Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] enough " in BNC.

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1 It meant that all one had to do was to go on contacting enough people and one would make the necessary sales .
2 They were intended merely to acquire enough western technical knowledge , particularly in military matters , to help strengthen the defensive powers of an empire increasingly threatened by European armies .
3 Surprisingly , the Heisenberg programme , designed to keep the best researchers within the university system until jobs for them became vacant , has not received enough applicants .
4 By the way , I hope this might be considered for the ‘ Star Letter ’ as I find distribution to my local newsagent leaves a lot to be desired — if the distributor has not received enough copies , he does n't get any !
5 He dismisses the widespread belief among manufacturers that the Government has not done enough to help them , with : ‘ Oh well , that 's human nature , is n't it ? ’
6 Additionally , he noted that ‘ many people feel that the system has not done enough to protect what is good in an environment or to ensure that new development is of a sufficiently high quality ’ .
7 He has not done enough to satisfy the hardliners in the City who wanted him to take at least £2.5 billion out of the economy in 1993-94 .
8 The surface of the etch-resist ink might wash off in the developer but a layer of ink can still be left on the board , because the UV light has not had enough time to penetrate all the way through the resist .
9 But all that money has not bought enough magic . ’
10 It is not unexpected because an angler with an active brain , as applies to most specialist anglers , has not got enough challenge with one species .
11 The Sun has not got enough , so there 's no danger .
12 Thus , the individual is undertaking a gamble about what action is required to defend or advance an interest : what is the right way to describe the problem , what is to be done , and who are the most appropriate allies ; whether to say that the Ministry of Education has not provided enough school places ( and all ‘ parents ’ should unite to press the government for more ) or there are not enough places because the Ammanites have stolen them ( so all non-Ammanites must unite to resist the theft ) .
13 His fault here is that he has not organised enough feedback .
14 Like Shujan he has had his training setbacks but Armstrong has shrewdly got enough runs into him to go for this handicap and his recent home form suggests it is worth taking a chance with him as he is on the upgrade .
15 In the week before the race , she became embroiled in a controversy over the skill of her opponent , the American Leigh Weiss , who had also steered international women 's crews but who was deemed not to know enough of the Boat Race course on London 's tideway .
16 That lack of sensitivity has not made her especially popular in the locker room , but she has nevertheless gained enough respect to be selected to the board of the Women 's Tennis Association over many years , and she currently serves as its President .
17 The idea that mankind is too profane to interfere in natural processes has already gained enough acceptance to affect global policy making .
18 But BBC boss-to-be John Birt has already had enough of the sun , sex and sangria saga , which only started in July .
19 So far , for example , interactive video has hardly received enough evaluation to determine what its effect on education actually is .
20 Scott has assiduously photographed his travels and has always had enough strength to record the critical moments of the highest climbs , thus capturing some of the best high altitude photographs ever taken .
21 I could do with the company and Mrs Manners has still got enough turkey to feed the third world and the poor Albanians .
22 Our sun has probably got enough fuel for another five thousand million years or so , but more massive stars can use up their fuel in as little as one hundred million years , much less than the age of the universe .
23 This is also used to boost the charge when the torch has n't received enough natural light .
24 ‘ He has n't done enough training yet to reach his peak .
25 ‘ He has n't got enough to do , that one . ’
26 She has n't got enough to go round really .
27 Excavation is a costly business , and Silcaster has n't got enough money or enough interest . ’
28 she has n't got enough time
29 This produced , even despite that , two hundred and thirteen thousand two hundred pounds of underspending in ninety-three four on just general expenses , on operational expenses , now I think if , if the Chief Constable says he has n't got enough money to do what he wants to do , he could start by spending all of the money he 's had this year , in recruiting all the officers he 's been allowed to recruit .
30 ‘ But that 's ridiculous — Chester 's has n't got enough money to buy out a competitor the size of Farthingdales … ’
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