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 . |