Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , even though I was young and inexperienced , I felt that I could appreciate some of the feelings of men like Captain Robins , and now this strange and kindly doctor , ‘ happily ’ married to a woman rich enough to live in a big house facing Wimbledon Common while he preferred a far-off island ; each partner more in love with a way of life than with one another . |
| 2 | Pray God to purify and refine them , so that they can be sharp enough and strong enough to cleave like a great blade through the selfishness . |
| 3 | The diesel engine burns its fuel so much more efficiently that its hydro carbon and carbon monoxide emisions are low enough to dispense with a two way catalytic converter . |
| 4 | When I was foolish enough to laugh at a preposterous and provocative statement made by Mr Dinsdale — who had surely modelled himself on Dickens 's character Mr Bounderby — he gave me a withering look and asked sarcastically : ‘ Is this a reason to laugh ? ’ |
| 5 | In the 1912 London dock strike , the Transport Workers ' Federation had been willing enough to agree to a joint board and but for Lord Devonport 's stubborn resistance this might have been achieved . |
| 6 | Sometimes a solitary individual is brave enough to act as a one-bird mob and attack a predator on its own , as this roller is doing , worrying a martial eagle . |
| 7 | You had , he says , to be careful not to fumigate on a foggy night when the air was too heavy to let the fumes drift away . |
| 8 | She says it 's peculiar nowadays to go to a single sex establishment and she 's glad that men will now be able to go to Somerville |
| 9 | The money deposited in England , Switzerland and other parts of Europe would remain there for many years until Samuel was free again to travel through a liberated continent . |
| 10 | A few weeks ago we were fortunate enough to meet in a public house where I bought you half a dozen pints and we engaged in a long and fascinating conversation . |
| 11 | But I could not be content just to walk alongside a pretty one and hear her giggling . |
| 12 | Eventually , I came to my senses and accepted that I was not fit enough to train like a 2:10 marathoner . |
| 13 | For the rest of us , it has been a matter of being lucky enough to live near a decent State school . |
| 14 | Then , at Queenstown , South Island 's most popular tourist town , you might be lucky enough to run across a former world-class exponent of the ski-slopes , Murray ‘ Mo ’ Gardner . |
| 15 | Well , the script was mislaid in the familiar maw which has snaffled up many a pleasing English scenario , and they were lucky enough to survive with a one-goal advantage at the finish . |
| 16 | As these buns are so small , it is very important that the filling chosen should be smooth enough to pass through a fine pipe into the pastry . |
| 17 | The Irish are patient enough to wait for a lucky break . |
| 18 | It is hard sometimes to look at an old person sitting passively in a chair and imagine them running around , bringing up babies , managing an office , driving a lorry , getting into trouble with the law , being a pillar of the local community , fighting a war . |
| 19 | It is customary therefore to focus upon a narrower trade related concept than the balance of visible trade to distinguish the CU effect of membership . |
| 20 | However , I hope that these notes will be good enough to serve as a general guide . |
| 21 | He was good enough to work like a black for the Tories , but would they offer him a seat ? |
| 22 | After the Dubai 1986 Olympics when England were unlucky not to win against a full-strength USSR , it seemed that gold would be there once the Russians had another off day . |
| 23 | During the 1530s this number was substantially reduced , and a small , select group was formed , compact enough to act as an advisory and executive board . |
| 24 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 25 | A basic curiosity towards diverse traditions ( a ) to appreciate and delight in diversity and know enough about different religions not to offend the susceptibilities of people , and to be able to give respect to them as persons without marginalizing their religious commitment — to be able therefore to contribute towards a harmonious society ; ( b ) to perceive the crucial area of common-ground between almost all major religious traditions , and that differences and disagreements are only meaningful against that background of what is held in common . |
| 26 | It is no longer possible to either create a toner particle small enough to stick to a single pixel of charge or to maintain that pixel of charge in isolation long enough for the toner , were it there , to stick . |
| 27 | On a shelf was a pebble that had been polished by running water ; it was ovoid , a piece of granite about big enough to hold in a clenched fist ; a seam of quartz halved it on the diagonal . |