Example sentences of "enough for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fences start off small but are solid and brightly coloured , with lots of fillers , and the school is big enough for the largest horses . |
| 2 | Most likely to irk the feminists is ‘ F O long blonde hair , ’ referring to women attractive enough for the front office . |
| 3 | Mansell had taken pole — a record 14th in a season — but Senna 's stunning lap , good enough for the front row , while perhaps having more to do with the driver than the car , revealed that McLaren was closer than usual this year to Williams . |
| 4 | For this reason they are not so popular with knitters who have standard gauge machines and they do n't seem to have caught on for chunky machines , possibly because they are too thick for the former and not thick enough for the latter . |
| 5 | They coincided with Mrs Yaxlee 's own ideas closely enough for the latter to trust her to do the shopping while at the same time failing to include her in the invitation which she so palpably wanted . |
| 6 | The 6 cyl is the best Land Rover to fit a V8 into as there is 6″ more room in the engine bay and the brakes are good enough for the extra power The only modification on the vehicle is to trim the side of the footwells to allow the exhaust manifolds to fit The prop gearbox etc remain as original |
| 7 | King Kong plunging to his death from a great height and the real death of a bird in the sky , events dramatic enough for the whirring imagination of a seven year old to cope with . |
| 8 | If the quality is n't high enough for the final product the flexibility gained by using industry standard coding or a page description language such as PostScript means the same file can be passed to a professional typesetting system without the need for re-typing . |
| 9 | ‘ I pay enough for the poor with my taxes , ’ he said , ‘ so why should n't I be able to make use of them in my work ? |
| 10 | They have treated it as a cheap option , giving workers a minimum training and offering them the minimum resources and telling them to get on with it — basically because that 's good enough for the poor . |
| 11 | We 're nowhere near young enough for the present war , but when the world war comes — we 'll be just right to fight it . |
| 12 | It was far enough from anywhere to be unnoticed , far enough for the loudest sounds to be muffled and lost to passers-by . |
| 13 | Our understanding of each other is adequate enough for the small change of moral discourse , leaving us in no doubt of how most people feel about being murdered , robbed , raped or cheated , but the more sensitive the valuation the less confidently it can be made . |
| 14 | Actually it is seldom a problem , as there is usually a male holly near enough for the pollinating insects to reach both , but be aware of the possibility that there is n't . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , Ontos ' chief technical officer , Timothy Andrews , claims his company 's technology is at the top of pile of object contenders , but he admits that there is room enough for the five main players in a market that is worth some $100m-$150m-a-year in his estimation . |
| 16 | He made a click of disapproval loud enough for the young man to hear . |
| 17 | Time enough for the Fifth Dominion to destroy itself out of boredom or frustration , and prevent the Reconciliation from ever taking place . |
| 18 | Lawrence insists the club needs 18,000 gates this term and warned : ‘ Last season 's 15,000 average is n't good enough for the Premier League . ’ |
| 19 | It 's reckoned Swindon are too soft … not quick or hard enough for the premier league but few sides would have stopped the Anfield army at full charge … |
| 20 | I believe in a competitive world , but at the same time I think we have got to be laying sound foundations for future growth and if we are constantly pressured into satisfying stock-market expectations , which are short-term , or under threat of take-over , we will not be investing enough for the long-term development of our businesses . |
| 21 | Two groups were n't enough for the actual experiment , though ; I needed six . |
| 22 | While East-West links across the Pennines are not good enough for the modern world , there are still the time-honoured facilitating gaps of Tyne and Aire , now complemented by the M62 . |
| 23 | Other materials , made from natural fibres such as cotton , hemp , flax , and even silk , have played their part in the past , and that is the operative term , for , apart from the traditional and ceremonial kites where authenticity is upheld to the highest degree , such materials are no longer good enough for the modern kite . |
| 24 | ‘ MIPS and Sparc begat Power , which begat Alpha which will beget something new … none will dominate the open-systems market long enough for the critical mass of software needed for long-term success to develop … the future of RISC microprocessors in the open systems market is dead … |
| 25 | Robson swooped back into Premier League action for the first time since 6 December , but his 14-minute cameo appearance was not long enough for the rusty 36-year-old to re-charge a championship bid which is going rapidly flat . |
| 26 | It 's not enough for the rich to be rich , they have to boast about their perks and fiddles and scams as well . |
| 27 | They took me back to London that night , and looked after me carefully all the next day , so that , although my arm was still aching , and I felt very weak , I was fit enough for the planned journey on Wednesday . |
| 28 | If the words used are wide enough for the above purpose , the court must then consider whether " the head of damage may be based on some ground other than negligence " . |
| 29 | Wooden flooring is an excellent choice — smart enough for the living area ( you could add a rug for cosiness ) yet easy to clean , durable and wo n't harbour food smells . |
| 30 | But that was not enough for the new Chancellor , Denis Healey . |