Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | NWA , though , are n't hard-edged or moronic enough to convey the horror of survivalism . |
| 5 | They muddled around the fringes of true power , never quite brave enough or decisive enough to take the plunge . |
| 6 | It should , he reflected , be more than large enough to finish the job . |
| 7 | The main consideration with envelopes is that they should be large enough and strong enough to accommodate the material to be contained within them . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Shut up therein , he would be detached from his Warden 's forces and unable gravely to endanger the town , for the castle was outside the strong walls . |
| 14 | Upon his death Charles 's eldest son assumed responsibility , and anxious evidently to enlarge the sphere of the firm 's activities he took an " option " or " take-note " from the Honourable John Pennington Bart. , Lord Muncaster , which issued liberty to " … search for and get lead and Copper Ores & any other ores within the Manor of Little Langdale & Tilberthwaite ( save and except in certain parcel of Ground under a lease to Wilson & which Ground & Premises are to be reserved for the sole use & purpose of the said Wilson … |
| 15 | He was certainly clever enough and wise enough to know the risk he was taking and yet he took it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | My own suggestion would be an outside vivarium lined with aluminium and with an escape-proof down-turned lip , meshed over to prevent predation by cats , herons , or rooks , but large enough to allow the animal to catch natural food finding its way in . |
| 18 | Undoubtedly , this reorganization of the Northumbrian Church pleased Theodore , who secured the establishment o additional bishoprics north of the Humber , and Ecgfrith , who was not only rid of a bishop whom he did not want but able also to secure the appointment of men whom he personally favoured , men generally prepared to deal sensitively with the legacy of the Scottish mission in a post-Whitby era . |
| 19 | Our association of dominant ideology with bureaucracy has tempted us to reserve our notions of way of life for our villagers , thereby reducing bureaucrats and other representatives of the wider world beyond the boundaries of community to automatons , ciphers in depersonalised processes which are unintentionally portrayed as existing merely to threaten the way of life of local communities . |