Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [conj] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was neither rich enough nor impressionable enough to have walked out on a well-paid job simply in order to indulge a vapourish mood . |
| 2 | I was now both tall enough and bulky enough to link arms comfortably with Mr Broadhurst . |
| 3 | And all I can say is , God help me in the years between , because there 's going to be a fight and I do n't know if I shall be strong enough or clever enough to last out . |
| 4 | I think Con was strong enough and single-minded enough to do what I should have done years ago . |
| 5 | The second , smaller but also growing band , will be teachers who are strong enough and courageous enough to stick their necks out publicly . |
| 6 | The vet said there was n't much he could do because he did n't think Biggles was old enough or strong enough to survive the anaesthetic . |
| 7 | ‘ We 're all old enough and wise enough to know what to do , but we are n't doing it . |
| 8 | Stress needs to be dealt with not just through one-day workshops that some teachers are brave enough or desperate enough to attend . |
| 9 | They muddled around the fringes of true power , never quite brave enough or decisive enough to take the plunge . |
| 10 | Slowing down does not help , and generally the driver is not brave enough or quick enough to try accelerating . |
| 11 | He was certainly clever enough and wise enough to know the risk he was taking and yet he took it . |
| 12 | We are fit enough and bright enough to play that type of game . |
| 13 | The main consideration with envelopes is that they should be large enough and strong enough to accommodate the material to be contained within them . |
| 14 | You have to be very clever to win races these days , and I 'm totally convinced and so is everybody else here that Nigel will win enough races providing his car is quick enough and reliable enough to win a world championship . |
| 15 | He was talented enough and resourceful enough to survive it , although I think it almost devastated and destroyed him at a certain point . |
| 16 | It was a brave and beautiful place , with innumerable windows and twisting staircases and a lawn and a swing in a tree and everything you could desire in a spacious and desirable residence , only that it was all still and tiny enough to need a magnifying glass to see the intricacies of its carvings and appurtenances . |
| 17 | These stars are both luminous enough and hot enough to account for the total luminosity within 5pc of the nucleus , estimated to be 0.5–2.0x10 7 , L and ; ( refs 67 , 68 ) . |
| 18 | What was required was a fine line that was supple enough and strong enough to do both tasks . |
| 19 | ‘ I was extraordinarily lucky in starting off in a post that was small enough and compact enough to enable me to meet quite a sizeable proportion of the population . ’ |
| 20 | I remember my pride when I grew big enough and strong enough to fetch and carry the two gallon water cans for my father . |
| 21 | Dempsey with his image of the ex-hobo riding the roads to fame had been big enough and glamorous enough to blur the controversy from the minds of the crowd . |
| 22 | I was aware what could happen , I could see that any weakness was pounced upon by the other boys and I knew that I was n't big enough or belligerent enough to bully my way out of it . |
| 23 | Very few single women in Cairo had an appartment of their own , but Zeinab was rich enough and imperious enough and independent enough to insist on one . |
| 24 | If only , thought Hugh , between amusement and anxiety , if only the lady has been gracious enough and considerate enough to keep the lid firmly on that reliquary of hers , we may yet come out of this without scandal . |
| 25 | The increasing rapidity of the transatlantic crossing meant that the number of Americans who visited Paris increased steadily , many wealthy enough and important enough to penetrate high society and the Court , though not all of these visitors were won over . |
| 26 | The door he had entered by would take a pedestrian but not a vehicle ; the one at the far end was wide enough and high enough to take a truck . |
| 27 | They are young enough and strong enough to handle the months ahead . ’ |
| 28 | We were both young enough and old enough to have vivid wartime memories of the Second World War , and were fascinated by the ominous array of masts and dark shapes in the bay . |
| 29 | Pray God to purify and refine them , so that they can be sharp enough and strong enough to cleave like a great blade through the selfishness . |
| 30 | It is up to 50 feet high , overhanging throughout and wide enough to allow 15 or more teams to operate at one time . |