Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If , however , we have opportunities to fish midweek when most other anglers are at work , or fortunate enough to have access to a good piece of barbel river which is less frequently fished , then the best way of catching a big barbel is to stalk one . |
| 2 | MPs were the targets of their local antislavery societies , though in addition reformers concentrated on members in strategic places or prominent enough to command support from some other members of the House . |
| 3 | His encounters with the eagles he met convinced him that he was not yet experienced or powerful enough to seek territory of his own , or to head for the far north-west where golden eagles are notoriously fierce and strong . |
| 4 | In most instances these are not close or significant enough to merit comparison at this level of affinity : the mosaic of room LXIV , Lydney ( Wheeler 1932 , pi . |
| 5 | The housing surely explains a great deal : neither good enough to promote happiness nor bad enough to produce hopelessness . |
| 6 | Layers of rock that are porous and permeable enough to store water and let it flow through them easily are called aquifers . |
| 7 | Administration officials said that to achieve that goal , the planes would fly at night and high enough to avoid danger of being shot down and would have no combat escorts . |
| 8 | The 500 stars brake so violently because they are brave , strong and skilful enough to take advantage of the extraordinary power of modern brakes and the grip of the latest slicks . |
| 9 | Similarly in Britain all the major parties changed their voting procedures in the 1960s and 1970s either to democratize leadership succession for the first time ( in the Conservative party ) or to broaden the franchise used to select leaders away from MPs to include party organizations outside Parliament ( in the case of Labour and the Liberals ) . |
| 10 | Certain issues , however , seem general enough and important enough to warrant discussion . |
| 11 | Sheila , a year younger still , was too self-centred and bright ever to challenge authority on poor ground and she pretended to be sick in order to escape the tension of the day . |
| 12 | Each of these problems is similar enough to fall under the same broad heading but distinct enough to create confusion as the problem-solving proceeds . |
| 13 | The secret of GORE-TEX fabrics lies in a unique protective membrane with around 9 billion pores per square inch ; too small for water to pass through , but large enough to allow perspiration vapour to escape . |
| 14 | These were to install illuminations up to 1000 Lux , but all indirectly to avoid sparkle and glare in the abnormally thick spectacles of partially sighted people . |
| 15 | The catalogue of offences regarded as serious enough to merit dismissal for a single occurrence is sometimes lengthy . |
| 16 | Being a man myself , the similarity by which I recognize as a man must be not only to others previously classified as men but to myself ; I assume , and when close enough to read expression and gesture simulate , thought and emotion like mine , turning his observed behaviour inside out . |