Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [adv] for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had visited Paris once or twice , but now I was fortunate enough to secure a grant from the LCC — £15 , but princely for those days — which permitted me to spend a week or two there for the purpose of study , my subject being modern French philosophy .
2 He is neither comic nor romantic enough for the role .
3 It was not fun enough for the fans , nor artistic enough for the art loving public ( or so it seemed from the vulgar poster and catalogue ; actually , it contained some wonderful and rarely seen pieces of silver ) .
4 It is equally important to ensure that all joints and connections between the wires , uprights , and anchorages are properly made and strong enough for the job ( see Figure 13 ) .
5 TIED PLASTIC SACKS which must be strong enough and large enough for the purpose .
6 And all just for the joy of doing it .
7 Sprinkle in the sugar and beat the mixture until it is white and stiff enough for the whisk to leave a trail .
8 Beyond the park , in some parts of England such as East Anglia , the bulldozer rams at the old hedges , blots them out to make fields big and vacant enough for the machines of the new ranch-farming and the business-men farmers of five to ten thousand acres .
9 We return to this issue when we discuss the implications of greater numbers surviving into their eighties and nineties both for the survivors and for the society at large .
10 It was low-waisted , in deep chestnut georgette with touches of lace at the collar and cuffs — smart enough for evening wear but simple enough for the daytime , too .
11 It 's not strictly true , but close enough for the news .
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