Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] for a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor is it stable enough for a faith without foundations . |
| 2 | The management of the large Alhambra Theatre agreed to put this on for a week as a curtain-raiser to a horror film starring Boris Karloff . |
| 3 | At Nesseby we found a tiny peninsula with cliffs just high enough for a colony of kittiwakes , which were all feeding large young . |
| 4 | wait a minute , we 'll leave that in there we 'll let it go out , see how it goes for a couple of months , Glen will know where we can use any money for that anyway for a couple of months |
| 5 | How many months will there be when it is warm enough for a crop of wheat , or potatoes or grass ? |
| 6 | You should have worn a coat over that dress — the night 's not warm enough for an outfit like that . ’ |
| 7 | The difference is that in predicated themes , the thematic element is presented as new information ; in identifying themes , the thematic element is presented as known information ( see section 5.1.2 below for a discussion of known vs new information ) . |
| 8 | and large enough for a bit of extra elbow room . |
| 9 | Despite its reputation for fine engineering , Rolls-Royce has never been shy of using outside technology and components , inevitable now for a company of its small size . |
| 10 | Life is not long enough for a faith without meaning . |
| 11 | Cos I think we 're all in for a chance to getting it now , fifty thousand |
| 12 | It really is not good enough for a spokesman for the official Opposition to come here in spite , without reading the official report by the independent advisory committee . |
| 13 | Tyrell ran the March team in 1970 but the car was not good enough for a driver of Stewart 's calibre so Tyrell decided to build and run one under his own name for Stewart . |
| 14 | High Lane 's 159 all out was good enough for a draw against Woodford who reached 136 -8 . |
| 15 | But although his next three rounds were more respectable , Olazabal 's final total of 287 was n't good enough for a place among the leading 24 who are awarded automatic invitations back to Augusta . |
| 16 | While it is unremarkable to observe that although some people eat three meals a day , and others miss out breakfast and lunch altogether , taking all their food in the evenings , there is no such parallel during sleep — no normal person has been found who , for instance , takes all his or her REM sleep in one session of ninety minutes at the beginning of the night , or saves it all up for a session in the early hours of the morning . |
| 17 | He is famous mainly for An Essay Concerning Human Understanding ( 1690 ) and his Two Treatises of Government ( 1690 ) . |
| 18 | 442 all out for a lead of 157 , leaving England again with two days to survive . |
| 19 | She 's in East Africa — not due back for a couple of months . |
| 20 | So i did a little bit of here and there in Rhos-y-Bol , relieving different places after after retired really for a couple of years . |
| 21 | We forgathered at one o'clock for a glass of Suze , a bitter aperitif which was probably made from artichokes because the label on the bottle carried a picture of one . |
| 22 | Eve Dennis , of the Arthur Rank Centre 's Church and Conservation project , promoter of the campaign , believes that churchyards provide a focus and are small enough for a group of local enthusiasts to manage . |
| 23 | He sighed , took out another ten pound note and slid the money across the counter , calculating as he did so that he could have eaten adequately and drunk excessively for a fortnight in Lindos for what a night at the Skein of Geese had cost him . |
| 24 | It is difficult enough for an individual to be consistent , let alone a society . |
| 25 | The thin coat , too thin surely for a night in early November , was pulled waist high . |
| 26 | He went as thin as a rake , and deathly pale then for a couple of weeks . |
| 27 | This is an example of a normal , unmarked structure ( see sections 5.1.2.3 and 5.1.2.4 below for a discussion of marked information structure ) . |
| 28 | The devastation in the city 's Lake Zone , about 400 kilometres from the epicentre , was surprising even for a quake of 8.1 magnitude . |
| 29 | Easy Rider took $45 million worldwide for an outlay of less than $400,000 and there are few comparable profit-to-cost examples in the history of Hollywood . |
| 30 | That children who experience a level of difficulty in learning significant enough for a Record of Needs to have been opened up for them can learn a foreign language within a special school setting . |