Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly there were signs in the late 1980s that this pattern was breaking down , if only because both superpowers were becoming too weak economically to maintain their former roles , and because the model of a world divided by the October Revolution had little relation to the realities of the late 20th century . |
| 2 | Cold , and terrified of growing colder , so that when he opened his arms and put them around her , his musk-scented cloak coming with them , ample enough to cover them both , all she felt was the salvation of his warmth , his hard , hot body supporting her as she shook and shivered against him , that blessed , beautiful fur enclosing her as in a nest , muffling her from the killing storm . |
| 3 | It saw a company which , by 1975 , had a turnover of five million pounds , employed 1,000 men and women worldwide , had forty shops , three factories and which was profitable enough to own its own jet . |
| 4 | Is this bridge still strong enough to carry us all ? |
| 5 | I hoped this trench was deep enough , and the roof strong enough to give us some protection from the increasing mortar fire that was now coming our way . |
| 6 | But neither side is yet strong enough to install its own candidate . |
| 7 | When one finds a sympathetic platform from which to display an idea , many more ideas are stimulated which , although having no sympathetic platform , may be strong enough to create their own . |
| 8 | He was n't strong enough to boost his own confidence . |
| 9 | They were often not interested enough to develop their own bona fide opinions . |
| 10 | When your baby is old enough to hold its own head up , a more robust back pack is a variation on the front carrier . |
| 11 | Surely Rob was old enough to manage his own affairs ! |
| 12 | I 'm old enough to handle my own money , and he 'll have to accept it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You are old enough to get your own food , like your fool of a father . ’ |
| 14 | Until I was old enough to make my own . |
| 15 | And it is not possible for us to know anything at all about him unless he is generous enough to disclose himself Another book in this series has tackled the question of revelation ; suffice it to say at this point that without revelation we can not say anything about the Lord who is Spirit . |
| 16 | It would have been agreeable if Mr William Ross , who was also in the House , could have been generous enough to admit his own past errors and congratulate his successor on his decision . |
| 17 | It also belongs to the Rugby Football Union , which shows the red flag on its grand slam tie that it was generous enough to send me this morning . |
| 18 | She is feminine enough to maintain her own identity . |
| 19 | Jackpot 's free again done it all . |
| 20 | Although just over five feet eight inches tall , and seldom well trained , at his best he was strong , fast , and skilful enough to hold his own with Cribb , reputedly the best of all bare-knuckle boxers , and but for his fondness for high living , might well have been champion . |
| 21 | By the fifteenth century the King of England was Lord of Ireland , though his new territory was separate enough to have its own parliament , whose power was reduced but not eliminated by Poyning 's Law of 1495 , which forbade it to pass any law that had not been approved in advance by the King and his council . |
| 22 | ( Rebecca Saire 's Bianca is clever enough to conceal her own shrewishness until after she has secured a husband . ) |
| 23 | But you ca n't do something clever like dump it all onto my scratch quota for example ? |
| 24 | After starting in Ian 's hallway , Hunter Equipment Sales Limited now has its own freehold premises and a turnover in excess of £1m , selling specialised microscopes and other visual inspection equipment . |
| 25 | But it comes down to , first of all , whether it 's sensible to borrow against assets , and all of us do if we 're lucky enough to own our own homes we tend to have borrowed either our first mortgage or sometimes a second against it , and we make our own judgement , and I see there are some suggestions on how the Government spotted this with regard to schools in suggesting that perhaps schools could raise money by mortgaging their school buildings , of course |
| 26 | If you are lucky enough to have your own land , you have a head start on those of us who have to rent facilities : but are you making the most of it ? |
| 27 | But no one else is likely to be bothered by this , since the product is intended for the industrial site or building large enough to have its own substation . |
| 28 | ‘ Here ’ was a small Cotswold town , small enough to be delightfully picturesque and unspoiled , large enough to boast its own cottage hospital . |
| 29 | He lacked a driving force , though Constance was not sophisticated enough to put it that way . |
| 30 | The book becomes gripping once allows his own interests and opinions to come closer to the surface . |