Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some circumstances , it may be preferable simply to keep the idea secret and rely on the law of confidence ; this costs nothing and there is no requirement that the invention must eventually fall into the public domain . |
| 2 | Life was hell for unsuccessful acts ; not only did the performers have to put up with heckling and catcalls but they had to be agile enough to duck the rotten eggs and fruit thrown by a disgruntled audience . |
| 3 | Although the chosen noise should initially be loud enough to gain the baby 's attention , it should be turned down to background level after 30 seconds . |
| 4 | There are so many suffixes that it will only be possible here to examine a small proportion of them ; we will concentrate on those which are common and productive ( that is , are applied to a considerable number of stems and could be applied to more to make new English words ) . |
| 5 | It would be possible instead to preserve the relationship between the financial institutions and the personal sector savers but to alter substantially the deployment of funds by obliging the institutions to contribute to a national investment bank , giving them in return bonds with a rate of return linked to the real growth rate of the economy . |
| 6 | If the death penalty were abolished it would be possible either to substitute a fixed penalty of imprisonment for life or to give the Judge discretion to pass sentence of any term up to imprisonment for life . |
| 7 | It might be possible physically to suppress the signs of its advance in the universities , but there were other indicators which could not so readily be ignored or concealed . |
| 8 | My discussions show that it might be possible substantially to improve the way in which our debates are held . |
| 9 | It may not be possible now to reorganise the power industry to sell services , rather than energy , but it is at least possible to plan in terms of the uses to which the energy must be put . |
| 10 | It will not be possible subsequently to replace the VAT accounting procedures to reflect what the state of affairs was intended to be . |
| 11 | The level of water in a feed-and-expansion cistern should be low enough to allow the water to expand as it gets hot without overflowing . |
| 12 | In the twenty years between 1960 and 1980 , the tenancy of Downing Street changed between Labour and Conservative four times , an average occupancy of only five years : the Great and Good were trying to produce policies which would be durable enough to survive the swings . |
| 13 | And now Creggan did begin to feel an awe and a deeper fear , for this grim place must be strong indeed to hold an eagle from the sacred site of Callanish . |
| 14 | Peacekeeping forces do not have to be strong enough to overwhelm an army ; but they must be something more than score-keepers or targets . |
| 15 | But what could be strong enough to drive a man from his homeland , to face terrible dangers in the skies ? |
| 16 | This was once fitted to a range of IH tractors from 80–200hp , so Mr Tomlinson knew it would be strong enough to take the power from the engine . |
| 17 | It 's unlikely that they will allow you to use an arch to carry the load : the abutments are n't likely to be strong enough to resist the thrust . |
| 18 | This perfect plant habitat will further be strong enough to withstand the physical punishment inflicted by the weather and by the animals and machines that harvest the crops it bears . |
| 19 | In defiance of Mosley 's warnings , Joyce was urging speakers to use language in attacking the Jewish community which would be strong enough to break the law . |
| 20 | Although a recent constitutional amendment protected a new government from a motion of no confidence during the first 18 months of its existence , it appeared unlikely that Wingti 's new government would be strong enough to break the country 's traditional pattern of politics by becoming the first since independence to survive from one general election to the next . |
| 21 | And who would be strong enough to overcome a young man as well as a , presumably , fairly robust young damsel ? ’ |
| 22 | It follows that the APB 's findings , once the consultation period and subsequent deliberations are over , will have to be strong enough to convince the legislators of a public interest need to make changes . |
| 23 | Given that they are working with a small sample and that the likelihood ratio test is a large sample test , ADD do not consider the evidence to be strong enough to reject the null hypothesis . |
| 24 | Even the agitations of the women 's movement would have warranted little more than a raised eyebrow from a lass in a Salvation Army bonnet that had to be strong enough to protect the head of the wearer from brick bats and other missiles . |
| 25 | Carla Hills , his trade representative , who knows an export market when she sees one , is negotiating the framework for a free-trade agreement with the four , who together may be strong enough to strike a tough bargain . |
| 26 | It was explained to me that over the years all the planes on the green sward had landed by mistake , assuming that it would be solid enough to allow a take-off . |
| 27 | In a free enterprise economy it would be profitable only to supply a fraction of the amount to which the government is currently committed . |
| 28 | Certainly she would be craven enough to accept the news without comment , or any thought of a fight . |
| 29 | In such circumstances the purchaser may be willing either to take the risk that consent is refused or withheld or alternatively to proceed without obtaining formal consent and if necessary argue that the relevant party to the contract has consented by its conduct after completion . |
| 30 | In view of the importance of signalling and telecommunications to the railways , would it not be sensible quietly to contemplate the proposition of an independent inquiry into all the technological changes that are taking place on British Rail signalling ? |