Sentence examples for a too powerful from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a too powerful" is not correct in standard written English.
It is incorrect because "too" is an adverb that modifies adjectives, and it should be used in a different structure, such as "too powerful" without the article "a."
Example: "The villain was too powerful for the hero to defeat."
Alternatives: "excessively powerful" or "overly powerful."

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Nowadays, however, throughout the democratic West, "the problem lies not with a too powerful executive branch, but rather with a body politic that is so highly diversified and full of conflicting interests that it can't function.

The consequence of London as a world financial center (do we really need one?) is a national economy way out of balance, dependent on a too powerful, extractive export industry that corrupts politicians with influence (even if subconsciously); drives extreme inequality; and separates London's elite from the rest of the U.K. as Brexit demonstrated.

In these cases, therefore, instead of applying a too powerful traction, it is better to proceed to the act of lengthening by stages, followed by the application of a traction of medium intensity (not exceeding 25 or 30 kilograms).

A too powerful amp will blow your speakers in a couple months.

Using a too powerful charger may overheat batteries and cause the batteries to leak.

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The concern comes from people of various ideologies who share fears about a too-powerful government.

The thinking is that for all the hand-wringing over the prospect of a too-powerful state limiting civil liberties, more lives are blighted by the erosion of authority than by its extension.

And some of the other Marvel films have tinkered with notions larger than "heroes good, villains bad". "Winter Soldier" was about the iniquities of drone warfare and the dangers to civil liberties posed by a too-powerful government while "Civil War" is about the hazards of occupational licensing.

Mr Hague first came to wider attention aged just 16, when he gave the 1977 Conservative Party conference a barnstorming speech on the perils of a too-powerful state.

But the evidence of the UK, for example, is that £375bn of quantitative easing did nothing to stop banks shrinking their balance sheets: banks had a too-powerful incentive to shrink and strengthen themselves after the great crash of 2008; businesses and consumers were too fed up to borrow, even with the stimulus of cheap credit.

But it is dangerously close on that path -- the Founders recognized the danger of a too-powerful President.

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