Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] be a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henceforth to be a Christian is to be united to the risen Christ through the adoption of the Spirit . |
| 2 | Admittedly in many of Petipa 's pas de deux he seems merely to be a porter . |
| 3 | It will also be granted if any defence raised is shown merely to be a delaying tactic . |
| 4 | However , I imagined that the praise I received that night was merely to be a preview of the steaming sauna of appreciation that I 'd receive after the first night . |
| 5 | Satisfied but not human enough to be a sister , the woman held up a tiny version of the black box . |
| 6 | Sounds like ESP is certainly ambitious enough to be a Wood Group Company ! |
| 7 | Although there is no rhyme in the poem , the last words in every second line sound very like each other so that , while the poem can be simple enough to be a man 's thoughts , it also holds together well and sounds good . |
| 8 | He 'd sailed these waters for six months and knew every reef and coral head shallow enough to be a threat . |
| 9 | The Annan Committee disliked this arrangement , for even the local newspaper publishers ' association itself did not think the amount of advertising likely to go to ILR was great enough to be a threat . |
| 10 | Right they 're all different but they 're similar enough to be a bit confusing . |
| 11 | Still , in spite of the above , I just want to live long enough to be a problem to my children . |
| 12 | Nobody doubts that , in principle , Europe is large and sophisticated enough to be a powerhouse of new technology , but the achievement of that goal can only be impeded by the cost of supporting agriculture ( which consumes resources and engages people in traditional , not novel , tasks ) . |
| 13 | ‘ You must be looking forward to when you 're old enough to be a Brownie like your sister ! ’ |
| 14 | I am sure that he will wish to develop that issue in Committee , if he is fortunate enough to be a member . |
| 15 | They were great judges of character , and her analysis of Dana was : ‘ You are good enough to be a film star . ’ |
| 16 | Not enough to be a dealer , only enough for what the police termed ‘ personal use ’ . |
| 17 | Nicely dressed , but not expensively enough to be a client . |
| 18 | That happens often enough to be a matter for public concern . |
| 19 | If the message you sent her was as cryptic as you said it was and she 's still managed to get here , she 's smart enough to be a danger to us . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Then you would n't have been tough enough to be a Corosini , ’ he replied evenly . |
| 21 | Following the est the establishment of the public services section , I was lucky enough to be a delegate at the conference held in April . |
| 22 | And anyway , you 're not strong enough to be a docker . ’ |
| 23 | According to Sir Hector Laing , Chairman of United Biscuits : ‘ In a world where the large food companies are getting larger , backed by the cash resources of very rich large partners , it is not good enough to be a minnow : in order to compete internationally each company has to get bigger . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ You 're too ruthless to be a doctor , not sly enough to be a lawyer , and not boring enough to be an accountant . ’ |
| 25 | The city traffic is distant enough to be a world away , so your meal will be served in almost perfect surroundings and will also be peaceful . |
| 26 | It is interesting to compare this fact with the ridicule to which some experts were exposed for developing fermentation methods of producing penicillin — ‘ obviously to be a flop ’ . |
| 27 | So to be a steward or somebody that . |
| 28 | The case came to hinge on the legitimacy of Mabel because of William 's first contracted marriage and so to be a matter for the church courts . |
| 29 | I 've put in to be a corpse already and then I can laugh my head off on the floor all the way through — ’ |
| 30 | An actual baby had awakened the baby inside herself ; she wanted less to be a mother than to have a baby , so that by feeding him she could in some way nourish herself . |