Example sentences of "[be] never enough [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1	There were never enough to go around , especially on the house where I was , where there were two other girls on the works and four girls on the gardens all coming in filthy dirty and wanting a bath .
2	But statistics by themselves were never enough to satisfy the inquiring mind of a man who says : ‘ The measure of greatness in a cricketer is nothing to do with numbers , but is in the occasions which watchers remember with joy — think of McCabe and his three extraordinary innings . ’
3	But with so many refugees here , there 's never enough to go round .
4	The enthusiasm with which Russians accept Bibles from the association was amply demonstrated , even though there are never enough to satisfy the demand .
5	Great strides have been made in recent years to offer greater choice and to personalise private rooms , but resources are never enough to provide the optimum living conditions for a comfortable and happy old age .
6	In a contested election , however , it was impossible to do much with direct patronage , even if such were available , for there was never enough to do more than grease the palms of a handful of venal men , most of whom were to be found in the burgh councils .
7	It is clear that the Tories enjoyed fairly solid electoral support from the ‘ middle classes ’ , but given the relative numerical strength of the ‘ classes ’ in Britain , this was never enough to win an election , and a substantial minority of the working class provided around half of the Tory vote .
8	Pressure for places in the navy was so great that it could prove a difficult tool for politicians able to supply such appointments , for there was never enough to meet all the demands for it , and the obligement of one could offend other freeholders less fortunate .
9	All he did , day in day out , was sweat and slog in the fields , and even then there was never enough to eat .
10	‘ There was never enough to eat . ’

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