Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ necessity ’ sought was not that of Newton 's grand mechanical scheme of iron laws and inescapable forces but was strong enough to sustain the thought that the international system is more than the constant and regular behaviour of its parts . |
| 2 | Also there were doubts as to whether the panelling in the proposed new location was strong enough to take the weight of the new clock and its ‘ sculptured ’ bracket . |
| 3 | And after about four months I thought I was strong enough to tackle the weight , and that it would n't be too much going on at once . |
| 4 | Even in its infancy , India was strong enough to survive the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948 . |
| 5 | But most of the English fleet had been on Parliament 's side during the Civil War , and in 1650 the Republic decided it was strong enough to impose an embargo on trade and send out an expedition to make Virginia and the West Indian islands acknowledge its authority . |
| 6 | It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings . |
| 7 | Neither side was strong enough to overcome the other . |
| 8 | ‘ But I 've paid for you ! ’ he said , and this time it was loud enough to stop every conversation within a radius of twenty-five yards . |
| 9 | Once a child could walk and had , through dire necessity , learned how to shed a wet pair of training pants and put on his snow suit , he would vanish into the street , not to be seen again until lunch time ; once he was tall enough to reach the refrigerator door handle , the problem of lunch was also solved — he could get it himself . |
| 10 | Madness and Civilization was such a study , but the assumption that it was possible simply to lift the repression and to let otherness speak for itself was questioned by Derrida in his well-known critique , ‘ Cogito and the History of Madness ’ . |
| 11 | I explained how , at the beginning of each world war , it was possible quickly to double the number of infantry battalions , gunner and other regiments . |
| 12 | At least my friend did n't think I was vain enough to commission the work myself . |
| 13 | Rory was grateful not to get the lecture about the IRA men who had lived in foxholes in the soaking bog in the fifties , hunted out into the mountains by the B-men at the end of a long and terrible campaign , but he continued with the trains of thought . |
| 14 | It had been tough going , but Proby was grateful enough to knock a century off the £500 I owe him . |
| 15 | He was free not to contract the debt . |
| 16 | ‘ The last time I was in England I was foolish enough to take a woman into my confidence . |
| 17 | Photographer Andrew MacPherson , who 's more used to female models peering through the lens for Vogue magazine , was brave enough to take the picture |
| 18 | He hoped it would not be too long before she was brave enough to leave the bar . |
| 19 | In the kitchen the fire was burning low but there was light enough to see the steam rising from the bedclothes as they held them out to air . |
| 20 | He was open-minded enough to appreciate the skill displayed in the carving and scholarly enough to value the insight into Chinese mentality offered by its imagery . |
| 21 | Although Reagan was a right-wing candidate , he was careful not to repeat the mistake of Goldwater in 1964 of allowing himself to appear an extremist . |
| 22 | While he was careful not to give the impression to the Beavis family that his work was anything out of the ordinary , he nevertheless made sure it was not open to even the most casual glance . |
| 23 | However , in reaffirming it as an objective , Mr Kinnock was careful not to set a timescale for reducing unemployment to between 750,000 and one million , depending on circumstances . |
| 24 | He was careful not to argue the point as he followed Carver 's taxi through the tunnel . |
| 25 | He was careful not to voice the thought aloud . |
| 26 | She was careful not to disturb the make-up she had applied secretly before retiring , and checked it quickly in a polished bronze mirror that lay next to the bowl , the deep yellow glow from the oil lamp she had left burning providing her with just enough light to see that none had smudged . |
| 27 | It was a question often put to her ; she was careful not to let the answer sound too glib . |
| 28 | He was careful not to make the connection too often in his mind , the idea was bizarre , better not to believe it , certainly it must n't be spoken of , but at moments such as now he could n't push it away — and did n't want to . |
| 29 | ‘ Since I was old enough to carry a money-bag , I 've trudged round the streets , knocking on every door of every property you own … aye , and sometimes I 've had a fist in my face for the trouble , but never once have I let you down . |
| 30 | She tried to imagine how she would look when she was old enough to wear a wig , like her mother and the great ladies of the court who surrounded Queen Ankhsenpaamun , though the queen was not much older than she was herself . |