Example sentences of "enough [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Most of them would not go on , but three were brave enough to go down into the valley .
2 Shop manager , Jim Willcock 's been allowed home from hospital , but he 's not well enough to go back to the co-op in Cam .
3 ‘ Now they are working hard to get me fit enough to go back on the list — and they 're the only ones giving me hope , ’ says Anthony .
4 Hot enough to sit out in the Piazza studded with big brown and green palms against the rose-coloured stucco of the buildings and perhaps try a first ricotta ice-cream .
5 The problem is to develop a device which as well as demonstrating a high degree of efficiency in converting wave energy into electricity , is also robust enough to stand up to the buffeting and corrosion of the sea .
6 And for those determined enough to stand out from the crowd by virtue of understatement , that may well be enough .
7 But none of them had been interested enough to come up with an offer .
8 ‘ Find a stick long enough to reach up to the cab , ’ he said .
9 You stand a better chance if you put something with the Sunday and even then that might not be completely enough to reach down to the crevices , but I think some method , and that 's why I suggested surgeries actually , was that we have to talk regularly to people face to face and once you 're in a room with people then it goes , does n't it ?
10 During the last ten years Britain has changed , very often for the worse , the nature of work has changed and we the trade union Movement have not changed fast enough to keep up with the pace .
11 This may be one or two characters in most commercial systems ( Tappert et al , 1990 ) , but need only be fast enough to keep up with the writing .
12 War boars are evil minded creatures that will take every opportunity to maim , bite , and kick their Orc masters but this does n't really bother the Orcs who are on the whole sensible enough to keep out of the way .
13 It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply .
14 It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply or at the project 's on/off switch .
15 It was easy enough to hang around in the courtyard enjoying the soft splash of sunlight on her bare arms .
16 In summary , I am looking for a jacket which is wind and water proof , breathable , looks respectable enough to turn up at the office in , and offers conspicuity .
17 By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day .
18 This is rare in cars of this type , which tend to be fun for the driver , but a bore for anybody unlucky enough to end up in the back .
19 But the Queen , well protected by raincoat , hat and umbrella , smiled through the deluge as she chatted with those brave enough to stay out in the open under a gaily-coloured sea of umbrellas .
20 The loss of that money is resented by at least one member of the England Committee , who told me : ‘ Our football in Sweden was the worst in my lifetime , but we should be strong enough to face up to the situation .
21 I have listened in vain to hear anyone , in any political party , who has been courageous enough to face up to the crisis in the social services .
22 Many of the Minoan sailing ships were probably small enough to drag out of the water on to a beach , but some seem to have been very large .
23 Some cooks are born great , others have their natural skill improved by training , yet others train hard enough to make up for a lack of natural talent .
24 The world No. 1 gave the tie her best , however , but even that was not enough to make up for the shortcomings of her second in command , Claudia Kohde- Kilsch .
25 Although people were allowed to eat other foods freely , in fact when they were deprived of their refined carbohydrates they tended not to increase their intake of these alternative foods very much — not enough to make up for the calories they were saving .
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