Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Europe is now rich enough to deal with its tribal , idiotic hatreds and appallingly violent racism on its own . |
| 2 | The danger facing American troops , military analysts say , is that the new civilian government headed by President Guillermo Endara may not be strong enough to rule on its own . |
| 3 | While they maintain there are no plans to change the status quo , they also admit they have invested heavily in the next stage of managerial succession and feel confident the culture they have created is strong enough to survive beyond their actual involvement . |
| 4 | If it is not strong enough to grow on its own , let it die as soon as possible . ’ |
| 5 | In my view , an unsharp image in colour however beautiful will rarely be strong enough to stand on its own , whereas the same image in black & white can through the nature of the medium , become a tantalising and thought provoking subject . |
| 6 | After all , he 's old enough to answer for his own actions . |
| 7 | My father had helped Margaret during the early years , but directly Dickie had been old enough to board at his preparatory school Margaret had insisted on returning to nursing and becoming sole breadwinner . |
| 8 | ‘ We all thought I was old enough to manage on my own , ’ he said laconically . |
| 9 | Lionel had mentioned her only once : ‘ Florence , Flora rather — we had to be careful not to ask of her more than she could give — ’ and had left Lily to puzzle out the meaning . |
| 10 | More than most , BMW is very careful not to tread on its own toes when it comes to cabin size . |
| 11 | That certainly did n't sound serious enough to account for her great grief . |
| 12 | If you are fortunate enough to have with you one or two baits , and you can flick these to the fish without scaring them off , it is interesting to see how , or even if , they respond . |
| 13 | It was his great satisfaction in retirement to know that he was held in deep affection by many hundreds of students who were fortunate enough to come under his caring influence . ’ |
| 14 | Report to me when you consider she is proficient enough to manage on her own , ’ Kerly said . |
| 15 | It was impossible not to stare at him all the time . |
| 16 | Now , with the faint light of morning appearing through the curtains , she was content simply to gaze on his sleeping features , wishing the moment would never end , wishing she could lie here forever , holding the man who held her heart . |
| 17 | But , ’ said Terry darkly , leaning towards me , ‘ this is something you should know , if you 're lucky enough to work with him one day . ’ |
| 18 | He is not well enough to return to his previous job , and his wife eventually leaves him . |
| 19 | After three months he had written most of this work and was well enough to return to his beloved Kidderminster . |
| 20 | Hardly compact enough to squeeze into your average Tokyo matchbox flat but all the rage nevertheless , this surreal Daliesque chair was designed by Japanese ‘ furniture tailor ’ Yoichi Nakamura . |
| 21 | Chewing on a lump of gristle in an effort to render it small enough to pass through her swollen throat , Evelyn thought back over her first meeting with Biff Thacker . |
| 22 | While recovering in hospital he received a thoughtful telegram from Queen Mary , who expressed herself ‘ very sorry indeed to hear of your sad accident caused through the abominable behaviour of a brutal , lunatic woman ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ I know he has had his moments in the past , but perhaps he has never been at a club big enough to cope with his particular character . |
| 24 | Ramsay was shrewd enough to capitalise on his native gifts and develop a new style . |
| 25 | Some people leave it very late to discover that they may not be aggressive/intellectual/pragmatic enough to succeed in their particular company . |
| 26 | Exposed to Minton 's freewheeling , glamorous Bohemianism , some found it difficult afterwards to stand on their own feet , for Minton had effectively broken them away from their backgrounds or their jobs . |
| 27 | And he was young enough to hope for something better than a pat on the head from the Leaderene . |
| 28 | Unless the United Nations peacekeepers proved very much tougher in Serbia than they have done in Croatia , that would have made it unlikely that Croats and Muslims would have felt secure enough to return to their former homes . |
| 29 | First , a star with a mass of roughly will end its cycle of thermonuclear burning with an iron core which is massive enough to collapse under its own gravitational self-attraction . |