Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either way their lives are outstanding enough to capture the popular imagination ; they are remembered and they become part of the town 's history . |
| 2 | A few months ago the plant recruited its first workers — the men and women , mainly aged under 25 , whose minds and fingers are agile enough to turn out microscopic silicon chips by the hundreds of thousands . |
| 3 | Since research tells us that one in four clients are dissatisfied enough to stop doing business with a professional firm , it would seem advisable for every practice to follow the Ernst & Young model and ask their clients how they feel , particularly as research also shows that an unhappy client will tell nine other people of his or her dissatisfaction . |
| 4 | Wigan are 7-4 on to win the First Division championship with Corals . |
| 5 | ‘ But , ’ I said , ‘ would n't it have been simpler just to have snapped its neck ? ’ |
| 6 | These results suggested that open complexes formed at the φ29 P A2b and P A3 promoters are unstable , and that initiated complexes are stable enough to resist the heparin challenge and give rise to elongation complexes . |
| 7 | ‘ Please say that you will agree , will at least let me try to earn my own living , find out if I am strong enough to do so — not go back to being useless , merely a symbol of Papa 's wealth , not really his or your daughter . ’ |
| 8 | On the third day , I am strong enough to wash and do my laundry . |
| 9 | His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time . |
| 10 | Division , the poetry , the clean musical argument : drama and tension are inherent not to mention the sheer exuberance of the dance . |
| 11 | Grandfather had been rich enough to buy the many diamonds it took to make it up . |
| 12 | Just as he had been rich enough to build The Towers … . |
| 13 | Fair enough — but why had the planets been cruel enough to land her in partnership with the one man in the universe who could drive her crazy with wanting , even as he was — well , just driving her crazy ! |
| 14 | I am not a child to be frightened by a resolution of a board of directors , or to be soothed by the present of shares ( each carrying 10 liability ) in a company which has been losing money every year from its commencement , and which nothing short of a miracle could make pay a dividend as hitherto managed ; neither is my position in Scientific Circles here such as to render my retaining the editorship of any advantage to me — indeed , I am vain enough to think that I confer more than I receive . |
| 15 | I am vain enough to want to look good , but not to style my hair and paint my toenails . |
| 16 | ‘ We do n't believe that these adverts are specific enough to do more than stimulate people 's interest in our general services , ’ said . |
| 17 | The diesel engine burns its fuel so much more efficiently that its hydro carbon and carbon monoxide emisions are low enough to dispense with a two way catalytic converter . |
| 18 | The neurotoxins contained in its thousands of little venomous darts are strong enough to cause both extreme pain and sometimes even death . |
| 19 | One member uses coercion , expertise or position to dominate the others , and conformity pressures are strong enough to eliminate constructive criticism . |
| 20 | ‘ We need education authorities which are strong enough to take strategic decisions on provision of education in their areas . |
| 21 | By contrast , poorly-insulated subjects , especially if wet , have their rate of cooling dramatically increased by even light winds that are strong enough to disturb the boundary layer around them . |
| 22 | Its toes are strong enough to hold it on the bark , no matter which way it is facing and it hops about in all directions with sure-footed nimbleness . |
| 23 | The novel argues in cold , unremitting fidelity to its own thesis that in life the evil may in the end go unpunished and live happily ever after ; that the truly self-sufficient being , if he anywhere existed , would be ultimately inviolable , fearing neither reproach nor self-reproach ; and that those who are strong enough to live without sympathy are forever beyond the reach of compassion or revenge . |
| 24 | Suppressor variables such as this which are strong enough to reverse the sign of the relationship are called distorter variables . |
| 25 | Professional advice needs to be taken to check that the foundations under the playground are strong enough to serve as a vehicle park . |
| 26 | At the moment I 'm training a red-tailed buzzard , which is a much bigger bird , and its claws are strong enough to allow it to grip on to my glove , so this is n't so much of a problem . |
| 27 | Accompanied by a biographical essay by art historian Stellweg and a memoir by Mexican writer Elena Poniatowska , the images are strong enough to require no explanation . |
| 28 | it 's up to him whether it 's , whether they say it 's right or wrong I think , I think what the council said is if they , if they want it , the thing shifting , they are strong enough to get it shifted if they , if they , if they really feel that the things rot , you see up in the Dales they , one chap built a house and er , and they said they had to pull it down because it would n't fit in with , of |
| 29 | Had it been broad enough to have included the purpose of the great organised movement its contribution could have been of historical value . |
| 30 | 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 . |