Example sentences of "too [adj] or [art] " in BNC.

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1 • A free-running rhythm with a period greater than 24 hours ( because the time-cues were too weak or the subject was unable to receive or respond to them adequately ) ;
2 Even having made a commitment to the climb , the option of retreat is always open if you sense the temperature is too high or the snow conditions dangerous .
3 one expect to be comfortable if he is wearing a belt two inches too tight or a pair of shoes two sizes too small ?
4 Craft knives can be useful for trimming pieces of pressed material if they are too large or the wrong shape .
5 If the crowd became too large or the children too cheeky , the stall owner who had granted me permission would disperse them .
6 In 14 of the latter , the spaces between sections were too large or the thoracic examinations were taken without a lung window , and 3 non-seminoma patients had no thoracic diagnostic CT .
7 If this is not possible because the drain is too long or the land falls the wrong way , the pipe used for the drain will have to be larger and laid with a gentler slope .
8 The optimum angle varies between boards , but it should not be too great or the sideways resistance of the daggerboard is decreased .
9 And there 's the question of how much of it is to be real life , for those in it , and how much will have to be some kind of fiction , or simulation , where the risks are too great or the technologies not yet available .
10 So the causes are , the socket might be too shallow or the ligaments or muscles might be too loose
11 Every time I think about it I 'm either too busy or the weather 's too rotten , when I 'm not tired the weather 's pouring with rain or bitterly cold or .
12 These are included in relation only to limited classes of investments , which , however , cover not only money market investments but also debt investments ; it is therefore likely that futures contracts linked to debt securities are included , even if they fall outside the money market exemption ( because the transaction is too small or the debt securities have too long a maturity ) ; and ( 6 ) Countries , monetary authorities or certain supranational institutions .
13 Spoon into a serving dish and serve warm — but not too hot or the syrup will burn .
14 Do not allow it to become too hot or the mixture will cook and not expand properly .
15 Sensitivity is increased by reducing the sandwich thickness which can be adjusted to suit after gluing , but not too thin or the short grain will crack .
16 This procedure can fail to produce a result under extremes of lighting due to spreading if it is too bright or the exposure cut-off if it is too dim .
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