Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The finance branch simply wants charges that are high enough to recoup the costs of building and running the plant . |
| 2 | He said that only a couple of other booksellers in the country had been brave enough to ignore the letters . |
| 3 | Many of us are old enough to remember the days when to contract tuberculosis — which many British people did — was to be given a virtual death sentence . |
| 4 | Phytoplankton studies have generally involved nets with meshes greater than 35 um , which are fine enough to catch the algae that predominate in most crops . |
| 5 | Some people are lucky enough to see the condors within ten feet here ; to hear the wind riffling through their feathers . |
| 6 | So they can only raise real wages if product markets are tight enough to prevent the employers from passing all money wage increases on in higher prices . |
| 7 | At the back of the machine , on our level , an ingenious device separates out most of the stones : a circular rubber pad revolves below brushes , which are stiff enough to sweep the potatoes off into their special channel , but not rigid enough to dislodge the stones until later . |
| 8 | While it is clear that both institutions have been concerned about their disappointing financial results , neither has been able correctly to identify the causes of their distress , let alone face the facts . |
| 9 | Labour governments have been able virtually to ignore the demands of the left without provoking massive popular protest ( albeit at a cost of running down the party 's membership and activist support ) while the Heath government found that its tough anti-union stance , however much in accord with ‘ public opinion ’ , was unworkable , with the electorate recoiling from its practical consequences . |
| 10 | It might be possible physically to suppress the signs of its advance in the universities , but there were other indicators which could not so readily be ignored or concealed . |
| 11 | In the twenty years between 1960 and 1980 , the tenancy of Downing Street changed between Labour and Conservative four times , an average occupancy of only five years : the Great and Good were trying to produce policies which would be durable enough to survive the swings . |
| 12 | It follows that the APB 's findings , once the consultation period and subsequent deliberations are over , will have to be strong enough to convince the legislators of a public interest need to make changes . |
| 13 | Radio waves are used rather than em waves of other wavelengths because over suitable wavelength ranges they readily penetrate planetary atmospheres and because natural emissions at such wavelengths tend to be weak thus enabling the echoes to be readily picked out from the natural background . |
| 14 | However , in the euphoric atmosphere fund managers have created , it can be easy both to exaggerate the changes and to miss their real significance . |
| 15 | So far the birds in this country are being reared solely for sale as breeding pairs , but it 's hoped in the next few years the stock will be large enough to sell the birds for their meat . |
| 16 | Pockets on a rucksack need to be large enough to hold the things you want to put in them ! |
| 17 | It should be hard enough to secure the tesserae , but it must not harden before the local pattern has been completed . |
| 18 | This will make it extremely hard for some players to get more than two or three of the 11 games in Australia — and that would not be long enough to evaluate the newcomers ' test qualifications . |
| 19 | However , with one eye on s 3 of the UCTA , it would probably be prudent either to delete the words " to the Seller 's satisfaction " and perhaps also " solely " , so that the test to be met becomes an objective one , or , at the very least , to provide that the test be " to the Seller 's reasonable satisfaction " . |
| 20 | For example , in a large system it is unlikely that the originator will be able immediately to pinpoint the modules which are the root cause of the problem . |
| 21 | For example , in a large system it is unlikely that the originator will be able immediately to pinpoint the modules which are the root cause of the problem . |
| 22 | On the other hand , statements of attainment had to be precise enough to guide the developers of standard assessment tasks ( SATs ) , and teachers , in their own contribution to national assessment . |
| 23 | Should you feel unable to help in this venture for any reason would you please be kind enough to return the tickets to me . |
| 24 | The holes must be big enough to let the animals pass through them . |
| 25 | It it should n't be necessary either to adjust the microphones , to switch them on or to move them actually . |
| 26 | They must all be wide enough to take the buttons which will hold down the top . |
| 27 | IN THE summer of 1991 Southern Division were fortunate enough to visit the premises of ALCOR UK and this short article aims to explore the similarities between cryonic suspension technique and arterial embalmment and discuss the role of the embalmer in future applications of this technology . |
| 28 | Neighbours who were unwary enough to let the Misses Lovelock look after the chickens in their absence rarely found any eggs awaiting them on their return , and in some cases a plump chicken had died . |
| 29 | Cleo , as you insist on being here , please indulge me by being content simply to watch the proceedings . ’ |
| 30 | Only the best were good enough to grace the amphitheatres ; a second class performance by man or beast was not tolerated and would probably lead to the inevitable ‘ thumbs down ’ . |