Example sentences of "strong [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we missed a couple of fairways and he was n't strong enough to hit far out of that heavy rough . |
| 2 | She was strong enough to carry on , to make the most of what she had left . |
| 3 | But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street . |
| 4 | All fords of the Esk , including Kirkandrews , were guarded on the English side by Graham peel-towers ; and though these would not be strong enough to hold up three thousand from crossing for long they could send warning back to the English authorities if so inclined . |
| 5 | A barn owl is n't strong enough to hold tight to a glove in a strong wind . |
| 6 | Tea drinkers need cups , fine enough to taste from and strong enough to hold very hot liquid and these qualities were apparently not achievable by colonial potters . |
| 7 | Strong enough to lift up to 200lbs , this six stacked rust resistant magnet has an overall gripping area of 8.25cm square and will collect dressmakers ' pins or DIY nails just like magic . |
| 8 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 9 | The baby was strong enough to go back to Riverstown with a monthly nurse after six weeks and he was duly baptized a Protestant in the Church of Ireland in Naas . |
| 10 | They 're soft on baby 's skin yet strong enough to clean up any job . |
| 11 | The neurotoxins contained in its thousands of little venomous darts are strong enough to cause both extreme pain and sometimes even death . |
| 12 | What was required was a fine line that was supple enough and strong enough to do both tasks . |
| 13 | My squad is strong enough to do well , ’ said Gray . |
| 14 | ( And even if the political will did exist , he doubted whether the institutions which would have to translate it into collective action were strong enough to do so . ) |
| 15 | ‘ Please say that you will agree , will at least let me try to earn my own living , find out if I am strong enough to do so — not go back to being useless , merely a symbol of Papa 's wealth , not really his or your daughter . ’ |
| 16 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 17 | In time , this economic function may have grown strong enough to draw yet more people to it , so that it came to overshadow the original cause for the settlement 's foundation . |
| 18 | Surprise fought for supremacy over sheer relief , the final result hardly strong enough to chase away the last vestiges of fear . |
| 19 | Er everything depending on the the the the work of the farm would come to a standstill if erm if the horses y if they were not kept in good condition , they would n't be strong enough to keep on going every day . |
| 20 | What I had n't considered was that she was much bigger than me and that I was n't strong enough to keep both her and the bicycle upright : inevitably she lost her balance and fell heavily on the road with me and the bicycle on top of her . |
| 21 | ‘ But after what went on in the first leg , I hope we get a referee who will be strong enough to stamp out any foul play . |
| 22 | The loss of that money is resented by at least one member of the England Committee , who told me : ‘ Our football in Sweden was the worst in my lifetime , but we should be strong enough to face up to the situation . |
| 23 | I was so bruised and exhausted that I did not feel strong enough to walk home , and although I did not want to , I had to spend the night at Wuthering Heights . |
| 24 | Her holy obstinacy , her sulky refusal to bend her stubborn head to emperors , fathers , lovers , or dragons had proved strong enough to conquer even the need to kill . |
| 25 | My mother is n't strong enough to work full-time , and I — ’ |
| 26 | In the early 1970s , industry observers thought that IBM was strong enough to shake off the challenge from Japan . |
| 27 | So it is likely to use the right of return as a bargaining chip over territorial concessions , unless it believes it is strong enough to obtain both territory and a return . |
| 28 | Even as the company got bigger , the familial atmosphere on which Virgin had been built in the early Seventies stayed strong , a flame that was kept alight by those who had been with Virgin since the earliest days , until it became a myth , self-perpetuating and strong enough to touch any newcomer to the organisation , strong enough to have even Richard Branson in its grip . |
| 29 | He was n't strong enough to get on to the par-5s in two for eagle chances , so he just chipped and putted for birdies . |
| 30 | As the twentieth century has shown , this bond was strong enough to withstand even greater demographic changes than Holmes ever could have feared . |