Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Suck The Knife ’ rides on a mad axe-hero riff brazen enough to bring out the cigarette lighters . |
| 2 | The lunar light gleamed on gold , and his intake of breath was almost loud enough to echo down the alleyway . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 5 | In the early 1970s , industry observers thought that IBM was strong enough to shake off the challenge from Japan . |
| 6 | This effectively ruled out the overwhelming majority of black boxers based in Britain . |
| 7 | This effectively spreads out the resonance peak ( which at a steady temperature is very sharp ) , and produces strong coupling at a range of temperatures . |
| 8 | But this merely brings back the idea of particulars as distinct from qualities or ( mere ) configurations of qualities , and we find ourselves up against the very difficulties the theory was trying to eliminate . |
| 9 | The gaming world in part consists of four main islands ( there are rumours of more ! ) and this nicely breaks up the game and avoids the feeling of a bland and repetitive world , ( why does that Island concept ring a bell ? ) and you move from Island to Island by looking at a map and selecting your destination ( sounds VERY familiar ! ) . |
| 10 | She 's sixteen , old enough to take over the housekeeping . ’ |
| 11 | Brahmadaitya are kind to humans , though should one be foolish enough to chop down the palm tree where this spirit lives , the offender 's neck will be snapped , like a twig . |
| 12 | However , this necessarily locks out the unemployed , who are the dark side of this culture . |
| 13 | A stunted little boy suddenly starts to shoot up like a weed , a plain adolescent turns into a beauty overnight , and well-preserved middle-aged men who reach sixty still looking forty-five suddenly make up the deficit and more than overtake their age , all in a few months . |
| 14 | Is there anybody brave enough to take on the post of SAA Executive Secretary ? |
| 15 | This clearly sums up the Conservative attitude to taxation and , most importantly , it views the alleviation of poverty as part of an overall policy to improve prosperity for everyone . |
| 16 | This accurately sums up the marketing policy and illustrates what is being achieved by the creation of the new point-of-sale material . |
| 17 | Such a government had to be able to carry a programme of economies through the House of Commons : this immediately ruled out the possibility of a Labour minority government led by Henderson , as suggested by Moodie in an otherwise illuminating article . |
| 18 | When we arrived at the arena , we opened the emergency doors and some even crawled out the windows . |
| 19 | I tell you what , this even picks up the girl over the tannoy . |
| 20 | If it is unavoidable then type out the script in double spacing with bold headings . |
| 21 | The day starts with our tail-lift bus leaving the centre at 9.30 am to pick up the clients with the help of 2 escorts . |
| 22 | This neatly sums up the sources of wealth , external and internal , which paid for the great Acropolis building programme . |
| 23 | As Claire Hunt observed , Chris Thompson 's Beware the Barmaid 's Smile of 1985 neatly summed up the trend in pub interiors in the 1980 : |
| 24 | The Ministry is due shortly to take over the countryside premium scheme . |
| 25 | And then if I if I want to ring home see I 'll press that that just brings up the |
| 26 | This , implicitly at least , demands the use of major computer systems , otherwise it would not be possible easily to carry out the necessary regular checks as to whether the various procedures have been undertaken within the prescribed time period . |
| 27 | However , it is generally easy enough to sort out the ones that do and the ones that aim to provide police-based fantasy . |
| 28 | It was easy enough to climb down the covers on to the floor . |
| 29 | These jelly-filled tubes have electroreceptor cells at their ends , delicate enough to pick up the tiny discharges of the prey 's body . |
| 30 | It was easy now to summon up the power behind her eyes . |