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

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1 If this is the case the end of the U-wire is broad enough to sit comfortably in the palm of the hand .
2 My squad is strong enough to do well , ’ said Gray .
3 She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home .
4 But just before this happens , while the taste of melancholy on his tongue is strong enough to set off the sweetness of the place , and of his freedom to enjoy it , but not yet strong enough to overpower it , he sees the woman who is gazing at him from the balustrade of a terrace looking down on the street .
5 So it is likely to use the right of return as a bargaining chip over territorial concessions , unless it believes it is strong enough to obtain both territory and a return .
6 The Ministry is due shortly to take over the countryside premium scheme .
7 The matter had gone quiet since summer 1991 , but is due now to burst forth again , this time with the real substance of the evidence from all parties , as a consequence of an opinion given 3 December last by Judge Carol Huff in the New York Supreme Court and due to be confirmed in a Court Order last month .
8 City talk has it that Pittencrieff , which is rich enough to swallow both Brabant and Aberdeen , is about to bid about £11 million for Aberdeen , valuing it at 22p a share .
9 If it is possible simply to turn away and ignore , then try it , but if other small children or family members persist in making comments , smiling , and so on , then complete removal is necessary .
10 In the absence of modern authority it is possible only to speculate about how far the above account of the law represents the position today .
11 For those who have impaired auditory structure and function , it is possible now to have quite sophisticated , unobtrusive hearing aids which dramatically improve their quality of living and there are also amplifiers available for telephone conversations and public meetings .
12 Whether this clamour is loud enough to bring about so fundamental a change in the EEC at the very time when Community institutions wish to move in the opposite direction is a question which needs now to be addressed .
13 And anyone who is brave enough to venture inside will realise how the time was spent .
14 I found I wanted to support Sam , even though he 's old enough to sit up on his own now . ’
15 ‘ She 's old enough to make up 'er own mind . ’
16 She 's old enough to make up her own mind . ’
17 The new puppy is very timid with strangers but now she is old enough to go out for walks , we have found she is growling at other dogs .
18 On the other hand , you do need the child 's cooperation , especially if he is old enough to go out and buy sweets or other foods for himself .
19 The principle is that the hook bait is free enough to behave very similarly to loose fed baits , but that the carp suck it in so strongly they also suck in the large hook .
20 It is interesting too to consider how the nature and incidence of figural designs relate to these possible sequences of development .
21 It 's light enough to carry around , tipping the scales at just under 5lbs , but with the help of large rubber pads on the base it should stay put on stage .
22 That 's really a matter if , if anybody who 's interested enough to take on what we call co-ordination , receiving the material and then you know , telling people what letters are needed .
23 This is not to say that there are not many households where there is peace and contentment , when the old person is fortunate enough to keep well in mind and body even when she becomes frail , and where the daughter prefers to remain at home , and is able to make a satisfying life for herself .
24 It is straightforward enough to climb up there on foot , if the railway is not working ; the guidebooks say to allow three hours .
25 Surely it 's easy enough to print both metric and imperial measures for another decade or two ?
26 Well there 's been speculation about that , but no nobody can actually tell us how it began but it 's it 's easy enough to imagine how it began , I think .
27 The main method used was that of interval harmony , which is adaptable enough to fit in with most serial situations .
28 Then we thought it might have been something criminal — but Joe is clever enough to steer clear of anything illegal , the last think he needs is investigation by the police .
29 If one must assert , against the positivists , that it is impossible simply to wipe out the ideological accretions to a term like ‘ popular music ’ , it is also necessary to insist , against the essentialists , that these accretions , and the musical practices to which they refer , can not be simply disentangled , either from each other or from cultural relations as a whole .
30 This computer will include information gathered by area constables whose job is to : ‘ secure the service of at least one observer in every street , not a paid professional informant , but someone who knows the inhabitants and is inquisitive enough to find out what is going on and will pass on information . ’
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