Example sentences of "was [adj] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of these operations , however , was strong enough to take on the role of nurturing talent or providing a supportive home for creative filmmakers . |
| 2 | The baby was strong enough to go back to Riverstown with a monthly nurse after six weeks and he was duly baptized a Protestant in the Church of Ireland in Naas . |
| 3 | She was strong enough to carry on , to make the most of what she had left . |
| 4 | As the twentieth century has shown , this bond was strong enough to withstand even greater demographic changes than Holmes ever could have feared . |
| 5 | In the early 1970s , industry observers thought that IBM was strong enough to shake off the challenge from Japan . |
| 6 | If only she was alive today to pass on the secrets of her success . |
| 7 | But his employer recognised that , after Helmut had paid for his lodgings ( fifteen shillings for a room and ‘ a rather meagre breakfast ’ ) , there was little enough to live on . |
| 8 | He himself had seen all he wanted of the Heathertons , and was free now to get on with his studies , without interruption . |
| 9 | I do n't know why I apologised because it was not my fault that the Crowninshield twins were cocaine freaks , nor that their father wanted to charter Wavebreaker , but I sympathised with Ellen 's distaste for cocaine and was foolish enough to say as much . |
| 10 | Inside , the tunnel was shored up with beams and was high enough to stand up in . |
| 11 | I 've been painting since I was old enough to pick up a brush . |
| 12 | However the custody order expressly forbade Miss T. being brought up as a Jehovah 's Witness , the intention being that she should make her own decision when she was old enough to do so . |
| 13 | Pietro was old enough to cope better , Daniele too young to understand . ’ |
| 14 | And when Sam was old enough to leave home maybe she could lead a life of her own without prejudice . |
| 15 | Tom Berenger 's ‘ Sgt Barnes ’ symbolised the brutalising effects of the war , but in this sequence Stone 's script was honest enough to show how unintended atrocity may be sparked off by an accidental chain of events . |
| 16 | She was honest enough to admit yesterday that in general terms , the tennis was an embarrassment and an awful spectacle for the 74 people watching . |
| 17 | When it was easy enough to push forward , I was almost horizontal , with my nose an inch from the wheel , which paddled sand into my face . |
| 18 | It was easy enough to hang around in the courtyard enjoying the soft splash of sunlight on her bare arms . |
| 19 | It was easy enough to climb down the covers on to the floor . |
| 20 | It was easy enough to imagine how it had gone . |
| 21 | Luckily , in a place the size of Scampton it was easy enough to keep out of her path , and this I did quite successfully until my turn came for demobilisation . |
| 22 | It was easy now to summon up the power behind her eyes . |
| 23 | One Harvard dealer an American boy , was fortunate enough to get close to this quickly By putting a wealthy client into some circumspect account trades , and so actually making him a lot of money , the dealer earned the client 's gratitude . |
| 24 | She was frightened and depressed when they took her into hospital for the operation on December 22 , but she was fit enough to go home on Christmas Day . |
| 25 | She stayed with us for a month while we regained our strength , doing all the cooking and washing until my mother was fit enough to take over . |
| 26 | But since he was too weak to travel , it was arranged that he would come and stay with my husband and I until he was fit enough to fly back to Jersey where he and my mother lived . |
| 27 | Platt , who has yet to make his Italian League debut for Juventus , said : ‘ My nose has been X-rayed and confirmed as broken , although I thought I was fit enough to play today . |
| 28 | It was hard enough to believe now , myself . |
| 29 | I could n't carry her , but she dragged easily enough , and at first the shingle was hard enough to walk on . |
| 30 | A less exacting tour would be good for blending a team and producing the kind of team spirit I was lucky enough to sense when I played under John Dawes . |