Example sentences of "enough hold the " in BNC.

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1 The first thing you learn up in Kisumu is that none of the churches are large enough to hold the large congregations attending Mass .
2 In the event their prestige was not enough to hold the seat .
3 The question we are entitled to ask is : are new values strong enough to hold the old institutions together ?
4 He put a supporting arm round Farquhar 's shoulders and grinned at the men rowing only hard enough to hold the ship steady .
5 The mind of a young child is not yet strong enough to hold the two conflicting emotions .
6 Take a new but washed tea towel or piece of muslin large enough to hold the cake and moisten with half of the remaining bourbon .
7 Mix the wine , sugar , and spices in a saucepan large enough to hold the pears upright .
8 Pockets on a rucksack need to be large enough to hold the things you want to put in them !
9 On the other hand , strength at sea would help displace the Portuguese who had gained control of the Indian Ocean a century earlier , and this would please the Emperor ; accordingly the East India Company armed its ships heavily enough to hold the sea against the Portuguese and against the local pirates .
10 But let us suppose that there are theories robust enough to hold the tension .
11 Once again , the gaps between the central strip and the beading must be wide enough to hold the glass .
12 This is to make certain that the frame is wide enough to hold the glass .
13 As soon as this is big enough to cling to , the speed of construction accelerates and within a few days the wall has become a semicircular cup of creamy white interlacing strings that is just big enough to hold the customary clutch of two eggs .
14 The Lloyd is firm enough to hold the bolt there when you push open the door .
15 We would still be wasting a lot of space because some names , addresses etc are longer than others and our " slots " must be large enough to hold the longest .
16 Bridgend had a strong side out … not strong enough to hold the cherry and whites though …
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