Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ) . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But what could be strong enough to drive a man from his homeland , to face terrible dangers in the skies ? |
| 4 | And who would be strong enough to overcome a young man as well as a , presumably , fairly robust young damsel ? ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In a free enterprise economy it would be profitable only to supply a fraction of the amount to which the government is currently committed . |
| 8 | The master manufacturers of Manchester wish that prices might always be high enough to enforce a general industry ; to keep the hands employed six days for a week 's work ; as they find that even one idle day , in the chance of it being a drunken one , damages all the other five , or rather the work of them . |
| 9 | Or will he be brave enough to take a dose of poison at the last moment ? |
| 10 | It is likely to be waterproof and windproof and there is additional protection should someone be foolish enough to fire a shot in the direction of the ferrets ' container while bolting rabbits . |
| 11 | Apparently disregarding his offer , she wrote : ‘ We are concerned that you do not consider the above case to be serious enough to warrant a meeting . ’ |
| 12 | Following this reduction to a less serious ' offence , sentencing policy seems to be that the offence of taking vehicles without consent is not in isolation deemed to be serious enough to attract a custodial sentence . |
| 13 | It may be appropriate sometimes to use a material which does not confirm to a given-set of standards ; equally some artists need their materials to be consistent . |
| 14 | It would be impossible administratively to place a higher tax on a given item for those with higher incomes although one could impose indirect taxes mainly on the goods and services consumed by higher-income groups , and perhaps at higher rates . |
| 15 | You are surrounded by the most varied and abundant assemblage of plants in the world , so there , if anywhere , it should be easy enough to collect a vegetarian meal . |
| 16 | When you come to ( ii ) , ( iii ) and the rest , it will be easy enough to put a back reference , if necessary , to your previous discussion of the case . |
| 17 | The ITA decided to split the Northern region into separate Lancashire and Yorkshire franchises , each of which would be large enough to support a network company , increasing the number of these to five . |
| 18 | Each sub-unit is assumed to behave like an entropy spring and is expected to be large enough to realize a Gaussian distribution of segments ( i.e.> 50 carbon atoms ) . |
| 19 | Although the suggestion of convergence of the dose response curves for salbutamol is in keeping with an interaction between an agonist and a partial agonist , our data suggest that this interaction is unlikely to be large enough to cause a clinically important reduction in beneficial or adverse effects of salbutamol in patients taking salmeterol . |
| 20 | Obviously the frequency of the waves we receive will be the same as the frequency at which they are emitted ( the gravitational field of the galaxy will not be large enough to have a significant effect ) . |
| 21 | The committee needs to be large enough to provide a mix of skills and experience and to permit fruitful discussion encompassing different viewpoints , but small enough to take effective decisions with reasonable speed . |
| 22 | The best reply we can give is : There is a test ( see exercise 1.11.11 ) due to Kronecker which will always tell in a finite number of steps ( which may easily be large enough to require a computer ) whether or not a given element of Q[x] is irreducible . |
| 23 | The shaft widens as it descends to form an immense cavern said to be large enough to contain a cathedral . |
| 24 | But if you do land with a thud , you 'll still be fit enough to manage a post-flight pint in the local . |
| 25 | yeah , be fit enough to win a race ? |
| 26 | can drive , but she wo n't be quick enough to make a decision |
| 27 | From mid April to late summer , depending on the success of the breeding season , ospreys will be around and , if you visit in July or August and the season has been a success , you may be lucky enough to see a new family of young birds exercising their strengthening wings . |
| 28 | All of this is very unlikely , unless you happened to be lucky enough to attend a reasonably progressive school . |
| 29 | Should you be lucky enough to own a ‘ filofax ’ , there are many kinds of graph paper , different coloured notepapers , and diary sheets that you can purchase to make into a comprehensive section on your new diet and health programme . |
| 30 | Not all people who decide to work from home will be lucky enough to have a ready-made office space and they will need to make changes in their accommodation , even if it is only finding a place to keep the computer and the phone . |