Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights . |
| 2 | If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights . |
| 3 | If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Certainly not well armed , organised or brave enough to attack a chateau in the open countryside . |
| 6 | Many older people retain a strong sense of the social stigma attached to heavy drinking and may consequently be unable or unwilling easily to volunteer the information . |
| 7 | Both the Model Penal Code test and the Scots test may be reduced to circularity , however , for when one asks how extreme or how wicked the recklessness should be , the only possible answer is : ‘ wicked or extreme enough to justify the stigma of a murder conviction ’ . |
| 8 | NWA , though , are n't hard-edged or moronic enough to convey the horror of survivalism . |
| 9 | They muddled around the fringes of true power , never quite brave enough or decisive enough to take the plunge . |
| 10 | It should , he reflected , be more than large enough to finish the job . |
| 11 | The 2.5 litre petrol engine fitted to the cheapest version is a mere toy by US standards but more than lusty enough to give the Wrangler real credibility against the Suzuki and Daihatsu offerings which inhabit this sector of the fast expanding 4X4 market . |
| 12 | WELL , we 're back to the time of year when , hopefully , it will be warm and dry enough to get a barbecue organised . |
| 13 | It is comprehensive and technical enough to meet the needs of professionals and is easy to use . |
| 14 | The main consideration with envelopes is that they should be large enough and strong enough to accommodate the material to be contained within them . |
| 15 | They are young enough and strong enough to handle the months ahead . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The edging for a gravel drive must be deep enough to keep in the gravel which is below ground level , and high enough to prevent the gravel being spread on to the garden . |
| 19 | He was open-minded enough to appreciate the skill displayed in the carving and scholarly enough to value the insight into Chinese mentality offered by its imagery . |
| 20 | Although modern appliances such as the electric Hoover were functional and popular , housemaids were still expected to be downstairs between five and six a.m. to sweep the rooms and fireplaces , and polish grates and furniture . |
| 21 | We sat and watched not the coldness and menace of evil but a pantomime dame who was obviously too stupid and incompetent ever to pose a threat to goodness . |
| 22 | Pests and diseases are clever enough , persistent enough , and serious enough to need no help from us . |
| 23 | And , to descend to crude practicalities , you are going to get very much less money for what you have done , though it is only fair to add that if you are lucky and clever enough to create a story that catches editors ' fancies then it can be anthologised time and again and in the end bring in perhaps as much as a full-length book that has failed to get wide paperback sales . |
| 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 | That 's right , erm always make sure that the injured parts are well supported bandages should be firm enough to do the job and large enough to cover the wound all of this is the sort of thing which you need to be referring back to if you 're in any doubt . |
| 26 | Their first attempts to invent an anti-hero strong enough to vie with the popularity of Tarzan and Superman , and soft enough to melt the hearts of children , did not quite come off : ‘ I drew him bigger and more handsome . |
| 27 | The IBOA is a legally registered trade Union , independent from the Banks and existing solely to protect the interests of Bank Officials . |
| 28 | But this does not , without forcing , mean that such distinctions are clear and regular enough to delimit a category , and especially a category as difficult as this : that some works in a practice which has been specified as an art are ‘ not art ’ or ‘ not really art ’ . |
| 29 | This is the requirement that the investigation be conducted diligently and expeditiously — hardly worth putting in the statute , easily reduced to an empty formula , and unlikely significantly to assist the suspect . |
| 30 | Before the war it had opened at 6 am and kept open until 6 pm to give the men a further chance of shopping . |