Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Admittedly there were signs in the late 1980s that this pattern was breaking down , if only because both superpowers were becoming too weak economically to maintain their former roles , and because the model of a world divided by the October Revolution had little relation to the realities of the late 20th century . |
| 2 | He was also well skilled in diplomacy , hearing a great deal of gossip and complaint but discreet enough to keep it to himself . |
| 3 | ‘ And what exactly do you think I might do to Kirsty if you were rash enough to leave her alone with me ? ’ |
| 4 | The anxiety that I will be caught out on the hustings by a clever swine in a corduroy jacket asking ‘ What is the current rate of child benefit ? ’ is one which is shared by all those rash enough to offer themselves for election . |
| 5 | But she had been rash enough to believe he was starting to care for her . |
| 6 | For anyone rash enough to seize it , the effect is instantaneous — searing pain , swelling , convulsions , unconsciousness and sometimes death . |
| 7 | At least , I was grateful enough to send them a copy of the thesis , but there is no evidence that they read it or found it useful . |
| 8 | If by submitting to the one guilt he could evade all suspicion upon the worse count … he is quite shrewd enough , I fancy , to make the choice and quite durable enough to abide it . |
| 9 | Thank you very much Mr President and as you 've been friendly enough to invite me and given me such a friendly welcome , I , I thought I ought to risk speaking to you as candidly as I can about what is going on in our country and our communities at the moment and whether by the end of the thing I continue your friend is another matter . |
| 10 | Bowen delivered the ideal ball into the penalty area and Sutton reached it before the advancing Norman only to flick it a yard or so over the top . |
| 11 | Let's be progressive enough to show our commitment to sister unions in other European countries by giving our members the language tools needed for the European trade union movement . |
| 12 | He has been a victim of his own success at Arsenal in terms of his public profile but he 's professional enough to curb his celebrations when he scores a goal . |
| 13 | ‘ When you both feel light-hearted enough to enjoy your baby , you are making a good start ’ says Infant Care on its second page , and Spock uses the same injunction , ‘ Enjoy Your Baby ’ , as a subheading in his chapter ‘ The Right Start ’ . |
| 14 | The object must be such that the subject 's senses are acute enough to pick it out . |
| 15 | These ‘ Mietkaserne ’ ( literally ‘ rental barracks ’ ) , to avoid the slum problem of a London or central Berlin , would be four storeys high and would open up on an interior square that was green and ample enough to permit plenty of light and fresh air . |
| 16 | Cold , and terrified of growing colder , so that when he opened his arms and put them around her , his musk-scented cloak coming with them , ample enough to cover them both , all she felt was the salvation of his warmth , his hard , hot body supporting her as she shook and shivered against him , that blessed , beautiful fur enclosing her as in a nest , muffling her from the killing storm . |
| 17 | It may be a church , warehouse or old factory , but it must be open-plan with a large forecourt which is ample enough to house everyone ( last year 's site was a 30,000 sq ft warehouse ) and ideally , the venue should be in central London . |
| 18 | ( Except for English of course , which is the highlight of my day ) I thought I should put that in to please my English teacher and even up my grade . |
| 19 | Press that down to make it sto stay . |
| 20 | A drug , on the other hand , must be stable enough to reach its target , and there it must last long enough to achieve the desired effect . |
| 21 | If elderly people are persuaded to uproot themselves in a hurry at the first sign of trouble , making major decisions at a time when they are not emotionally stable enough to think them through , like selling their homes and moving away from old friends and familiar surroundings into the different world and routine of a younger household , they sometimes regret it , and much unhappiness ensues for everyone . |
| 22 | God knows , I have little enough to give her in a worldly sense . |
| 23 | But those who obeyed had little enough to focus their blinkered eyes upon by 1929 . |
| 24 | ‘ Your shoulders are broad enough to bear anything . ’ |
| 25 | In any case Marxism was broad enough to lend itself to different educational interpretations . |
| 26 | If you start to feel sorry enough to let someone else win , you lose your honesty . |
| 27 | They leased them to the spa innkeepers , who eventually became rich enough to purchase them . |
| 28 | But Alistair had quit , and the beano had been taken over by the only Tory rich enough to take his place : Jeffrey Archer . |
| 29 | One day , she promised herself , she would be rich enough to buy whatever she wanted — not only clothes but jewellery and perfume , real leather shoes and the very best cosmetics — no more Miners and Outdoor Girl from Woolworths ! |
| 30 | Shops like these are the only outlets for such abominations , and the only way you can stop the terrors of opening horrible gifts and feigning delight is to become rich enough to buy them out and turn them into cake shops . |