Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fortunately , they were professional enough to do the gig , but it served no useful purpose . |
| 2 | Forest landowners could not even erect fences or hedges unless they were low enough to allow the deer to enter and leave , consequently crops were often destroyed by them . |
| 3 | What had happened that morning to make you think , Farag , that you were rich enough to afford a wife ? ’ |
| 4 | The stars were clouded over , the gas lights were dim then grew a bit brighter , and I could hear a tinkly organ out of tune , the sound came from the direction of the Iron Pier . |
| 5 | If Adam had not issued from his hiding-place early in May they would not have been discovered ; but the messages which had come from Llewelyn were grave enough to warrant a risk which by then appeared so slight . |
| 6 | For example , Levin et al , 1983 concluded , from their 1980 survey of 150 elderly confused people , that about half were suffering from ‘ physical illnesses which were grave enough to impede the performance of daily living activities ’ , many involving such problems as incontinence , failing , unsteadiness or pain . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Children growing up in the 1950s and 1960s were fortunate enough to enjoy the Eagle comic every week . |
| 9 | They were fortunate enough to secure a seat actually in the window alcove , which , although the shop was crowded , gave an illusion of privacy to their conversation . |
| 10 | We were fortunate enough to have the loan of a new Citroën BX 4×4 Estate for our weekend trip which , with its sure-footed permanent 4-wheel drive , impeccable road manners and self-levelling suspension , had taken everything in its stride , — including , thanks to its optional electronic ABS braking system , stopping quickly and safely when we suddenly encountered a 5 mile tail back in a contra-flow on the M1 . |
| 11 | Those traders were relieved yesterday to see the Bundesbank had held the 8.25 per cent rate unchanged . |
| 12 | We were delighted yesterday to obtain the agreement of the manufacturers to concentrate on these three key areas . |
| 13 | The first bonding systems for dentine that were reproducible enough to eliminate the need for mechanically retentive cavities were first seen in the late 1970s . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The thin oil that coated each vital component , the enamel and metal tapes were warm enough to aromatize the air as fast as the air-conditioning changed it . |
| 16 | POLICE were early today investigating an explosion at an oil terminal at North Shields , Tyne and Wear . |
| 17 | If they were lucky enough to find a skylark 's nest they might not want to spoil the countryside for all of us . |
| 18 | An early aircraft it was returned to Boeing at Everett for structural testing to destruction on April 5 , 1988 and the Science Museum were lucky enough to secure a cross section , including the upper deck . |
| 19 | ‘ I came straight to Cochabamba with my family because we were lucky enough to have the money from my book and I 'd bought this land before leaving Bolivia in 1980 . |
| 20 | Most units were large enough to allow the son to return to work at home , in which case the wife 's role changed again to that of housewife . |
| 21 | The corks were tight enough to keep the wine in good condition for perhaps forty to fifty years , but it is understandable that after sixty years some evaporation should have taken place . |
| 22 | So a Primary school headmaster , for instance , could find his school offering movement experience to children who had female teachers to the neglect of those children who were unfortunate enough to have a man as their teacher , and similarly , Movement and Drama appeared as a subject on the time-table in our Secondary schools where there happened to be a woman in the P.E . |
| 23 | Several folk jumped ship and upped their stakes convinced that they were competent enough to tackle the Whitbread Round the World Race , so a swift sail across the Solent should not prove too troublesome . |
| 24 | Thus , Lincoln during the Civil War , Wilson during World War I and Franklin Roosevelt in an era of domestic and international crisis were all temporarily accorded a leeway that non-crisis presidents have not enjoyed . |
| 25 | Nor that by marrying John Carrow her daughter had behaved in a wicked , even if understandable , way for which they were all now paying the price . |
| 26 | 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 ’ . |
| 27 | Indeed they were good enough to assign a USAF Public Relations Officer , the very friendly Major Hal Brubaker , as my guide and mentor . |
| 28 | This project almost died at that point , as I should not imagine that my skills were good enough to meet the precision requirements and the time factor seemed unacceptable . |
| 29 | But the recession may even be healthy in making it more difficult to publish the second-rate , he argues : rather than having a clear strategy of which subjects they would concentrate on , far too many academic publishers were happy simply to print a selection of the manuscripts they were sent , including multi-authored books and conference proceedings which tended to be of limited academic market . |
| 30 | Although we could expect considerable improvement in front-end processing , we were unlikely ever to have a phoneme lattice which reflected exactly both what the speaker said and the pronunciations in the lexicon . |