Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it remained uncertain whether they were strong enough to create conditions in which peace could be negotiated even on the most minimal of their terms . |
| 2 | When Peron was overthrown , these organisations were strong enough to resist opposition . |
| 3 | In the sixth century its ancient Christian traditions were strong enough to sustain resistance to Justinian 's attempts to dictate doctrine to the church . |
| 4 | These two combines were strong enough to focus filmmakers ' creative and entrepreneurial energies , but not so dominant that they crushed out other centres of initiative . |
| 5 | The analysis of human motives is , of course , a precarious undertaking ; but some of the connections made in the past between scientific and religious ideals were strong enough to bear reconstruction in such terms . |
| 6 | For example , where in 1967 there were eight fully exempting awards for the profession as a whole , with one in building surveying , by 1978 there were sixty-one , five of which were in building surveying ; where in 1967 , 8639 candidates sat the Institution 's examinations in all divisions , in 1978 there were only 4991 . |
| 7 | Mr Cocks also criticised judges for making uninformed pronouncements about whether child witnesses were old enough to give evidence . |
| 8 | A few moments of complete mental instability when you were unscrupulous enough to take advantage of me . |
| 9 | With the financial institutions of the City closed for the weekend the normally bustling streets were clear enough to allow bursts of sixty to seventy miles an hour . |
| 10 | While there were some deeply held opinions , as shown in the controversy over the provisions in the 1967 Act which had made the suspension of certain short sentences mandatory , they provided insufficient grist for the legislative mill . |
| 11 | Some lords were fortunate enough to gather aids on other occasions ; many lords had great difficulty in gathering aids at all . |
| 12 | Worst of all , seamen rapidly came to the conclusion that the service and suffering to which the union had committed them in the name of Britain and the Empire did not extend to the shipowners , and especially not to those who were fortunate enough to escape requisitioning of their vessels by the government . |
| 13 | you were convinced enough to take command |
| 14 | ‘ Cyclists and hikers … day excursionists , refugees from cursed towns ’ were prominent enough to provide fuel for the poetic pen of C. Day Lewis . |
| 15 | Highlights of the first half were three specially adapted songs from Bizet 's Carmen and the hauntingly beautiful Intermezzo by Granados . |
| 16 | The Henstocks were lucky enough to find lodgings in the village while they awaited a new home . |
| 17 | Last August , we were lucky enough to have John with us when we marched through London and delivered a petition of five hundred thousand signatures , requesting the Prime Minister to implement the British Pensioners ' Charter . |
| 18 | We played a game , made a friendship tie circle and then we were lucky enough to meet Betty Clay , the only surviving daughter of Lord and Lady Baden-Powell . |
| 19 | We did n't see any orchids but we did see some beautiful foxgloves and were lucky enough to catch sight of birds high above . |
| 20 | If Darlington ( let's change that to Hartlepool ) were lucky enough to win promotion to Division Two they would have until 1994 two years to eliminate standing at their ground . |
| 21 | When the scheme was introduced there was speculation about whether those intending to become fundholders would increase referral rates in the preparatory year to ensure that their budgets , which were based on historical activity , were large enough to permit savings in subsequent years . |
| 22 | A parallel ‘ hard ’ rouble might lead to hyperinflation in old roubles — unless budgetary control were tight enough to make roubles ‘ real ’ money anyway . |
| 23 | I blame both local councillors in Scotland and Scottish Members of Parliament , from both sides of the House , who were stupid enough to allow revaluation in Scotland to continue after the English stopped it in 1973 . |
| 24 | We were all unconsciously singing Philip 's name . |
| 25 | Advice , prospectuses , fact sheets , helplines , career and benefits experts , course counsellors , businesswomen , and mature returners and learners , who had been through it all and come out stronger , were all there to persuade women learning is for life and it 's never too late or too hard to start . |
| 26 | The likelihood of her arrival at Brighton , the possibility of her speaking in the debate on immigration , and the nice problem of what to do with the old bat on the Friday afternoon ( a vote of thanks ? a place on the platform ? a solo entrance ? ) — these matters were all now exercising Fowler 's mind , the peace of which was not helped by the lead story in the Daily Mail : ‘ MAGGIE BRIGHTON BOUND ’ . |
| 27 | Among the papers that the novelist left behind him were many feverously scribbled notes , showing changes that he intended to make , and new episodes that , given the opportunity , he would have worked into his narrative . ’ |
| 28 | Less appears to be known about whether his mood swings were severe enough to justify manic-depression as a primary diagnosis ; but Smart himself gives us some clue when he writes : ‘ For I have a greater compass of mirth and melancholy than another . ’ |
| 29 | In the engineering industry , for example , employers were unable completely to transform work relations towards deskilling and standardised mass production , mainly because they were not prepared to undertake the major capital investment which would have been required ( Zeitlin , 1983 ) . |
| 30 | Estonia 's residents were able initially to convert roubles to kroon at the rate of 10 roubles=1 kroon . |