Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | switches that on to sort out her . |
| 2 | It was also recommended that the Committee should seek to make some of its existing activities profitable enough to employ a social development director from its own resources . |
| 3 | The question we are entitled to ask is : are new values strong enough to hold the old institutions together ? |
| 4 | There are occasional arrivals of odd specimens of Fairy Basslets which are not easily identified , and some , as in the case of Pseudanthias pulcherimus from the western Indian Ocean have male and female forms different enough to cause them to be frequently treated as separate species . |
| 5 | Both Nazi sympathies and anti-Semitism had declined in the past decade , in part reflecting the deaths of Germans old enough to remember Nazi Germany before the war . |
| 6 | It dates back to 1795 and was issued by the King 's Theatre in London 's Haymarket , and was designed as a throw-away item for theatre-goers rich enough to book a box for the season at the kingly sum of 2,500 guineas . |
| 7 | Follow steps 2–7 above to indent from the left margin ; and steps 2–10 to indent from both margins |
| 8 | The overall aim appears to be to stop the growth of left-wing political organizations strong enough to challenge both the power of the military and the appallingly low wages and living conditions of plantation workers . |
| 9 | He found words strong enough to describe a " torrent " which " bore down everything in its way " , a " great current " and " an extraordinary agitation " . |
| 10 | When it landed , the Americans had no steps tall enough to reach it , a gratifying start except for the fact that the Chairman of the Council of Ministers and his party had to climb down an emergency ladder hand over hand . |
| 11 | The mustard seed produces a shrub about eight to ten feet tall , with branches strong enough to support birds and give them shelter . |
| 12 | So Lady , we 've never found any gentlemen old enough to play old William because he was in his seventies at this time , we never found an old gentleman play William , Robert Hardy 's not quite old enough . |
| 13 | First and foremost it is a tool for us fans fortunate enough to have email . |
| 14 | Unless local government is organized to meet the needs of the future , and in particular is organized in units large enough to match the technical and administrative requirements of the services which it administers , its powers must diminish , and with it the power of local democracy … |
| 15 | Rumours also abound about a herd of wild boars on the less frequented side of Ben Wyvis , that run snorting out of the mist without warning , charging with long vicious tusks at walkers unfortunate enough to step into their territory . |
| 16 | Orang-utans are able to cross small gaps by grabbing small branches of neighbouring trees and pulling them closer until they can reach branches large enough to support their weight . |
| 17 | Are the bedrooms large enough to contain , say , two single beds ? |
| 18 | Moss 's loyalty to British manufacturers like Cooper , Jaguar , Frazer-Nash and ERA certainly hindered his early progress as they could not provide cars good enough to compete with the European manufacturers . |
| 19 | They have telescope mirrors comparable in size to the one on the Hubble space telescope — but , one hopes , not afflicted by the Hubble mirror 's distortions — and produce images good enough to make out an object the size of a paperback book . |
| 20 | The sky clears in the childbirth sequence because of Shatov 's sublime murmurings about the arrival of a new human being , but also because the midwife has her sleeves rolled up , because she is attacking a difficult and strenuous professional job , organizing essentials , masterminding the whole exercise , scolding Marie Shatov who allowed Shatov to get between her and the family in which she was a governess ‘ with the egotistical object of marrying you , laughing at the distraught husband on his knees unable either to bear the sound or block his ears before the birth ; and when all is tidied up , ‘ after some pleasant–es about ‘ the happy couple' ’ which were not without a touch of contempt and superciliousness , she went away as well satisfied as before . ’ |
| 21 | The provision of homes small enough to provide a reasonable place of residence was , and still is , insufficient for all mentally handicapped people in mental handicap hospitals to leave them . |
| 22 | Canning , freezing , drying , irradiation and the addition of preservatives , both natural and chemical , are just some of the methods available today to ensure availability of food . |
| 23 | The Dean and his pet labrador are both depicted wearing dog collars ; the bursar , with ears big enough to flap over to Christ Church , is seen tightly clenching two money bags . |
| 24 | ‘ That is easy — make the arch in the shape of a bent tree trunk , and make holes in the branches big enough to place pots of water , to make the flowers stay fresh for longer . ’ |
| 25 | Follow steps 1–5 above to switch on page numbering . |
| 26 | Standing there naked , her legs wide apart to display her femininity , she felt like a model in a porn show . |
| 27 | In the highly charged atmosphere of the 1840s , Owen served his conservative masters well by steadfastly blocking the radicals ' attempts to postulate relationships close enough to justify the theory of transmutation . |
| 28 | She could n't think of words bad enough to describe them . |
| 29 | Yet it is equally possible to see the faults lying with industry in its failure to provide opportunities attractive enough to overcome the alleged prejudice against it . |
| 30 | Even the steelwork in such plants can perform as an aerial , converting wave energy to sparks strong enough to ignite flammable gases . |