Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] [verb] the [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 | It was hard to believe that this clumsy box of bricks was strong enough to withstand the pressure of its wings . |
| 6 | Neither side was strong enough to overcome the other . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | At least my friend did n't think I was vain enough to commission the work myself . |
| 11 | Photographer Andrew MacPherson , who 's more used to female models peering through the lens for Vogue magazine , was brave enough to take the picture |
| 12 | He hoped it would not be too long before she was brave enough to leave the bar . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | By eight I was old enough to clean the house and do the weekend shopping . |
| 16 | He had to borrow heavily to finance it all — borrowings went up from around £120million to £225million — but he was cautious enough to keep the amount he owed within the limits of his assets and income . |
| 17 | The husbandman 's argument appears to have been this : he could easily determine by the above methods whether the seed-bed was ready for the corn and whether the soil was of the right tilth : but be could not be sure that the soil was warm enough to allow the seed to germinate . |
| 18 | This meant that it was impossible sufficiently to cheapen the production of that most vital product of all — the labour force itself . |
| 19 | It was pointless even to start the journey . |
| 20 | The Social Democrats had a strong candidate in Rudolf Scharping , who was leftish enough to keep the backing of the party faithful , calmly reassuring on economic matters to middle-of-the-road voters . |
| 21 | With a group of others , I was misguided enough to raid the school strawberry beds . |
| 22 | These include requiring a Court before giving a custodial sentence to consider a report by the probation service and to give reasons for such a sentence , except for the most serious offences ; also to satisfy itself that the offence was serious enough to justify the use of custody . |
| 23 | During the mill 's restoration , David Verey , with the co-operation of Lord Bathurst , was fortunate enough to obtain the working parts from a mill at North Cerney , these being fitted to the restored building . |
| 24 | He had originally intended to polish up the wood and sell it for five shillings , but when he was fortunate enough to obtain the gramophone he realised he should repair the machine and install it in the cabinet . |
| 25 | I auditioned along with everyone else and was lucky enough to get the part . |
| 26 | was large enough to dominate the merger . |
| 27 | Mafart 's illness can not have been very serious because he was well enough to sit the entrance examination to France 's elite School of War where he won a place in March 1988 . |
| 28 | Luckily , 21-year-old Emma , was well enough to make the trip to St. Bart 's on Monday morning by train , said Lyn , — but a few months ago the situation would have been completely different . |
| 29 | as if this were not bad enough , the great mudflow rolled on into the sea at the mouth of the Riviere Blanche , setting up a series of waves as it did so , one of which was powerful enough to capsize the yacht Precheur moored off the river mouth . |
| 30 | There 's yachting , boating and the fishing here was good enough to attract the line of Sir Isaac Newton . |