Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] them [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly the Gulf Stream is quite strong enough to carry them across the Atlantic to the shores of Europe . |
| 2 | I just was n't strong enough to lift them out myself . |
| 3 | The fact that you were weak enough to choose them in the first place is another thing altogether , ’ she finished triumphantly . |
| 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 | Well I said it , told you to get some just to put them in the garage when it 's hot . |
| 6 | Kant then goes on to describe how Leibniz ( 1646–1716 ) , the great polymath , carried out field observations of caterpillars and similar creatures , being careful afterwards to return them to a suitable leaf out of harm 's way , ‘ so that it should not come to harm through any act of his . |
| 7 | It was easy enough to spot them in the distance if they were in a clearing on the mountainside , but extremely difficult to detect them as Abdullahi and I approached through a tangle of giant heath that rose far above our heads . |
| 8 | It will be easy enough to bleach them with some Milk of Magnesia the night before he comes home . |
| 9 | Finally , care has been taken to keep the stories short and simple enough to allow them to be read at normal first-language speed . |
| 10 | Because such objects gain value as time elapses it means that a profit can be realised by anyone patient enough to conceal them for twenty years . |
| 11 | It goes without saying that the strap loops must be large enough to enable them to be cast off the hands quickly in any emergency . |
| 12 | The capital was large enough to provide them with the anonymity they badly needed . |
| 13 | It is much better only to tell them of the happier events in your life : the progress the children are making and the amusing things they say , descriptions of family outings and news of old friends and neighbours . |
| 14 | Yeah , but you 're not stupid enough to sell them to me would you ? |
| 15 | When you are giving tablets to your dog , it may be possible simply to disguise them in food , such as a piece of meat , which can then be added to the dog 's meal . |
| 16 | Accommodation should therefore be available both to assist them in the personal adjustments they will have to make and to ensure that at the outset they are suitably accommodated . |
| 17 | But chimpanzees do not breed well in captivity , partly because of a long pregnancy and childhood , and trapping them in the wild is expensive and wasteful enough to put them at risk of extinction . |
| 18 | It seemed outrageously unfair that after so long she could not have him to herself and she hoped that his lodger would be tactful enough to leave them in peace during her visit . |
| 19 | Farming families worked hard and long for scanty remuneration , and it is difficult indeed to see them as beneficiaries of the government 's development policy . |
| 20 | They are usually wealthy ex-public school boys , who , since they will never need to work for a living , have little else to occupy them except the pursual of cheap thrills . |
| 21 | The rarity of lianes on truly oceanic islands , e.g. Mauritius and Galapagos Islands ( one or two only ) , can be explained by wind-dispersal not being efficient enough to get them to islands . |
| 22 | If you are well practised in a careful approach , having learned the art of blending yourself into the background and moving with the silence and stealth of a hungry alley-cat , then you will soon be close enough to identify them as chub . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd rather be doing it on my own , ’ Maria responded waspishly , taking advantage of the fact that no one was near enough to overhear them for the moment . |