Example sentences of "were [adj] [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Latin America , Africa , and Asia , peasants might make a similar journey to market with a few chickens or other stock and produce if the fare were low enough to leave some profit . |
| 2 | She carried a small basket in her hand containing food for her frugal evening meal , although the rancid smells around her were strong enough to diminish any desire to eat — she had not yet grown sufficiently accustomed to them to ignore them . |
| 3 | He would think judges should retain the power to overrule past judicial decisions , if they were especially ill-advised , even when they were clear enough to provide crisp guidance to litigants . |
| 4 | If , however , they were unlucky enough to meet wet weather and the harvest extended itself over the stated month , then they might well find themselves working in the fifth week without drawing any extra money . |
| 5 | Tbilisi were good enough to win this tie on the pitch … everyone who saw them in Belfast on Wednesday knows that . |
| 6 | At the same time , the more able-bodied and work-fit patients had already been discharged from hospital , leaving behind a more seriously disabled group , who were unlikely ever to resume open employment , plus new short-term patients who needed assistance to return to their former work rather than the development of new skills . |
| 7 | The record shows that during the 1980s we were able both to increase public expenditure in real terms by about 20 percent . |