Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does n't mean that you have to spend a fortune on tools , but beware of cheap spanners and screwdrivers which may not be strong enough for the job or of cheap hammers which may lose their heads . |
| 2 | Tunnels and bridges must be high enough for the train to go under . |
| 3 | The top shelf needs to be high enough for the monitor to be seen from the back of the room over rows of heads . |
| 4 | This is why thresholds are needed : when cat is presented , numerous logogens will be excited , but in every case the excitation will not be high enough for the threshold level to be reached — except for the logogen for cat , which will receive so much evidence that its threshold will be reached . |
| 5 | Draft Companies House guidance for foreign companies operating in the UK may not be clear enough for the companies to be sure they are acting within the law , according to the Institute . |
| 6 | I knew the last 10 minutes would be nervous both for the fans and the supporters , as had happened against Oldham the previous week . |
| 7 | What this all adds up to is that the coding of give/take relationship in fields quite remote from private domestic affairs is much closer to what the members of modern capitalist societies assume to be appropriate only for the restricted context of the domestic household than it is to the coding of power relationships within the wider context of the market economy which I was discussing earlier . |
| 8 | Gravel that is about half an inch in diameter has been found to be large enough for the large cichlid community tank . |
| 9 | 1 It must be large enough for the spider to build its web in . |
| 10 | Before long , the baby will be large enough for the midwife and doctor to feel her position inside you . |
| 11 | But I think that er this er Centenary Sports Ground gon na be large enough for the public to see and this and wants to be on a smaller metal er edition that 's there for er ever and a day . |
| 12 | So , you finish the conversation , and you just flick the handset , you flick the black button in other words , you do n't fully put the handset down , so you flick the black button and you make another call and the camp on does n't mature , it does n't seem to mature because it does n't seem to be long enough for the computer to recognise that the conversation has ended . |
| 13 | It should be deep enough for the fish to bury the shell with only the opening showing . |
| 14 | The river needs to be deep enough for the otters to swim and catch fish , the dog otter eating two or three pounds of fish every day , it needs to have thick covering of vegetation along the banks and above all , the water must be clean , fresh and not polluted in any way . |
| 15 | We 'll need all the cold we can get if the ice is to be firm enough for the plane to land . ’ |
| 16 | Crowther , 59 , hopes to be back for the new series next year , but wo n't be well enough for the show on January 2 . |
| 17 | Robert had a headache and stayed behind : he wanted to be well enough for the Opera that evening . |
| 18 | But whether artificial intelligence turns out to be good enough for the movie makers is likely to be another matter . |
| 19 | In the mid-1990s , object-oriented programming promises to bring the next irresistible revolution , but until that happens , no-one should be too surprised if the mass of desktop users splits into two camps , one that goes down the Unix-with-everything route , the other that decides as a matter of policy to remain in the ‘ do n't know ’ came , judging MS-DOS with a touch of Windows here and there to be good enough for the next three or four years until the picture of the future becomes a bit clearer . |
| 20 | In any case , if the food and conditions in the staff restaurant are n't good enough for you , why should they be good enough for the person who cleans your office ? |
| 21 | But what was good enough for the Kybergs was hardly likely to be good enough for the Habsburgs , so they built a second wall , only a few yards away . |
| 22 | If the police said they were satisfied that the death was accidental , that was good enough for him , and should be good enough for the jury . |
| 23 | What is good enough for the bosses should be good enough for the teachers . |
| 24 | That decision was passed unanimously and if it is good enough for us it should be good enough for the Tories . |
| 25 | Is it not also a fact that in this case it is clear that , if the Court of Appeal believes that he had no intention of flouting a court order and of putting himself above the law , that should be good enough for the rest of us ? |
| 26 | Little left behind a good side , but there was always a suspicion that it might not be good enough for the Third . |
| 27 | The cost of this story was very high , not least for the time , materials and manpower needed to build the ‘ giant ’ sets and props ( the sink , the telephone , the briefcase , the lab bench , etc. ) , all of which had to be robust enough for the regular cast to clamber around . |
| 28 | Mrs Shepherd sees no incompatibility in her dual role as Minister for Agriculture and Food and that it was ‘ nonsense ’ for anyone to state that it was inappropriate to be responsible both for the agricultural industry and the quality and safety of food . |
| 29 | See that also epitomizes what I was saying before , you know I mean if I 'm there you could be stuck there for the remainder . |
| 30 | These would be fine used inside the house , but normal floor paint may not be tough enough for the garage . |