Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many are rich enough to support a distinctive cryoconite flora of algae and cyanobacteria , which survive winters encapsulated in the ice ( Wharton et al . |
| 2 | Quinn 's brow furrowed ; he had not checked the stones himself — he had not the skill to tell real diamonds from good forgeries — but now prayed no one had been foolish enough to insert a proportion of paste among the gems . |
| 3 | The skeleton of all echinoderms except the sea cucumbers is a relatively strong assembly of calcite plates ; the animals are built from an interlocking mosaic of such plates , and mostly the skeletons are rigid enough to have a high chance of fossilization . |
| 4 | Although on the whole wages in the iron industry were good , real earnings would not have been high enough to produce a tangible effect on the structure of taxable wealth . |
| 5 | ‘ Significant downside risks ’ were that it would be ‘ very difficult to be sure when consumers will feel that their finances are sound enough to support a stronger growth of spending ’ . |
| 6 | During the past few years I have been fortunate enough to have a couple of RAF students each summer from the Royal Military College of Science at Shrivenham . |
| 7 | Ruth had been fortunate enough to find a job in Ilkley . |
| 8 | Someone had been thoughtful enough to provide a felt lining to the bottom of the box so that there would be no noise from the falling coins . |
| 9 | The consequences of inadequately treated infection in pregnancy — acute pyelonephritis and premature delivery — are serious enough to warrant a cautious therapeutic approach and careful microbiological follow up . |
| 10 | I am only too well aware that few are fortunate enough to have a perfect body — very few in fact . |
| 11 | If you are fortunate enough to have a modern plastic ball valve , servicing is simple and no special tools are required . |
| 12 | If you are fortunate enough to have a friendly neighbour who does not object to you working on your wall from his side of the boundary , then do get his agreement in writing . |
| 13 | If you are fortunate enough to have a lower level into which you can siphon away the water , that is the easiest . |
| 14 | Part of that rally — and I am immodest enough to think a not unimportant part — was to enlist the services of my partner John Montgomerie ( Monty ) and myself to assist in preparing their answer to the consultative document . |
| 15 | There 's absolutely nothing to be ashamed of , and the very fact that you 've confronted your fears , faced up to your problem and sough help on your own initiative shows that you 're strong enough to make a full recovery . |
| 16 | Well it 's part of er nationwide tour I 've been making , putting across the message that if you 're fortunate enough to have a Conservative Council , it costs you much less money . |
| 17 | It 's unlikey that you 're lucky enough to own a Sinclair Harding clock — they 're so exclusive , and take so long to make that only seven hundred have been produced over the last twenty five years . |
| 18 | Sadly , unless you 're lucky enough to have a machine with a powerful processor and a large hard disk and you 've got wads of cash for each of these £300-plus packages , then it seems your dreams will come to nothing . |
| 19 | If you 're lucky enough to have a clear day , the view of the distant Alps , the city and the lake beneath is quite unforgettable . |
| 20 | You can invest up to nine thousand pounds over five years , er rates vary with the society unless you 're lucky enough to have a fixed rate . |
| 21 | If you 're lucky enough to have a colour printer , you can also fiddle with text and background colours . |
| 22 | If you 're unlucky enough to have a machine that goes wrong regularly , a service contract may save you hundreds of pounds . |
| 23 | They 're cheeky enough to approach a picnic party for scraps of food , then snatch a teaspoon and make off with it . ’ |
| 24 | No you can run They 're big enough to run a diskful of game but not something that takes more than one disk . |
| 25 | To give a concrete example , personal social services care is only one element in individual care systems in which family , neighbour and purchased care are likely also to play a part . |
| 26 | Each territory would have been a complete business organisation in its own area , but because no territory would have been large enough to run a complete main line a great deal more co-operation would have been necessary than existed between the regions , and on a much more formal basis . |
| 27 | Some of our packs which are recyclable now carry a symbol , and this will be added to many more in the future . |
| 28 | At last it had been cold enough to need a blanket and a quilt , to hold Zosie in his arms without the sweat pouring off them both . |
| 29 | Every August or early September for the last few years I have been lucky enough to receive a present of ripe mulberries from a magnificent old tree in the garden of Rainham Hall in Essex . |
| 30 | And at least we 've been lucky enough to get a bottom bunk . ’ |