Example sentences of "[vb pp] enough [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 From a boat it can be squeezed enough to get a grip on it , and when it hits the water it sinks in a big brown cloud .
2 The job has to be at a senior enough level and it has to be constrained enough to enable the job to be searched .
3 If it were n't for his days at the mucky end of the trade , he would never have earned enough to buy a house and he would n't have met Raksha who had been doing a bit of topless work to supplement her salary as a nurse .
4 ‘ We ca n't have him dying of thirst before his flesh has been mortified enough to appease the Dark Ones , ’ said Wiggs .
5 I found a niche where a small landslide had left a level lawn with a backing of turf ; and where the breeze still moved enough to allay the midges , and sat down to my picnic .
6 Finally she chose a plump boiling fowl , in deference to that great Gascon King of France , Henri Quatre , whose ambition it had been to see that all his subjects were well fed enough to have a chicken in their pot each week , and had made La Poule Au Pot a loved and traditional name for restaurants .
7 The PAC said that de Klerk had not conceded enough to persuade the movement to bring its exiled cadres home .
8 She had saved enough to buy a length of material in the market , but by the time she had enough money from her wages to pay a dressmaker , the summer would be over .
9 They need to budget carefully , neither is a diy expert , but they have saved enough to buy a new kitchen .
10 Motorola killed its intended predecessor , the 68050 , last year after it decided the development was n't advanced enough to justify the expenditure preparing it for production .
11 The US concession to cease production was a major factor , since it had been developing new binary systems but had not produced enough to replace the existing 25,000 tonnes of stocks .
12 Horrified … and yet strangely relieved and satisfied , and tingling with primitive energy and release , she turned on her heel and threaded so nimbly through the crowded guests that she reached the French doors that opened on to the side veranda before Greg had recovered enough to take a single step .
13 He had driven up to collect his superior from the Carabinieri post where he and his rescuers had returned as soon as Zen had recovered enough to assure the sergeant that he did n't need to call an ambulance .
14 This tendency on the part of adults could no doubt also be selected for , once language was entrenched enough to exert the required pressures .
15 Despite his paucity of years , he has experienced enough to fill a lifetime .
16 He 's experienced enough to understand the consequences of such an outburst .
17 He looked shifty , and the painter had n't known enough to disguise the bulge under his jacket which made his chain of office lie uneven .
18 That had seemed enough to placate the deputies , who are living in fear of a referendum being called on dissolving the Congress and depriving them of their privileged status .
19 This wine is concentrated enough to take a dash of soda , should you wish to brighten it up .
20 ‘ Political progress is going to be very difficult to achieve as the electorate is not at present united enough to force the politicians to compromise .
21 Tunbridge Wells finished runner-up to Michael Stoute 's colt at Newbury , but is most unlikely to have progressed enough to reverse the form even on 12lb better terms .
22 He had ducked enough to soften the blow , but even so he crumpled to the ground .
23 For example , if identification of an individual is made via an address , then it is critical that this data element is detailed enough to reflect the fact that the location may be divided into separate units
24 The results presented are not detailed enough to assess the success of the method .
25 Receiving 81% on its initial release , I do n't feel that it has aged enough to warrant a change in mark .
26 Often the most one can learn from them is that the student stuck out the course and actually learned enough to pass the examination , retaining what he learned long enough to get it down on paper .
27 So , he got me handbag and took off with me bottle of DFs and me book from the social and said he 'd give it me back once he 'd cashed enough to pay the bread off .
28 He 's drunk enough to float the Mauretania , and left me to drive him home that 's had so little over me lips you would think it was Lent . ’
29 He felt clear headed enough to tackle the remainder of the long journey north .
30 You can qualify for a reduced retirement pension if you have not paid enough to receive the full pension , but there is a cut-off point .
  Next page