Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1856 he needed Britain too much to thwart her desires over the Black Sea Clauses of the Treaty and so he accepted them , hoping that it would still be possible eventually to bring about an entente with Russia . |
| 2 | I think this ought to be thrown out not necessarily on the rights or wrongs of fox hunting but on a procedural thing that you 've brought about where a dictatorial attitude is brought about by the Labour party that have the right apparently to say exactly what 'll happen on someone else 's land . |
| 3 | And fifth , it must be alert enough to judge perfectly the moment for a sudden ‘ recovery ’ and flight to safety . |
| 4 | The two do n't mix and the indigestion makes sure he is still alert enough to touch down at Blackbushe . |
| 5 | I 've spent the last two years converting this place in my spare time ; it 's only recently been habitable enough to live in . ’ |
| 6 | For a number of reasons , therefore , it seems rather over-simplistic and legalistic merely to state baldly that , whatever may be the position on the illegality of use of nuclear weapons , their possession as such is not illegal ( Brownlie , 1984 ) . |
| 7 | ‘ However shallow injection is best suited to getting rid of dirty water because the material has to be liquid enough to flow down narrow tubes . ’ |
| 8 | Political fear of the working class was not acute enough to bring about a widespread demand to conciliate the workers ; rather the 1890s saw attempts to suppress trade unionism through the law courts , lock-outs and the use of ‘ blackleg ’ labour . |
| 9 | ‘ Suck The Knife ’ rides on a mad axe-hero riff brazen enough to bring out the cigarette lighters . |
| 10 | Maybe behind the gush there was something she wanted to say but was n't brazen enough to bring out too openly . |
| 11 | But his employer recognised that , after Helmut had paid for his lodgings ( fifteen shillings for a room and ‘ a rather meagre breakfast ’ ) , there was little enough to live on . |
| 12 | He had little enough to go on : someone anti-Republic , anti-Irish , his mother had said , but who ? |
| 13 | ‘ That 's little enough to go on . ’ |
| 14 | If this is the case the end of the U-wire is broad enough to sit comfortably in the palm of the hand . |
| 15 | The strip of ice was not broad enough to skate on but you could run over the crackling , frosty grass and leap onto it and slide the best part of thirty yards . |
| 16 | UNLIKE those rich enough to set aside assets for a period of years in order to avoid tax , those dependent on income — particularly those subject to Pay As You Earn — have limited scope to fend off the taxman . |
| 17 | So you think you are rich enough to carry on . |
| 18 | City talk has it that Pittencrieff , which is rich enough to swallow both Brabant and Aberdeen , is about to bid about £11 million for Aberdeen , valuing it at 22p a share . |
| 19 | In the absence of modern authority it is possible only to speculate about how far the above account of the law represents the position today . |
| 20 | There were huge crabs everywhere , starfish with thick meaty arms , forests of kelp — tall enough to swim through , plaice and gurnards . |
| 21 | Because they were only half the size of a mature Thoroughbred , they were not tall enough to see over their stable doors or internal walls so that when someone opened the stable doors , the weanlings would attempt to climb the walls in sheer terror ! |
| 22 | Of course the fellow could shout , but the human voice is not loud enough to carry that far . |
| 23 | The lunar light gleamed on gold , and his intake of breath was almost loud enough to echo down the alleyway . |
| 24 | Whether this clamour is loud enough to bring about so fundamental a change in the EEC at the very time when Community institutions wish to move in the opposite direction is a question which needs now to be addressed . |
| 25 | In summary , I am looking for a jacket which is wind and water proof , breathable , looks respectable enough to turn up at the office in , and offers conspicuity . |
| 26 | But we missed a couple of fairways and he was n't strong enough to hit far out of that heavy rough . |
| 27 | She was strong enough to carry on , to make the most of what she had left . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | A barn owl is n't strong enough to hold tight to a glove in a strong wind . |