Example sentences of "a [noun] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opposite a café and shop , a tall , sparse wood leads down to a dramatic view of the Falls , a cataract powerful enough to feed a local hydro-electricity station . |
| 2 | He continued to speculate on the subject , and wrote letters to various journals , but seems to have done little further practical work until 1849 , when a glider large enough to carry a small boy was launched in free flight at Brompton . |
| 3 | Roman had clearly primed his housekeeper well in advance , Caroline reflected , finding herself whisked off through grandiose high-ceilinged passageways , up a curving staircase wide enough to accommodate a coach and four , and into a room large enough to hold a full-scale ball . |
| 4 | The administrator took us one floor up in a lift big enough to ferry a helicopter to the roof . |
| 5 | Good heavens , is it really likely that someone like you could catch a man rich enough to own a house like this ? |
| 6 | In a garden large enough to include a wild herbage meadow , or where an established orchard can be converted for the purpose , soil preparation must aim to reduce , not increase , fertility . |
| 7 | Although they might be observed by gamma-ray detectors on satellites or balloons , it would be difficult to fly a detector large enough to have a reasonable chance of intercepting a significant number of gamma-ray photons from one explosion . |
| 8 | Join Congress , Mr Gandhi seemed to be saying , and create a party strong enough to have a clear majority . |