Example sentences of "more than enough [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WITH a 40 per cent drop in house prices in the West Country over the past three years , this is the time to think seriously about that Cornish cliff-top cottage , waterfront Dorset flat or Devonian mansion with more than enough land to keep a few horses . |
| 2 | To the north and south of the town , gripping it along three quarters of its circuit , lay nearly eleven hundred acres of open fields , far more than enough land for housing the new industrial population . |
| 3 | Clean , it was an absolute dream ; the EQ offered more than enough scope to produce anything from a cutting Telecaster to a rich acoustic tone , and with the help of a short delay and pitchshift I put a sound onto tape which I 'd defy anyone not to recognise as an acoustic guitar — and I 'd actually used the Patrick Eggle New York model reviewed elsewhere in this issue . |
| 4 | It gives us more than enough space and time to do what we want , even given the pressures of frequent assessment . ’ |
| 5 | Maybe by then Miller had more than enough work to do at Chelsea ; no comment on the matter occurs in the Minutes of the Apothecaries ' Garden Committee and this was probably a private arrangement between the Duke and the Chelsea Gardener . |
| 6 | More than enough work for at least one such practitioner must have existed in most towns , as there would have been for slaters , tilers and masons in those areas where building stone was in regular use . |
| 7 | It was coming close to midsummer , and a time when every man had more than enough work on his own land ; but Bishop Hrolf , rendered pentecostal amid the dusty glory of his chosen element , dispensed his rota of tasks with a bone-clear , indisputable justice that only the hardier ever disputed , and then under plain fear of excommunication . |
| 8 | Well I do n't think we owe it to them we just delivered them a nice big salary and they 've got more than enough work to do . |
| 9 | They 've done as much as they can anyway and even 1,800 Geordies will make more than enough noise , I 'm sure . ’ |
| 10 | In one sense , of course , there is more than enough knowledge available for everyone to have a sufficiency . |
| 11 | The kudos of the job , the implied associations and the admiration of others are felt to be more than enough compensation . |
| 12 | You do n't have to be a historian to know a pretty flower when you see one , and although this is not intended to be a text book — there is more than enough literature available to fulfil that function — I do suggest that your enjoyment of roses can be enhanced by knowing just a little about the many different kinds , and such matters as why they are cultivated in certain ways , why they are pruned , and so on — and to see a strange word , and know what it means ! |
| 13 | If they drink sensibly , then we will have more than enough income ? |
| 14 | Within a year or so you will have the satisfaction of moving in to the house you have built with your own hands ; your old home will have been sold , allowing you to pay back the building society loan you took out to buy the land and materials ; and there will be more than enough profit , considering how much you saved by using your own labour , to pay for some champagne to celebrate . |
| 15 | If the wind is behind it , you can get more than enough standing twenty yards away . |
| 16 | Slicker though Swansea were , Harlequins gained more than enough possession through their dominance at the line-out and the innumerable penalties to have expected more from the game — certainly New Zealand 's All Blacks will drive a far harder bargain when they play Swansea on 21 October . |
| 17 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 18 | Farmers Group , the American insurer it bought last year , showed a surplus of £205million in the nine months to September — and should now make more than enough money in the full year to cover the cost of its acquisition . |
| 19 | Colleagues who one year lecture you at the Star Chamber on how you have more than enough money turn up the next asking for extra themselves . |
| 20 | YOU are capable of earning more than enough money , but you are hopeless at budgeting or saving . |
| 21 | And , lassitude apart , he had more than enough sense to see that after the triumph of the Abdication , with the memory of the vicissitudes of the previous year so fresh in his mind , a calm movement away from the gaming tables and towards the chip-cashing caisse was obviously prudent . |
| 22 | Moreover , although a great cult may have brought in more than enough wealth to compensate for the damage caused by those fleeing from the king 's anger , that wealth could still attract the attention of would-be thieves . |
| 23 | He began making plans to fill Wembley Arena with 12,000 people a night , convinced there were more than enough Kylie fans waiting to see her . |
| 24 | As yet Cregagh Bonsai is in its infancy but Stephen is in no doubt that the interest in the trees will give him more than enough business to handle . |
| 25 | Consequently she has had more than enough practice at fielding some of the more banal of my questions . |
| 26 | He 'd had more than enough practice to become an expert . |
| 27 | The deal is startlingly altruistic , and the racetrack owners are always generous with their political contributions ; but Arizona 's Republican governor , Fife Symington , thinks there is already more than enough gambling in his state . |
| 28 | Do n't fly over it unless you have more than enough height to allow you to reposition yourself well to the side again . |
| 29 | ‘ I have more than enough courage for both of us , cara . |
| 30 | I said that I just happened to have my travelling rod with me … though it hardly mattered as they had more than enough gear . |