Example sentences of "a [adj] [adv] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A narrow social grouping just does n't produce a rich enough mixture of ability and talent to regenerate a country . |
| 2 | There is , of course , a solid enough basis for such an image in the Gospels themselves . |
| 3 | There is no one ‘ best ’ policy , merely one that secures a broad enough basis of support to be agreed upon and passed . |
| 4 | Following a meeting with Energy Minister Tim Eggar , Clwyd North West MP Rod Richards said he was convinced it was now up to the colliery management to present a strong enough case for the pit to be taken off the Government hit-list . |
| 5 | If you have a strong enough army of voluntary workers you can conquer the world , or even turn the People 's Republic of Islington blue ! |
| 6 | In the school system , many teachers do not have a strong enough grasp of the language to teach in it effectively . |
| 7 | The hypothesis about the importance of making connections between different strategies will be extended to the learning of mathematics , and also to the teaching of children whose intelligence is normal but who have specific difficulties with reading and with mathematics , the hypothesis being that these children fail because they do not make a strong enough connection between different strategies . |
| 8 | Speaking immediately after the Sydney attack , federal Justice Minister Michael Tate accused the government of New South Wales of failing to take a strong enough stance against the powerful gun lobby . |
| 9 | Young Ben Titford was born and raised in smelly , noisy Pig Street — a lively enough corner of the world , perhaps , but not the healthiest of places for all that . |
| 10 | More and more instructions , more and more complex in their nature descended more and more frequently upon local offices , but without any adequately effective co-ordination at the Headquarters level to ensure that those in the outfield had a clear enough idea of what their order of priorities should be as they became less and less able to deal effectively with the totality of their responsibilities . |
| 11 | Alcuin was also critical of the new Northumbrian king , Eardwulf , but when Eardwulf was driven out of his kingdom in 806 he was restored two years later through the intervention of Charlemagne and the pope ( see above , p. 157 ) , a clear enough demonstration of the continued maintenance of Northumbria at this time as a Carolingian sphere of influence . |
| 12 | We have , after all , a meagre enough amount of free time . |
| 13 | In any case , the police did not offer a high enough salary for any but the most inexperienced official . |
| 14 | Our models invariably produce the same general conclusion : if aposematism can reach a high enough frequency in a local population , then it will be favoured over crypticity ( Figure 2 ) . |
| 15 | Bernhard Langer , who has steered clear of New Orleans , is keeping his cards close to his chest while the best the rest can hope for is a high enough finish in order to be invited back next year . |
| 16 | Bernhard Langer , who has steered clear of New Orleans , is keeping his cards close to his chest , while the best the rest can hope for is a high enough finish in order to be invited back next year . |
| 17 | It sold at a high enough price per pound to cover the cost of carrying it across the Atlantic , and Jamestown enjoyed a tobacco boom , though the increase in exports from 20,000 lb. in 1617 to 350,000 lb. in 1621 was not enough to enable the Company to show a profit , because the ( wholesale , pre-duty ) price fell from four or five shillings a pound to a shilling a pound at the same time . |
| 18 | The real trick is then to sustain a high enough level of air play , press and TV to allow the record to ‘ cross-over ’ and appeal to people other than the band 's fans . |
| 19 | This is a high enough level of protection to control the diseases and prevent epidemics devastating whole communities . |
| 20 | All three address the problem that high achievement in school science and mathematics depend on students having achieved a high enough level of intellectual ability by the time they are 14 . |
| 21 | It may well be , in any case , that we now have a high enough proportion of school-leavers in cap and gown . |
| 22 | He longed to discuss Meredith further , his background , his opinions — on the surface he sounded a sensible enough sort of fellow but he did n't know how to go about it . |
| 23 | It was a vague enough concept for the left-liberals to unite around , and became a kind of surrogate nationalism . |
| 24 | Even after a number of plays , the only ones which made any lasting impact were ‘ Here Big Day ’ , a witty enough piece about getting married , and its attendant perils , and ‘ My Father 's Shoes ’ , a genuinely fine song about loving a parent — it struck home with me , and I 'll wager I wo n't be the only one . |
| 25 | She was tall and had a slender enough waist for him to have spanned it with his hands , and he was amazed at how strongly he wished he could be given the chance . |
| 26 | It 's a simple enough pleasure in all conscience , harmless enough , I 'd have thought . " |
| 27 | Did the Unit never in fact settle on a simple enough statement of its function to entrust to journalists ? |
| 28 | Nowadays , too , the suggestion that a woman 's role consists entirely of slaving over the cooker , the kitchen sink and the washing is certain to irritate a significant number of people , though it is still a real enough situation for the majority of women . |
| 29 | The problem of assessing which of the team members has made a large enough contribution to the result to warrant their name appearing in the author list for the published paper is rather difficult . |
| 30 | The problem of assessing which of the team members has made a large enough contribution to the result to warrant their name appearing in the author list for the published paper is rather difficult . |