Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She caught a glimpse of a disfigured , oddly proportioned face in the depths of the shadowy hood , but this was n't enough to distract her from her purpose . |
| 2 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 3 | The grant explicitly excluded the royal forest of Inglewood , but this was probably only to avoid setting a precedent for future sheriffs . |
| 4 | This was not merely to reassure his wife , but to make clear to Sarah that his love for Elizabeth had never wavered . |
| 5 | This was not merely to avoid high costs on difficult engineering problems , but to link as many villages as convenient with a system of transport , something that could only be done previously with wagons or packhorses . |
| 6 | Indeed , archaeologists now believe it was due to agricultural mismanagement combined with a booming population , for investigation of a major palace in the site at Copan , Honduras , has revealed that there was only a small contingent of specialist workers employed in constructing the elaborate structure , in other words that this was not enough to overburden the economy as is sometimes alleged to be the cause of the collapse of that civilization . |
| 7 | But this was not enough to keep away mosquitoes , which started to arrive and drift towards the flames . |
| 8 | But this was not enough to secure a break , particularly as an armistice with Turkey was fairly quickly obtained . |
| 9 | But success at Covent Garden and Sadler 's Wells , invitations from the Paris Opéra and La Scala , Milan , the chance to collaborate with leading composers and painters — all this was not enough to satisfy him or occupy his energies fully . |
| 10 | Even if men and women were removed from the center of the cosmos , this was not necessarily to diminish their status . |
| 11 | This was only here to drive down wages and conditions of our members . |
| 12 | It is clear that the Tories enjoyed fairly solid electoral support from the ‘ middle classes ’ , but given the relative numerical strength of the ‘ classes ’ in Britain , this was never enough to win an election , and a substantial minority of the working class provided around half of the Tory vote . |
| 13 | The pleasure of this was almost enough to wipe away immediate fears about what to do with Taczek . |
| 14 | Darwin introduced new lines of evidence , but these were not enough to convince everyone of the superiority of his particular explanation , and the general idea of evolution succeeded because it could be exploited by powerful interest groups acting within science . |
| 15 | But that was not enough to give Mussolini the bargaining leverage he wanted . |
| 16 | But that was not enough to save The Witch . |
| 17 | In fact the ambassador had been attacked by members of the Abu Nidal faction , who had long severed connections with the PLO , but a small detail like that was not enough to deter the Israelis . |
| 18 | France Telecom has moved to try to improve the situation — nearly a month ago , the operator reviewed its objectives and decided to offer GSM service to 90% of the French population in 1994 , rather than in 1997 , as it had previously planned , but that was not enough to satisfy the new government . |
| 19 | The world No. 1 gave the tie her best , however , but even that was not enough to make up for the shortcomings of her second in command , Claudia Kohde- Kilsch . |
| 20 | That was not enough to compensate for the oppressive opulence of the dark panelling and heavy antique furniture . |
| 21 | ‘ That was n't simply to show us the way , ’ he said . |
| 22 | The sisxth grade at Little Rissington elementary school are getting their report cards … and if that was n't enough to upset them its the end of an era . |
| 23 | And , in case that was n't enough to show the people where their duty lay , had n't the Church 's ban on Fenianism been reinforced later by a papal decree ? |
| 24 | Yes , you could mock at the idea , but that was n't enough to rid yourself of its insidious appeal , politely , persistently tugging at your soul . |
| 25 | While I 'm paying for your time , we 'll discuss whatever I think necessary , ’ and if that was n't enough to send her temper soaring , ‘ So , for a start , you can begin by telling me why , when I know as fact that two men at least hang their hat up in your home , you 're so intent — the glasses , the schoolmarm hairstyle — on living up to the Miss Frostbite label they 've pinned on you here ? ’ |
| 26 | She was in love with a man who considered her to be lower than the lowest form of human life , yet even that was n't enough to change her feelings for him . |
| 27 | ‘ All dressed ready for your important engagement , I see , ’ he drawled , his eyes going once more over her bedroom attire , and , if that was n't enough to ignite sparks of fury in her , his mocking tone abruptly fell away as his glance went from her and to the hall — in which direction she knew he was aware there was at least one bedroom . |
| 28 | In fact we turned up some gas shares on the way , but er and a bit of cash , but that was n't enough to pay the funeral accounts and she made no provision for paying any of the bills so I sold the gas shares towards paying the funeral account and then got shouted at by the er beneficiary children because I had n't consulted them about selling the gas shares and I said Well , they have to be sold because there 's bills to pay and there is no way of dealing with that . |
| 29 | The irony of that was almost enough to make Shannon laugh out loud . |
| 30 | ‘ The men were going to see some action , or ‘ have some fun ’ as they put it , and that was quite enough to render them light-hearted and care-free . ’ |