Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AS the self-proclaimed party of law and order the Tories appear to have the most to lose in the emotive debate on escalating crime . |
| 2 | He speaks , of course , in German , but the booklet carries an English translation by LS , who strives gamely to cope with the often-pretentious language being used here and in the accompanying notes . |
| 3 | It was far safer politically and economically to sit on the scientific fence . |
| 4 | The Minister will know from many of the schemes that he visits that one of the carrots that they hold out to young people is the ability to drive vehicles off road and eventually to train for a full licence . |
| 5 | She then went on to appear before a packed lecture theatre at the Physicians Hall to receive her award and the Edinburgh Medal from the Lord Provost and to deliver the traditional Edinburgh Medal Address . |
| 6 | Oliphant , who was also knighted , went on to work on the atomic bomb , and subsequently returned to his native South Australia , where he became Governor . |
| 7 | So the poor discarded animals are bounced down the road only to fall under a passing car . |
| 8 | Filmer came alone to sit at an untenanted table , ordering eggs and coffee from Oliver without looking at him . |
| 9 | Some protistans are just large enough to see with the naked eye . |
| 10 | Home video shows him enjoying a family Christmas but detectives believe he did n't live long enough to see in the New Year . |
| 11 | If that question is applied to the hard track arid gets a positive answer then it is no longer enough to go for the easy choice . |
| 12 | I was even planning which tank I would be moving my 43 babies ( I had carefully counted the eggs ) to when they had grown up enough to go into a larger tank . |
| 13 | It decided that the relatives ' case against the Government was good enough to go before the European Court of Human Rights , and the commission will launch its own inquiries . |
| 14 | The party behind , in another special , paid their engineer well enough to drive into the rear coach and smash it — they being rivals with the stranded party to serve the same area with a new railway . |
| 15 | When he spoke , his voice was raised just loud enough to carry over the low-pitched brass rumbles . |
| 16 | Was her voice loud enough to carry to the next table ? |
| 17 | The Irish are patient enough to wait for a lucky break . |
| 18 | The idea of settling Jews in Palestine , the British Foreign Office cabled two of its ambassadors in 1916 , ‘ might be made far more attractive to the majority of Jews if it held out to them the prospect that when in course of time the Jewish colonists in Palestine grew strong enough to cope with the Arab population they may be allowed to take the management of the internal affairs of Palestine … into their own hands … |
| 19 | They were young enough to cope with the physical exhaustion but trying to memorize so many routines became unbearable . |
| 20 | Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table . |
| 21 | We obeyed and went in to sit in a sombre half-circle round the fire . |
| 22 | Ramsay , forming his men into a lengthy line four deep , had not long to wait before the high wailing of a hunting-horn sounded in the windy gloom , for his group had probably had furthest to ride . |
| 23 | Later when he wanted to release him he had only to go through the same motion but this time having his hand covered with a substance that would neutralize the smell . |
| 24 | These days everyone seems to be hopping on and off jets if only to go to the Spanish holiday resorts , but I have never left these shores . |
| 25 | Mayson was denied his hat-trick by good ‘ keeping and twice Smyth was through , only to go for the unselfish option when perhaps a shot would have been better . |
| 26 | If you can scrape together a few hits and make enough to retire to a little place in the suburbs , you 've made the most of the opportunity . |
| 27 | In the 1912 London dock strike , the Transport Workers ' Federation had been willing enough to agree to a joint board and but for Lord Devonport 's stubborn resistance this might have been achieved . |
| 28 | When the time came for the cake to be cut , Breeze handed the knife to Susan — but her wrists were not strong enough to saw through the solid mass . |
| 29 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 30 | A police helicopter has been called in to search for an armed robber who 's raided five petrol stations in three weeks . |