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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are too thin to" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe something that lacks sufficient thickness or substance to perform a function or meet a requirement. Example: "The walls of the building are too thin to provide adequate insulation during winter."
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Dr. Squyres said the layers are too thin to be lava flows.
In some cases it might not even be possible (if, say, the walls are too thin to lay pipes).
That is because there are too many in each category and many are in businesses where profit margins are too thin to make sense.
The E.C.B. does not have the power to save ailing banks like Dexia or address deeper problems in the banking system, officials insist, caused by banks' exposure to sovereign debt and reserves that are too thin to absorb potential losses.
The numbers at the top of the game are too thin to expect an overnight renaissance on the back of a feelgood factor from his Wimbledon triumph, and all Murray can do is encourage the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) to abandon their strategy of investing in players with little hope of making it and concentrating instead on spreading the game into parks and schools.
In many cases, the pipelines of new drugs that the big drug makers maintain are too thin to support their present valuations.
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Generally the formation was too thin to provide a worthwhile pay zone for a vertical well.
Standard-issue coats and blankets were too thin to withstand the winter cold.
Support for subject-whom is too thin to justify rethinking the traditional rule.
The oxygen there may be too thin to sustain his central argument.
Chef Raymond Blanc even accused her of being "too thin" to truly enjoy baking.
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