Example sentences of "enough [to-vb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the sixth century its ancient Christian traditions were strong enough to sustain resistance to Justinian 's attempts to dictate doctrine to the church . |
| 2 | Whether a system with finitely many basic signals is a system of communication in the strong sense — that is , a linguistic system — depends on whether the characteristic behaviour within which and against which it is interpreted is complex enough to sustain attributions of higher-order beliefs and intentions to the creatures concerned . |
| 3 | With all 651 results declared , the Conservatives had an overall majority of 21 — enough to sustain Mr Major for the five-year lifetime of a Parliament . |
| 4 | In the meantime I intend to stay healthy enough to enjoy success when it comes and you 'd be wise to do the |
| 5 | It was not enough to treat students like children , the clinical aspects of nurse education were almost non-existent on the course . |
| 6 | The mustard seed produces a shrub about eight to ten feet tall , with branches strong enough to support birds and give them shelter . |
| 7 | At the same time , the committee believed , some West Indian parents did not do enough to support schools and teachers . |
| 8 | If peats can be drained , sweetened ( brought to a neutral pH ) and kept mechanically strong enough to support plants , they are complete in themselves , although when ploughed they can oxidize rapidly into non-existence . |
| 9 | Sphagnum bogs and peat mires are missing ; occasionally the ground is wet enough to support moss mires , involving ahumic soils and an overgrowth of mosses Orthothecium chryseum , or Campylium and Bryum spp. forming protoranker mats on top . |
| 10 | Mrs Donaghy and Patricia McKeown , deputy regional secretary of health service union , UNISON , agreed that management do not do enough to support staff . |
| 11 | Much other printed ephemera can be picked up just as cheaply , a boon market for collectors sharp enough to spot history mirrored in the disposable scraps of everyday life . |
| 12 | To see objects , it is not enough to see surfaces , although that is an excellent start . |
| 13 | He was realistic enough to see help . |
| 14 | Fowler and Andy Lloyd made a good start , Gower chipped in well , and the rest of the batsmen did enough to see England home by three wickets . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It 's these lectures which finally unbalance Bob Roberts , which shifts from crisp satire to stodgy tract under the sheer density of Robbins ’ disgust with US politics , losing along the way the warped rock ‘ n ’ roll and documentary trappings which give bite to the first film intelligent enough to see assassination as a career move for the victim . |
| 17 | If he had lived long enough to see Henry crowned king at Westminster he would have been able to carry out his plan of leaving Anjou to his second son Geoffrey . |
| 18 | Besides , Susan 's not well enough to see people yet . |
| 19 | And how come he 's good enough to go the Sea Cadets but he 's not good enough to go college ? |
| 20 | Truth to tell , the arrangement did n't look particularly promising : the Bowl resembled something for kitchen use , plain fired ceramic , large enough to whip eggs for a couple of soufflés . |
| 21 | At first it was easy enough to evade supervision , and my weight remained stable for several weeks . |
| 22 | A pity , in a way , that the dancing would be merely metaphorical : this was a house large enough to accommodate dancing , but their friends were not of the dancing classes , would gaze in astonishment , alarm , sophisticated horror , intellectual condemnation , at dancing in a private house … another year , perhaps , for the dancing . |
| 23 | The paths would be made from bricks left over from the building of the house ; the little hedges , not more than twelve inches in height , would be box , and spaces large enough to accommodate blooms would be devoted to arum lilies ; the others to gravel . |
| 24 | The true basis of the cation selectivity of zeolites is not completely understood but can usually be explained in terms of the specific molecular architecture of the zeolite frameworks ( always large enough to accommodate caesium ) , the relative amount of silicon and aluminium in the zeolite framework , and the hydration state of the cations . |
| 25 | Personally , I am much encouraged that in response to pressure the Bill was amended to make it flexible enough to accommodate pupils ' special educational needs . |
| 26 | In order to give maximum protection , the siting of smoke detectors must be such that they are close enough to risk areas where fires are most likely to occur ( kitchens or living rooms ) , and yet be near to bedrooms and other sleeping areas . |
| 27 | The British defence chiefs also felt able to work on the assumption that the USSR would not feel strong enough to risk war for several more years . |
| 28 | Both pockets are large enough to carry guidebooks or passports etc , without spoiling the line of the trousers . |
| 29 | Long enough to gather fertility from the winters of dead leaves , the rotting vegetation and the passage of cats , birds and dogs , shrews and voles , caterpillars and slugs . |
| 30 | Some lords were fortunate enough to gather aids on other occasions ; many lords had great difficulty in gathering aids at all . |