Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The increasing stocking density evident in Powys over the last 3 decades also explains the broadleaved woodland regeneration problem and clarifies why such woods are now often grazed to billiard table-like turf when in the more distant past grazing levels must have been low enough to allow regeneration . |
| 2 | " In our new austerity , I am old enough to have money . " |
| 3 | But Olten , in common with so many small Swiss towns , has been careful not to buy prosperity at the expense of damage to its character . |
| 4 | Neighbours arrive to talk to officialdom ; they voice strong opposition but are careful not to provoke trouble . |
| 5 | But once she took over the directorship of the Institute for Chemical Research in Bucharest ( ICECHIM ) , she began to purge those scientists who had been foolish enough to cast doubt on her credentials or to refuse to ‘ co-operate ’ with her research . |
| 6 | It will have a similar connotation when people discover what drops through their letter boxes if they are foolish enough to vote Conservative at the next general election . |
| 7 | Up to last year it would have been justifiable not to show rugby until October . |
| 8 | As well as North sea oil , we have also been fortunate enough to discover gas in the North sea . |
| 9 | They 'd been delighted therefore to renew acquaintanceship at the beginning of the tour ; and thereafter had spent many an hour together , talking about old comrades they 'd known — those who 'd come through , and those who had n't … and reminiscing about some of the ‘ local talent ’ the GIs had been only too happy to discover , in Oxford itself and in some of the surrounding towns and villages . |
| 10 | Thus , if the charges are serious enough to merit expulsion or suspension , a high standard of proof will be needed . |
| 11 | The harsh reality is that those who are fortunate enough to have work will need to make sacrifices for the sake of those who have not . |
| 12 | Only a few are versatile enough to permit measurement of capacitance . |
| 13 | you 're seventeen years old , if you 're old enough to have sex surely you 're old enough to you know , think about it in a mature way . |
| 14 | When deciding on height/depth ratios , try to make treads at least 300mm ( 12″ ) deep , which is comfortable for all but the largest of feet ( unless you 're unlucky enough to take size 16s ! ) . |
| 15 | And in Italy we 're civilised enough to serve coffee and croissants in our bars , ’ he said in mild reproof . |
| 16 | A shame , then , that so few of the Discovery 's customers are likely ever to make use of these abilities . |
| 17 | Over the years I 've been lucky enough to see pine martens , golden eagles , otters , blue hares , foxes and a huge variety of birds , including a snowy egret at Torridon , wildly off course from its African and European haunts . |
| 18 | If pure sands can be given sufficient organic matter to retain moisture and provide plant nutrients , they need no further structure as the pores between sand particles are large enough to allow drainage and sand can not be compacted into a ‘ pan ’ . |
| 19 | From this stage until the plants are large enough to take care of themselves , filamentous algae may make itself a nuisance , becoming entangled in the delicate young foliage . |
| 20 | As most of us have to work to earn a living , the short winter days limit our riding considerably and leave us with the choice of riding before or after work in the dark or only at weekends , unless you are lucky enough to have access to an indoor school . |
| 21 | You are lucky enough to have Bella here to teach you , and your mother also , and as you know , I have undertaken to instruct you in history , since I am the one who has seen such a lot of it , as it were face to face . |
| 22 | In those 11 patients who had been well enough to undergo radionuclide ventriculography , the mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 11.7% ( range 6–20% ) . |
| 23 | They are well downstage looking front . ) |
| 24 | ‘ It may happen anyway — Portsmouth are good enough to get promotion this year and we 've had a number of really impressive wins . ’ |
| 25 | You are unlikely always to have access to an authoritative edition . |
| 26 | The programme should be guided by the general principles given in Part 2 but these are flexible enough to allow modification to suit different families ' individual needs . |
| 27 | Because of Nicaragua 's dependence on agricultural produce and agro-exports , it has been important not to let production levels fall . |
| 28 | Neither had it been able properly to exploit marketing arms such as BBC Enterprises which was heavily skewed towards London-based programming . |
| 29 | In past years erm in the British Isles especially with the British Met Office , we 've only been able really to study part of the atmosphere over the northern hemisphere . |
| 30 | ‘ We have to be stable enough to have product liability insurance before we can enter the US market . |