Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [noun] " 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 | Their behaviour must also be frequent or serious enough to justify attempts to alter it by deliberate management action . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The housing surely explains a great deal : neither good enough to promote happiness nor bad enough to produce hopelessness . |
| 7 | Layers of rock that are porous and permeable enough to store water and let it flow through them easily are called aquifers . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If soft enough to show footprints and vehicle tracks , they retain them for many years . |
| 11 | Dredge is still only 19 and good enough to play Walker Cup . |
| 12 | It was right because he was rich and confident enough to introduce Mary Rose to his terrible clod of a brother and his wife , and to Mammy , who was old and senile and sat like a statue in a corner by the kitchen fire . |
| 13 | Yet it is precisely the woman or girl who is ignorant and gullible enough to believe tales of this kind who is ripe for sexual exploitation and whom the section should be most geared towards protecting . |
| 14 | The most notable of last week 's promotions , below cabinet level , are David Davis , a printworker 's son and successful businessman , shrewd and tough enough to put teeth into the Citizen 's Charter ; William Hague , the ex-chancellor 's bumptious and clever private secretary , who becomes Mr Lilley 's number three at social security ; and Jeremy Hanley , a Mensa-man who becomes number two to Malcolm Rifkind at defence . |
| 15 | Certain issues , however , seem general enough and important enough to warrant discussion . |
| 16 | Health ministers must be honest and responsible enough to confront problems and chip in with extra funds where ministers . |
| 17 | I was now both tall enough and bulky enough to link arms comfortably with Mr Broadhurst . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Equally , if farmers are to be more subject to market forces , the planning system must be flexible and sensitive enough to enable farmers to diversify . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The catalogue of offences regarded as serious enough to merit dismissal for a single occurrence is sometimes lengthy . |
| 23 | 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 . |