late for any major changes . |
| 30 | Well , if you have a problem after , say , the tenth month after purchase , you will be too late for any claim under the Sale Of Goods Act , but you will still have a claim under your guarantee — as long as it is for more than ten months , and providing you sent off the registration card ! |