Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] enough [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The quotations that follow are both from personal letters to the present writers , commenting on a published suggestion that those who give advice to parents often do not pay enough attention to the parents ' own views .
2 They do not pay enough attention to the development of the company .
3 He also contends that the senior rugby nations do not disseminate enough information on rugby injuries to protect everyone playing this game in all 120 or so countries .
4 While we are now well aware that too much fat , especially in saturated forms , increases the risk of heart disease and certain cancers , the latest from the World Health Organisation ( WHO ) — Diet , nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases — says we run further risks if we do not eat enough fruit and vegetables .
5 It is impossible for the voter to know in advance whether it is his ballot paper which is going to contribute to the result of the election in this way but if voters do not express enough preferences then there is a risk that at some stage in the count their vote will become non-transferable and therefore exercise no further influence upon the result .
6 ‘ As a profession we are apt to be accurate , cautious , consistent , and reticent , and in thee lies our strength ; but if they do not leave enough room for impulse and imagination , they can be a weakness .
7 The pendant or hanging variety give good overall light but tend to flatten shadows and do not provide enough light by which to read or work comfortably .
8 Some kinds achieve a modest height by packing closely together in cushions and so giving one another support , but their soft , permeable , water-filled cells do not provide enough strength to enable individual stems to stand upright .
9 Institutions do not provide enough student accommodation .
10 It is not surprising that single lines of trees or hedges have proved ineffective — these simply do not provide enough material to scatter or absorb much sound .
11 ( Normal headphones sockets do not provide enough power to generate the required DC bias for the plates . )
12 Some children do not get enough reinforcement ( rewards ) ; others receive far too much without ever earning it .
13 Children do not get enough opportunities to talk without the teacher 's presence .
14 British climbers simply do not get enough practice in downclimbing before they visit the alps .
15 As said to me a long time ago , ‘ You use too much water over there ’ , but what he really meant was , we do not use enough fluid , and the right types of fluid .
16 But if you do not take enough protein and just live on carbohydrates , e.g. and all-fruit diet , you will lose muscle tissue , rather than fat .
17 Note : If you lower the pitch attitude too rapidly — before the speed has time to increase — then you will lose height since the lower speeds do not produce enough lift to maintain height with the wings at the lower angle of attack in the normal cruise level flight attitude .
18 Children generally suffer from too much control between school and television and do not spend enough time developing on their own .
19 Action Either the process is not running anyway , or you do not have enough privilege to ‘ see ’ it .
20 as if the park wardens and scientists do not have enough problems already , they have to watch the ecological implications of their control programmes .
21 If they do not have enough hay or pasture they are liable to get intestinal problems , sometimes caused by eating inappropriate or unwholesome substances such as fence posts or mouldy hay .
22 People are always complaining that they do not have enough work space/dumping space , but it may well be what they really need is better organized storage .
23 Some cities , such as Dar es Salaam in Tanzania , do not have enough water , either from rain or from industrial waste , to flush the sewage through the network .
24 However , if you do not sell it and you do not have enough income to pay the weekly charge , we would have to come to an agreement with you on how to overcome the difficulty .
25 There is a widespread need , too , for part-ownership options for older people who do not have enough capital to make a full purchase .
26 Some argue that we do not have enough proof of danger to justify stricter controls on dumping or to warrant the extra expenditure involved .
27 We simply do not have enough evidence yet to back up the claim that ‘ people are almost certainly ill , dead , or dying because of these sloppy waste disposal activities ’ ( Openshaw et al. 1989 : 12 ) .
28 We do not have enough evidence to judge .
29 The difficulty is that we do not have enough evidence to come to a sure conclusion .
30 It is intended to provide a regular weekly income if you do not have enough money to live on .
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