Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] [adv prt] " 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 | The two do n't mix and the indigestion makes sure he is still alert enough to touch down at Blackbushe . |
| 3 | I 've spent the last two years converting this place in my spare time ; it 's only recently been habitable enough to live in . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Suck The Knife ’ rides on a mad axe-hero riff brazen enough to bring out the cigarette lighters . |
| 7 | Maybe behind the gush there was something she wanted to say but was n't brazen enough to bring out too openly . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | So you think you are rich enough to carry on . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | There were huge crabs everywhere , starfish with thick meaty arms , forests of kelp — tall enough to swim through , plaice and gurnards . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | The lunar light gleamed on gold , and his intake of breath was almost loud enough to echo down the alleyway . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She was strong enough to carry on , to make the most of what she had left . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Strong enough to lift up to 200lbs , this six stacked rust resistant magnet has an overall gripping area of 8.25cm square and will collect dressmakers ' pins or DIY nails just like magic . |
| 20 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 21 | The baby was strong enough to go back to Riverstown with a monthly nurse after six weeks and he was duly baptized a Protestant in the Church of Ireland in Naas . |
| 22 | They 're soft on baby 's skin yet strong enough to clean up any job . |
| 23 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 24 | Er everything depending on the the the the work of the farm would come to a standstill if erm if the horses y if they were not kept in good condition , they would n't be strong enough to keep on going every day . |
| 25 | ‘ But after what went on in the first leg , I hope we get a referee who will be strong enough to stamp out any foul play . |
| 26 | The loss of that money is resented by at least one member of the England Committee , who told me : ‘ Our football in Sweden was the worst in my lifetime , but we should be strong enough to face up to the situation . |
| 27 | In the early 1970s , industry observers thought that IBM was strong enough to shake off the challenge from Japan . |
| 28 | He was n't strong enough to get on to the par-5s in two for eagle chances , so he just chipped and putted for birdies . |
| 29 | The ground floor windows were low enough to look in and he could see into the-little office , which was empty . |
| 30 | 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 . |