Example sentences of "enough for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , Bob rose to the challenge and in January 1991 his first task was to replace hundreds of original magnesium allow rivets , which were good enough for a static rebuild , but not if the aircraft was to fly again . |
| 2 | The Bournemouth International Centre is not really extensive or flexible enough for a modern Conservative Party Conference . |
| 3 | Some have argued that this policy of ambiguity and delay reflected wishful thinking on his part , a misguided belief that he could somehow parlay his personal standing with all parties into a new consensus that would hold the communities together long enough for a French-financed modernization programme to work its magic . |
| 4 | Final preparation of the bud consists of cutting square the top tip of the bud shield , and lightly bending back the other tongue end just enough for a tiny sliver of pith wood behind the eye to lift . |
| 5 | The phenomenon lasted perhaps thirty to forty-five seconds , long enough for a lasting impression to be gained but the phenomenon was very clear and distinct leaving the Woodwards very puzzled by the unexpected sight . |
| 6 | The two children were of equal height and made a pair pretty enough for a Victorian painting , the boy dark and vivid , the girl fair and withdrawn . |
| 7 | 85% of the woodland area is dominated by mature trees , indicating that grazing has been heavy enough for a long time to Prevent sapling recruitment . |
| 8 | It was n't enough ; it had n't been enough for a long time . |
| 9 | Two-dimensional stop-motion animation of flat pictures — such as the cels used in cartoons — is a topic complex enough for a separate book . |
| 10 | The world 's clearest sea water has been recorded in the Weddell Sea in early spring , clear enough for a Secchi disc to be seen at a depth of 79 m ( Gieskes et al . , |
| 11 | She was beginning to feel very hungry , hardly strong enough for a serious talk about religion . |
| 12 | Anita Brookner 's novels are London-based , and they revive in their concise and elegant style , in fictions at once grim and yet subtly self-mocking , the Brontëan theme of lonely , loving heroines more sensitive than beautiful — ‘ she was attractive enough for a clever woman , but it was principally as a clever woman that she was attractive ’ — and , as in the Brontës , without the solace of a happy ending . |
| 13 | He guessed that the agreeably proportioned salon , too small to be partitioned and not large enough for a working laboratory , had escaped the fate of so much of the house more for administrative and scientific convenience than from any sensitivity on Colonel Hoggatt 's part to its innate perfection . |
| 14 | " Good enough for a working theory , anyway . " |
| 15 | ‘ After paying for the carpet we still had enough for a small celebration . ’ |
| 16 | It ai n't enough for a bloody round , I said that was about right |
| 17 | Cheshire notes that even so a number of alternating items and structures did not occur frequently enough for a quantitative analysis , and some of the frequencies for the variables which were analysed are very low . |
| 18 | One might hazard a guess that Part I was concerned with devising a conformation in which the fission explosion would raise the thermonuclear material to the required temperature and pressure and which would contain the material at a sufficient density for a time long enough for a substantial amount to react before being dispersed . |
| 19 | Sam pulled the door open and we looked into the scene that was all too familiar to my eyes ; an expanse of muddy water , the hole in the ceiling overhead and the curtain of iron mesh across the exit to the river ; a dock big enough for a moderate-sized cabin cruiser or three or four smaller boats . |
| 20 | ‘ What 's good enough for a retired archaeologist should be good enough for a Greek cryptologist , ’ Hawkins said . |
| 21 | ‘ It seems to depend on how much credit people can afford , and at the moment it is just not enough for a new car , ’ said one high-street main dealer . |
| 22 | A northern sense of identity concentrated by the frustration of spirit that knows it could manage better what its southern overseers only botch is pressure enough for a new drive for progress . |
| 23 | It 's bad enough for a young person going into hospital for an operation but when you get to her age you deserve a bit more care . |
| 24 | Standard size is 16 x 25 x 39in , which is 40 x 63 x100cm , quite enough for a largish kite , and costing only a few pennies . |
| 25 | I do n't know Bob Watson well enough for a real opinion . |
| 26 | In the calculation of moduli , whether the " chain " modulus or the bulk modulus , it has been assumed that the displacements are small enough for a Hookean spring to be the model for the interaction . |
| 27 | Which left cash enough for a second-hand cloak in black wool and the button boots in the window — if they fitted . |
| 28 | and its animals not enough for a burnt offering . |
| 29 | DO N'T WORRY IF YOUR WALLET IS N'T FAT ENOUGH FOR A READY-MADE LAN STATION . |
| 30 | It was just big enough for Angalo and Masklin , and big enough for a terrified Gurder with the two of them pulling on his arms . |