Example sentences of "[pron] is [adv] enough [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The amount left over shrinks by 16 p.c. to £12,734 which is just enough to cover day by day living expenses , as extrapolated from the National Expenditure Survey , without allowing for higher basic costs in London and the costs associated with employing a nanny . |
| 2 | Depending on the severity of the cold , they will keep an area of about 300mm ( 1ft ) diameter clear of ice , which is usually enough to allow gases to escape . |
| 3 | However , the basic National Insurance retirement pension by itself is not enough to bring her above the point where tax begins to be charged , so if she has no other income apart from this , she will not be asked to pay tax . |
| 4 | Before I came to prison I thought I was introspective but ten minutes here and there is not enough to answer some of these questions |
| 5 | While they are carefully listed , there is not enough to get their flavour Franklin lived many lives : that of scientist investigating electrical phenomena for the first time , lobbyist for the new born United States in London , and gun runner for the infant |
| 6 | But even here , there is not enough to keep the swans in food all winter . |
| 7 | There is n't enough to go round . |
| 8 | There is barely enough to keep a child alive , let alone men and women who have to toil in the fields all day . |
| 9 | There is clearly enough to conceal a few mysteries as well . |
| 10 | It would be foolish as well as useless , he said , to worry about how to cope with tomorrow when there is quite enough to cope with today . |
| 11 | These are waters which do not , as a rule , produce big bream , for with so many mouths to share the available food there is only enough to maintain them at a low body weight . |
| 12 | Even though the mountain goat can eat more or less any plant material , there is seldom enough to go round , and the availability and whereabouts of food vary throughout the year . |
| 13 | It is not enough to notify the regional chairman or committee members of what 's going on and hope that they will pass on the message to the members and supporters . |
| 14 | It is not enough to visit or telephone the offices of the local authority , water authority and public utilities , to verify the availability of services . |
| 15 | In these circumstances I think it clear , given the diversity of immunities and of the policies underlying them , that it is not enough to ask simply whether Parliament can have intended to abolish a long-standing right of silence . |
| 16 | It is not enough to give folk dances theatrical form by opening out their patterns , paying increased attention to the relationship of step to music and developing any unique style of movement . |
| 17 | It is not enough to give him the facts . |
| 18 | While agreeing with the spirit of Jameson 's suggestion that an avant-garde sensibility may displace and make strange the regularity of everyday television , it is not enough to appeal to an already formed avant garde — formed in another place or at another time and for another purpose — which can be hauled in and held up to television as a template of value . |
| 19 | To see objects , it is not enough to see surfaces , although that is an excellent start . |
| 20 | It is not enough to agree a deal in principle with a receiver , the purchaser will have to deliver the cash before anyone else in order to win . |
| 21 | But it is not enough to do a good job : our professional conduct committees must be seen to be doing a good job . |
| 22 | But of course it is not enough to point out that such claims can be made implicitly . |
| 23 | It is not enough to enlarge a peasant 's piece of land , he must have the wherewithal to cultivate it . |
| 24 | It is not enough to rely on vitamin pills and hope for the best . |
| 25 | Clearly something does happen in higher education ; it is not enough to argue that it trains an elite and to leave it at that . |
| 26 | In the spirit of this observation , however , it is not enough to argue that Marx 's views have been shown to be false by the continuing development of capitalist socialisation . |
| 27 | It is not enough to acknowledge the importance of collective entrepreneurship ; clear and consistent signals must reinforce the new story . |
| 28 | But it is not enough to talk about ‘ jobs ’ as if , provided enough people have jobs , all is well . |
| 29 | It is not enough to talk generally about reverence and respect any longer . |
| 30 | For example , it is not enough to talk simply in terms of the 103 ; the 103.2 , which formed part of a British system that we recommended in August 1985 was a completely different design from the present 103/4 . |