Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | A barn owl is n't strong enough to hold tight to a glove in a strong wind . |
| 2 | Strong enough to lift up to 200lbs , this six stacked rust resistant magnet has an overall gripping area of 8.25cm square and will collect dressmakers ' pins or DIY nails just like magic . |
| 3 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 4 | The baby was strong enough to go back to Riverstown with a monthly nurse after six weeks and he was duly baptized a Protestant in the Church of Ireland in Naas . |
| 5 | The loss of that money is resented by at least one member of the England Committee , who told me : ‘ Our football in Sweden was the worst in my lifetime , but we should be strong enough to face up to the situation . |
| 6 | He was n't strong enough to get on to the par-5s in two for eagle chances , so he just chipped and putted for birdies . |
| 7 | It was unthinkable that a Bonaparte , the heir to the throne , should not receive a baptism of fire and the Prince was held to be old enough to face up to this . |
| 8 | All you have to do is to be brave enough to stand up to those putting pressure on you or taking advantage of your desire to keep everyone happy . |
| 9 | Nor is it , unless applied by someone brave enough to face up to all the disturbing hypotheses that can arise in the course of it . |
| 10 | But he had been careful never to invite back to his rooms any of his rowdier friends , lest their susceptibilities were offended . |
| 11 | One Harvard dealer an American boy , was fortunate enough to get close to this quickly By putting a wealthy client into some circumspect account trades , and so actually making him a lot of money , the dealer earned the client 's gratitude . |
| 12 | We then elected to stay on and opened up those two houses ( Bombay Burma ) for thirty officers who had been turned out of hospital from the fighting lower down , and Pop opened up St Michael 's school for about eighty soldiers until they were fit enough to go back to duty . |
| 13 | But since he was too weak to travel , it was arranged that he would come and stay with my husband and I until he was fit enough to fly back to Jersey where he and my mother lived . |
| 14 | My two daughters are lucky enough to go frequently to their friends ' parties , invariably attended by a dozen or so children clutching a present which has cost their parents between £3 and £5 . |
| 15 | In the 18th and 19th centuries , they defended their great overseas empire against pirates , using ships large enough to carry up to 80 cannon . |
| 16 | When he came back shortly last year he was fast enough to get back to Ruel Fox and let Fox fall over for a penalty . |
| 17 | When she was in her room , when The Bar was closed , she had a recurring fantasy in which Boy 's black hair was long enough to reach down to his waist . |
| 18 | Shop manager , Jim Willcock 's been allowed home from hospital , but he 's not well enough to go back to the co-op in Cam . |
| 19 | oh about six weeks I think he was on er and then he decided he was well enough to go back to his |
| 20 | ‘ Good enough to hang on to , ’ she whispered , staring up at him . |
| 21 | Reports from Kampuchea claim that the country 's 35,000-man army is good enough to stand up to Khmer Rouge incursions . |
| 22 | The forceplate is sensitive enough to pick up forces from the heartbeat of someone standing on it , and robust enough to measure up to five tons of horse trotting past . |
| 23 | The problem is to develop a device which as well as demonstrating a high degree of efficiency in converting wave energy into electricity , is also robust enough to stand up to the buffeting and corrosion of the sea . |
| 24 | It should be robust enough to stand up to the most rigorous testing from the appraisal panel . |
| 25 | I was against this sport all along , but it is only now that I have read the page in the Leicester Mercury that I feel bold enough to speak out to you . |
| 26 | I have listened in vain to hear anyone , in any political party , who has been courageous enough to face up to the crisis in the social services . |
| 27 | Judith Chegwidden , of Putney CLP , said a Labour government must be tough enough to face up to special interest groups and those , including herself , who had ‘ dangerous consumerist tendencies and want to own motor cars in urban areas — cars that pour out pollution and make people 's lives a misery ’ . |
| 28 | She said how convenient it would have been for her , instead of having to wait for chaps to go out and kill rabbits and deer and all that , and for the peasants to bring in the vegetables ; she 'd much rather have been able just to nip down to the shops and buy what she needed , when she needed it . |
| 29 | The Dean and his pet labrador are both depicted wearing dog collars ; the bursar , with ears big enough to flap over to Christ Church , is seen tightly clenching two money bags . |
| 30 | ‘ We went a few rounds when I was big enough to stand up to him . ’ |