Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights .
2 If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights .
3 If you do n't feel bold or rich enough to take a gamble on sovereigns , for only £7.25 , you can buy a presentation folder containing one each of the £2 coins issued to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the Bill of Rights and the Scottish Claim of Rights .
4 The vet said there was n't much he could do because he did n't think Biggles was old enough or strong enough to survive the anaesthetic .
5 Certainly not well armed , organised or brave enough to attack a chateau in the open countryside .
6 If you were talented or fortunate enough to write a much played work .
7 Many older people retain a strong sense of the social stigma attached to heavy drinking and may consequently be unable or unwilling easily to volunteer the information .
8 Both the Model Penal Code test and the Scots test may be reduced to circularity , however , for when one asks how extreme or how wicked the recklessness should be , the only possible answer is : ‘ wicked or extreme enough to justify the stigma of a murder conviction ’ .
9 NWA , though , are n't hard-edged or moronic enough to convey the horror of survivalism .
10 They muddled around the fringes of true power , never quite brave enough or decisive enough to take the plunge .
11 Beautiful people are often surprisingly insecure , more so than those who fear they are not pretty or handsome enough to attract the opposite sex .
12 The biographical sources for this period are neither detailed nor accurate enough to allow a close analysis of the degree to which the system had become elaborated in the first half of the sixteenth century , but the broader outlines may certainly be perceived and seem to confirm that something like the provisions of the Kanunname were operating by the early years of that century .
13 WELL , we 're back to the time of year when , hopefully , it will be warm and dry enough to get a barbecue organised .
14 It is comprehensive and technical enough to meet the needs of professionals and is easy to use .
15 The main consideration with envelopes is that they should be large enough and strong enough to accommodate the material to be contained within them .
16 They are young enough and strong enough to handle the months ahead . ’
17 You have to be very clever to win races these days , and I 'm totally convinced and so is everybody else here that Nigel will win enough races providing his car is quick enough and reliable enough to win a world championship .
18 But it would be arrogant and foolish not to consider the opportunities that change provided .
19 The door he had entered by would take a pedestrian but not a vehicle ; the one at the far end was wide enough and high enough to take a truck .
20 The edging for a gravel drive must be deep enough to keep in the gravel which is below ground level , and high enough to prevent the gravel being spread on to the garden .
21 Those ladies slim and brave enough to wear the high fashion were ethereal in gauzy dresses that clung to their bodies as they moved .
22 The suggestion before the House is that , in such cases , it would be right and proper not to publish the names of the persons involved .
23 But in much of this work there is a tendency to imply that the Japanese system is flexible and responsive enough to correct the negative features , although the response may take longer in some cases than others .
24 He was open-minded enough to appreciate the skill displayed in the carving and scholarly enough to value the insight into Chinese mentality offered by its imagery .
25 It was a brave and beautiful place , with innumerable windows and twisting staircases and a lawn and a swing in a tree and everything you could desire in a spacious and desirable residence , only that it was all still and tiny enough to need a magnifying glass to see the intricacies of its carvings and appurtenances .
26 Although modern appliances such as the electric Hoover were functional and popular , housemaids were still expected to be downstairs between five and six a.m. to sweep the rooms and fireplaces , and polish grates and furniture .
27 We sat and watched not the coldness and menace of evil but a pantomime dame who was obviously too stupid and incompetent ever to pose a threat to goodness .
28 Pests and diseases are clever enough , persistent enough , and serious enough to need no help from us .
29 And , to descend to crude practicalities , you are going to get very much less money for what you have done , though it is only fair to add that if you are lucky and clever enough to create a story that catches editors ' fancies then it can be anthologised time and again and in the end bring in perhaps as much as a full-length book that has failed to get wide paperback sales .
30 Two out of the three patients have been discharged cured , and the third remains in the House in a state of convalescence recovered already beyond the probability of danger , and likely soon to become an active and useful member of society .
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