Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Major reform depended on a political will and competence strong enough either to coerce the Treasury or enlist its cooperation . |
| 2 | He was strong enough now to attribute the man 's parting shot about his drawings to sheer malice . |
| 3 | Now these messages remind me of the old Tarzan movies , now you were all old enough now to remember the old Tarzan movies . |
| 4 | First , the arguments for and against are so soporifically dull that no one will ever stay interested long enough to sort the question out . |
| 5 | European jurors know little about Sri Lankans , while Sinhalese and Tamil jurors did not always know English well enough to understand the judge . |
| 6 | From this information , taken from the rates valuation rolls , it will be possible not only to describe the social structure of each part of the city but to assess the factors which determined patterns of social segregation : factors such as income , the operation of the speculative building market , employment , the role of local government , recreational facilities , and industrial and commercial enterprise . |
| 7 | From this information , taken from the rates valuation rolls , it will be possible not only to describe the social structure of each part of the city but to assess the factors which determined patterns of social segregation : factors such as income , the operation of the speculative building market , employment , the role of local government , recreational facilities , and industrial and commercial enterprise . |
| 8 | After many years of patient work , it has been possible not only to isolate the multipotential stem cells but provide conditions such that they will differentiate into the different kinds of blood cell in culture . |
| 9 | With the aid of wireline logs , it is possible not only to interpret the environments of deposition and diagenesis of Zechstein carbonates , but also to infer the types of pores that may be present in the various lithofacies . |
| 10 | In the event it has proved possible not only to complete the task , but to do so in a timely and controlled fashion . |
| 11 | What makes it appropriate right now to recognise the great promise of the Orbital engine is Ford 's bold decision to manufacture 60 prototype two-stroke Fiestas and lend some of them to high-mileage users . |
| 12 | It 's dark enough onstage to hide myriad gloomy sins ; dark enough even to hide the receding hairlines and sweaty T-shirts of ageing college boy rock . |
| 13 | It is appropriate here simply to list the various possibilities . |
| 14 | This exercise is valuable not only to enable the draftsman to produce a set of conditions which is most to the advantage of his client ( whether his client be buyer or seller ) , but also to enable him to understand the motivation of the other side when he is in negotiation with their advisers . |
| 15 | That evening I managed to stay awake long enough to watch the video . |
| 16 | I 've never had any difficulty sleeping and I try to stay awake long enough to see the cancer in my mind 's eye . |
| 17 | and I thought at the time it 's , it 's quite good enough just to have the idea and talk about the idea , make some drawings and |
| 18 | After a short but successful amateur career he had been a steady winner of golfing titles in Europe and Africa ; had flirted with the American tour in the seventies , but without the conviction to make a real marriage of it ; and had been good enough occasionally to carry the hopes of British fans into the Open Championship . |
| 19 | First of all , the more water-furrows in a field the more land is wasted ; secondly a field that is ploughed in narrow stetches that are ridged up slightly to assist the drainage is not the best seed-bed for a crop of corn , as the ridges are bound , to some degree , to cause an unequal ripening of the seed . |
| 20 | The Principal wrote in November 1967 that the only recourse was ‘ to ensure that every possible safeguard should be written into the constitution of such a scheme ’ , and following local negotiations he considered that ‘ we have gone as far as we are able so far to safeguard the courses and attitudes of this College and we have confidence that the LEA are making every effort to ensure that Diploma in Art and Design ( DipAD ) courses and developments will be given the fullest support , and will not be undermined in any way by the Polytechnic proposals ’ . |
| 21 | It then supplements the pre-emption thesis by showing that we should be concerned not merely to have the proper attitude to those in authority over us , but also to those in authority over others . |
| 22 | Six days later , by the following Wednesday evening , she was able not only to lift the cigar up into the air but also to move it around exactly as she wished . |
| 23 | He was then able not only to find the green with a nine-iron but be close enough for a tap-in putt for his three . |
| 24 | It is important not only to make the training interesting , stimulating and exciting , but also for the Territorial Army to provide the best possible club in any area . |
| 25 | He was thankful , too , that Len Brayton had healed the rift between him and his father , so that he was able once more to visit the family home . |
| 26 | For most of the game they were able quite comfortably to hold the Norwich front line . |
| 27 | For most of the game they were able quite comfortably to hold the Norwich front line . |
| 28 | I think you were shocked just now to discover the remnants of a warm human being still surviving within that ice palace you 've constructed around you . ’ |
| 29 | At the time of that announcement , the Secretary of State also made clear his support for a King 's Cross terminal , which he described as ’ essential not only to meet the need of the travellers within London , but also crucial to serve the requirements of those who live elsewhere in Britain ’ . |
| 30 | But they also need to re-double their efforts to attract other companies to ensure a broad-based economy which will , hopefully , one day will be big enough again to make the likes of House of Fraser think about returning . |