Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 If production and exchange were henceforth to be determined by those who produce and consume , what functions would their former controllers then perform ?
2 The President was henceforth to be elected by direct , universal , secret suffrage for a five-year term , for a maximum of only two consecutive terms .
3 Juries were to deal with serious criminal cases , elected justices of the peace were to hear minor criminal and civil cases , and trials were henceforth to be held in public .
4 Horticultural papers should possibly be included in the Edinburgh Journal of Botany , or one issue annually to be devoted to horticultural papers .
5 The general principle of proportional representation is surely a more democratic one than any system which tends to over-represent majorities at the cost of under-representing minorities — if they are lucky enough to be represented at all .
6 To be clinically useful , observations must be simple enough to be made by multiple carers on a psychiatric ward ; excessive simplicity , however , may undermine their value .
7 Leaving this community , this stage , this examination is a wrench even for an old-timer fortunate enough to be born with other , and complementary , skills .
8 Is your voice loud enough to be heard on all occasions ?
9 And then , loudly enough to be heard from some of the nearer tables , she said , ‘ Wait a minute . ’
10 If you are unfortunate enough to be faced with such a situation then the only responsible advice I can suggest is the same as that offered to nursing students .
11 Unlike IBM 's SAA , he says , DCM is open and flexible enough to be customised for each particular site ; it allows for customers wanting to integrate other vendors ' hardware , which Bull will try to supply if necessary .
12 This is only a possibility when the songs are popular enough to be published in this form .
13 Anyway , if such a well-bred person was unlucky enough to be afflicted with one of these ailments , he was more likely to consult some understanding physician privately ; and so it was largely the dirty and damned who attended the special clinics .
14 ‘ There is , ’ Franklin assured him , ‘ honor enough to be got for both of you . ’
15 He can only be placed in the lying position for effective treatment purposes when he can balance well enough to be taken through this pattern of movements without increasing his spasticity .
16 The only merit of the expression is that it is vague enough to be used under all circumstances without the slightest risk ; it is a favourite of official jargon today .
17 This control was relatively sensitive and made the Blower Vac controllable enough to be used near delicate plants .
18 Although weight has been increased , the machine is still compact enough to be used in tight corners such as on deep shelving and door frames .
19 Typesize and layout have been chosen to help maintain the flow or reading and the stories are short and simple enough to be read at normal first-language speed .
20 But others will be kept in cages until they 're well enough to be released on another coastline unaffected by the oil slick .
21 Usually , the largest contribution to the energy of the turbulence is made by eddies large enough to be oriented in this way but small enough to be within one part of the mean velocity profile .
22 Perhaps some may have enjoyed their brief flirtation with notoriety , some may even have gained financially , but others may regret the publicity , possibly suffering from poison-pen attacks brought about by the exposure by the press of names and addresses of those who were victims of sexual attacks ( but not raped ) by The Fox or who were unlucky enough to be associated by both , marriage or friendship to this man .
23 This device froze mini-slabs of ice cream at -40 degrees Farenheit , which made them hard enough to be sealed with warm chocolate .
24 The door had a black painted cast-iron knocker , brass numbers and handle that were polished each week , and when I became old enough to be trusted with this job , I felt very grown up .
25 In small matters , it is easy enough to be guided by conventional loyalty .
26 For most of its life , and certainly for its early years , it was either too outspoken to be a children 's show , but not high-brow enough to be considered as adult entertainment .
27 Clearing up the faeces as soon as possible , whether in the garden or a park , is obviously to be recommended in any event , and this may help to break the habit .
28 Our young Men and Women are being killed and tortured , our children are being mutilated by explosive objects , our lands are being confiscated , our trees uprooted and our homes demolished only to be replaced by Israeli settlements …
29 For once she took notice and Wyatt faded from the scene … only to be replaced by another .
30 However , one set of simplicities is dismissed only to be replaced by another .
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