Example sentences of "enough for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Conservationists have an enormous job to keep the populations high enough for continued existence , while preventing them from growing too large and wrecking the little bit of space that is left to them .
2 In the end even that was not enough for continued survival .
3 Hardly any time at all , and yet enough for Lori to have travelled on , still that one step ahead of her .
4 Sometimes it 's not enough for environmental health officers to check out reports on their own — they need police help to get partygoers to quieten down .
5 Our results demonstrate that reactive nitrogen was converted to HNO 3 in autumn , before temperatures were low enough for polar stratospheric clouds to form .
6 Academic researchers working in higher education have to convince the relevant committees in their institution that the work is important enough for scarce resources to be devoted to it .
7 Although some European jobs are advertised here , there are not enough for travel-hungry Brits .
8 There is in fact no completely clear or uncontentious way to draw this distinction but the broad idea is enough for present purposes .
9 Whatever the truth of the matter , however , it is enough for present purposes to note that the latest date given in any of the sources is 873/1468 and that there thus appears to be a gap of at least five years between the death of Fahreddin Acemi and the accession of Molla Husrev to the Muftilik .
10 The PROFITBOSS is always lit enough for healthy competition .
11 Although Doodlebug breaks no new ground and may not prove challenging enough for hardened players , it 's still a neat little platformer .
12 At this gain the noise level of the instrument can be seen in quiet periods to be approximately 10 gamma — 15 gamma over a bandwagon of the order of 0.3Hz , reasonable enough for serious studies .
13 In most cases a 9.6 volt or 12 volt drill will be powerful enough for serious woodworking , such as repeated drilling and screwdriving operations without rapid discharge of the battery .
14 The version that Palmer played with has a vocabulary of 2,500 words , very small by human standards , though enough for application-specific work such as booking airline tickets , or controlling computer front ends .
15 The version that Palmer played with has a vocabulary of 2,500 words , very small by human standards , though enough for application-specific work such as booking airline tickets , or controlling computer front ends .
16 ‘ It is not enough for blue-suited ministers to rush for cover into the ivory towers of Whitehall every time a controversy blows up .
17 Meanwhile if the memory was ‘ important , enough for lasting representation , there could be a steady development of biochemical processes , such as the reconstruction of synapses , which would permanently represent the memory in another set of neurons , perhaps in another part of the brain .
18 The cereals would appear to contain enough protein for working horses but certainly not enough for pregnant , lactating ( producing milk ) , or growing horses .
19 In practice , the average is usually a time average ; one observes and averages the velocity at a point over a period long enough for separate measurements to give effectively the same result .
20 I 'm behaving naturally , not dancing a Gene Kelly in the streets , but keeping visible enough for tired eyes to see .
21 It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will .
22 It is likely that he did express a preference , for although his collapse was dramatic enough for premature reports of his death to reach at least two cities , he then rallied sufficiently to add codicils to his will .
23 The delay was enough for Clerval to catch me and seize me from behind .
24 The process continues until the length scale is small enough for viscous action to be important and dissipation to occur .
25 The guy was quick on to the brakes , but not quick enough for poor old Pikey .
26 Where the Healey is a fairly civilised blend of high-speed tourer and sporting pedigree , comfortable enough for long-distance continental holidays as well as for Sunday afternoon thrashes through the countryside , the Cobra is just a beast .
27 Up to about 10 per cent of tin gives an alloy that is red to gold in colour and ductile enough for easy shaping by hammering , provided that the alloy is annealed ( heated to remove internal stresses ) .
28 The simple story of a mentally handicapped child or adult growing up would not be considered dramatic enough for fictional representation ; the drama must focus on a series of events which create a larger than life situation , which will play on the emotions of the viewers .
29 Anticoagulant drugs safe enough for long term use to help prevent heart disease are under development by almost every drug company , Huber said .
30 However , examples of this kind are so few that they indicate only a slight tendency ( possibly confined to some pre-sonorant environments ) , which is not enough for /a/ backing to be discussed as a stereotype .
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