Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is perhaps useful here to bear in mind the distinction often made in the study of pressure groups between ‘ interest ’ groups and ‘ cause ’ groups , though in the tactical struggle for influence each may seek to co-opt the support of the other . |
| 2 | Although one looks at reasonableness at the time the agreement is entered into , it is only practical also to take into account the legitimate expectations of the parties at that time regarding the future , and what is reasonably foreseeable . |
| 3 | She felt bereft , but a part of her still sane enough to try for self-preservation pulled her away from him and drew a deep breath . |
| 4 | He was still tired enough to go to sleep standing up , but he felt his mind fizzing with ideas . |
| 5 | Elba is the largest island off the Tuscan coast but is still small enough to explore with ease . |
| 6 | Hair-thin glass filaments that transmit information using light , optical fibres are now cheap enough to compete with copper ; their reliability and security appeal to Pentagon generals . |
| 7 | The rate has been raised quite high enough to deal with overheating in the domestic economy . |
| 8 | However , the party was very careful not to support in principle ministerial contact with the PLO , a stance which clearly angered Weizmann . |
| 9 | Being in an alleyway with only two exits , she had little chance of escape ; she was too shocked even to think of escape anyway . |
| 10 | Two were out of contact because of physical distance : the fate of a Berwickshire couple who had emigrated to Australia was ‘ a mystery ’ , while even within the same county a Norfolk farm labourer 's parents were too far away to visit on foot , so the family ‘ hardly ever saw them . ’ |