Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It dates back to 1795 and was issued by the King 's Theatre in London 's Haymarket , and was designed as a throw-away item for theatre-goers rich enough to book a box for the season at the kingly sum of 2,500 guineas . |
| 2 | He governs , so far as he is able to , on borrowed time because none of the groups contending for power yet feels strong enough to make a grab for it . |
| 3 | However , in reaffirming it as an objective , Mr Kinnock was careful not to set a timescale for reducing unemployment to between 750,000 and one million , depending on circumstances . |
| 4 | The first bonding systems for dentine that were reproducible enough to eliminate the need for mechanically retentive cavities were first seen in the late 1970s . |
| 5 | Excel is clever enough to complete a sequence for you ; type in the first heading , mark the cells into which the sequence is to be extended , and Excel does the rest . |
| 6 | She had even been clever enough to provide an escort for the T'ang . |
| 7 | Clara had had the sense not to try to ask her mother about a possible purchase , as she could only too clearly imagine the responses to which such a request would expose her , and the abuse which would be cast upon those girls fortunate enough to have a use for party dresses . |
| 8 | Attlee was not content simply to urge the need for economies . |
| 9 | I was lucky enough to receive an invitation for the special AGM held at the Guildhall London , attended by Lady Baden-Powell and other Guiding dignitaries including a lady who has been connected with Guiding for all its 75 years . |
| 10 | ‘ The way I look at it , they 're over there and are lucky enough to make a dollar for something they enjoy . |
| 11 | Some people in some circumstances are more likely correctly to assess the argument for authority if put at one level of generality than at another . |
| 12 | The next stage was to meet the family — two daughters and a son who , having read an appreciation of du Maurier written by Forster , felt confident enough to give the go-ahead for a full-scale biography . |
| 13 | We have seen the transported Polaroid used this way for beachside crowd shots , with results good enough to create a demand for continuous operation , and steady sales of the prints , each of which displayed a sea of upturned faces . |
| 14 | Armiger flopped in the Great Voltigeur at York behind Bob 's Return who is on course for the St Leger and this winner of the Sandown Classic Trial in April would be my choice in the absence of Royal Ballerina , whom I still think is good enough to win a Classic for the likeable Kauntze . |
| 15 | Armiger flopped in the Great Voltigeur at York behind Bob 's Return who is on course for the St Leger and this winner of the Sandown Classic Trial in April would be my choice in the absence of Royal Ballerina , whom I still think is good enough to win a Classic for the likeable Kauntze . |
| 16 | But if your need is for anything other than that , that is to say something a little more complex , then the functionality built into Designer Labels is probably powerful enough to do the trick for you . |
| 17 | And so Katherine learned that it was better not to provide an opportunity for a row . |
| 18 | Lack of confidence in the ‘ Portrait of Michael Wohlgemut ’ attributed to Durer resulted in failure at £380,000 ( est. £600,000–800,000 ) while Sotheby 's must have considered themselves unlucky not to find a buyer for the rare Garofalo ‘ Calumny of Apelles ’ ( lot 41 , est. £200,000–300,000 ) , an important but difficult canvas . |
| 19 | My Lords , may I ask my Noble Friend if it would n't be better really to lease the land for a period of time , perhaps long enough for the anguish felt about the cost of the library as it currently stands and when perhaps more optimistic views could be entertained , because the piece of land it 's on is not going to be recoverable once it 's sold . |
| 20 | It may seem grudging then to criticise the book for only including four essays on women 's visual images compared with seven pieces on different themes and genres in women 's writing . |
| 21 | The fund view is flexible enough to provide the opportunity for providing this kind of ‘ additional ’ information . |
| 22 | Such multiple loss , perhaps taken with earlier experiences of loss , may produce grief that is profound enough to overwhelm the capacity for verbal consciousness . |
| 23 | Would you be kind enough to complete the reference for me ? |
| 24 | However , in order to make meaningful comparisons more is needed than merely comparative information , since within any field of study theory is necessary both to provide a framework for the systematic analysis and accumulation of the existing stock of knowledge and to serve as a guide for the selection of research problems . |
| 25 | This is covered by David Robinson in Chapter 7 and it is only necessary here to emphasise the need for some of the partners ( and to a lesser extent senior managers ) to allocate time to financial control and administration . |
| 26 | He may have made a cool £250,000 out of writing George Michael 's biography , but he was cute enough to identify a demand for the tome , and lucky George did n't want to rip him off for the proceeds . |