Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't pull the wool tight — leave loops between each stitch big enough to put your little finger into . |
| 2 | There had to be some reason why , some factor strong enough to outweigh all his obvious qualifications . |
| 3 | However , he did consider this event important enough to send a report to an Australian station on Lord Howe Island . |
| 4 | Maybe there are some people gullible enough to believe that . |
| 5 | There were few children lucky enough to visit the cinema mid-week , as he so often did , and that made Frankie feel particularly privileged . |
| 6 | People often feel that it is in some way distasteful deliberately to use your behaviour to influence others and this also leads to the conclusion that manipulating behaviour is unethical . |
| 7 | Gambon , 51 , is one of the few actors big enough to play the mountainous Maxwell . |
| 8 | Here he obviously considered the pharmaceutical value of this plant important enough to include an illustration , and he felt the economic significance of Rubia tinctorum , madder , warranted an engraving by John Sebastian Miller , from Hortus Cliffortianus . |
| 9 | There is little evidence available either to assess the magnitude of any labour market disincentives created by existing disability benefits or to predict the impact of the proposed reforms on the employment and incomes of people with disabilities . |
| 10 | The legal problems are similar to those in the cases of mistake and deception : are all threats serious enough to justify regarding the crime as a rape , or should some threats be accommodated within a lesser offence ? |
| 11 | If our Sun were a member of such a cluster the sky would be ablaze every night , with many stars brilliant enough to cast strong shadows . |
| 12 | Does he recall that he replied that he did not consider those circumstances grim enough to undertake an economic initiative for Paisley ? |
| 13 | Companies are under no obligation to do so but , for those people lucky enough to work for an organisation willing to amend its pension scheme rules accordingly , this new provision could make an immense difference to the financial position of early retirees . |
| 14 | But now a test for the drug is years away , and for those athletes desperate enough to win , only their own sense of honour would stop them using it . |
| 15 | Clara had had the sense not to try to ask her mother about a possible purchase , as she could only too clearly imagine the responses to which such a request would expose her , and the abuse which would be cast upon those girls fortunate enough to have a use for party dresses . |
| 16 | So Lady , we 've never found any gentlemen old enough to play old William because he was in his seventies at this time , we never found an old gentleman play William , Robert Hardy 's not quite old enough . |
| 17 | They were to stay on the alert for any soldier unlucky enough to go overboard . |
| 18 | In fact she agreed cheerfully that she liked to see the whites of the eyes of any constable stupid enough to encounter her with tie undone or shirt unbuttoned . |
| 19 | My only complaint , and I feel it is an important gripe , is that his hand drawn maps interleaving trackbeds with suggested walking route could well have been made by any millipede unfortunate enough to bathe in an inkwell . |
| 20 | Nobody expected it to be competitive but it had been thought that any team serious enough to build and enter a grand prix car should be competent enough to make it last more than five consecutive laps . |
| 21 | Electric rays lurk down on the ocean bed , often in shallow water , and they can deliver a painful shock to any person unfortunate enough to step on one . |
| 22 | Howling jackals and hyenas disturbed their nights , and kites swooped on to the plate of any man foolish enough to leave his food uncovered . |
| 23 | ‘ Look , Tel , here in the City it 's a very nice status symbol and a fine example of German craftsmanship , but in Brixton its a Bob and therefore a legitimate target for any kid big enough to keep a tyre wrench in his nappy . ’ |
| 24 | It was built to last , and the vaulted classrooms now serve as tearooms for any tourists intrepid enough to reach them . |
| 25 | To any outsiders curious enough to look — and there were n't many — the Liverpool-centred party-cum-discussion group Big Flame seemed identical to any other of the tiny Trotskyite grouplets . |
| 26 | If the fish is whole , and the fishmonger has done the decent thing — removed the guts and gills , which would taint it during cooking — all you need do is immerse the beast in any container large enough to hold it ( ideally a fish kettle ) , cover it with cold water and bring it gently to the boil . |
| 27 | Any reader literal enough to doubt Quinn 's success in those matters is likely to be diverted by the thrust and crackle of action rapidly described and by the element of chance so quickly exploited by the boy . |
| 28 | ‘ There are n't any stones large enough to spell out a message with . |