Example sentences of "[adj] enough at " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said : ‘ Oh , I think so — he was upset enough at the idea of Matt building houses next to his pottery , was n't he ? ’ |
| 2 | The way was now open for peace negotiations with France , and these negotiations inevitably looked rather like the negotiations which had ended the wars against Louis XIV in 1713 — sensible enough at a time of high expenditure but not fair to allies nor likely to allow the British negotiators to gain the largest possible amount at the bargaining table . |
| 3 | ‘ Four faults , ’ crackled the public address system as the little bright-bay mare failed to tuck her hind feet up quite high enough at the last bar of the treble . |
| 4 | Sometimes , of course , bags are searched , but the removal of company property from the premises of licensed dealers is rarely punished by anything more than instant dismissal , acceptable enough at the time to the culprits , as it coincides with their own plans . |
| 5 | ‘ You were willing enough at the time . |
| 6 | It seemed simple enough at the outset … vegetarian author Rebecca Hall offered to pay ten thousand pounds to any farmer willing to live like a battery chicken for a week . |
| 7 | Bragad was affable enough at the end — said that all things came to pass in good time if they were meant to . |
| 8 | Life at the Novotel in Le Touquet was comfortable enough at first . |
| 9 | The rank and file of both the Socialist movement and the CNT had been frustrated enough at the limitations of social reform under the Republic ; when the Radicals and the right set about negating what little seemed to have been gained , militancy rose to new levels . |
| 10 | Magellan refused , of course — except that he was evidently frustrated enough at the lack of success in finding a way through to promise that if no strait was found by the time they had eaten up another 25° of latitude , he would turn east as they wished . |
| 11 | In fact my majority was healthy enough at almost 19,000 . |
| 12 | There 's a graduate student at AMS who 's Japanese , over from Osaka on a six-month exchange deal , companionable enough at first , of course , but becoming increasingly glazed and remote . |
| 13 | And then I know a lot people who now in retirement do not have a bath , because they ca n't be confident enough at getting out of a bath , so they say oh well I manage with a shower . |
| 14 | Mr Palmer did n't feel he was playing good enough at that time , so he told Tony Lema about me . |
| 15 | There was the other side , the reality , the disciplines , the demands , the side I never seemed good enough at . |
| 16 | He was good enough at the schoolwork but not at all outstanding . |
| 17 | ‘ You have only expressed the shadow of your ideas , because you are n't good enough at drawing or painting , but the ideas , where did they come from ? |
| 18 | Though barely moderate scholastically , I was just good enough at games to become Captain of Games in an athletically undistinguished house . |
| 19 | There are not sufficient people who are good enough at organising the sale of their products . |
| 20 | The district was sinister enough at any time ; now , with the feeling that any and every form of menace , from a cut-throat to a coal-hole , might be within inches for all I could tell , my small remaining resource of courage were exhausted within minutes . |
| 21 | She 's competent enough at an undemanding level , but I ca n't envisage her coping with a position of responsibility . ’ |
| 22 | Beneath the point lies Krander 's whirlpool , a notorious navigational hazard , powerful enough at times to drag down the smaller prahus , so most sailors steer well clear of it . |
| 23 | It would be safe enough at this time of day . |
| 24 | I am safe enough at the Lodge and with your help I shall make all snug . |
| 25 | By 1934 , although we seemed happy enough at this still very poorly paid work and our recreation , the economic situation worsened . |
| 26 | George made a deprecating sound , but she held up her hand to silence him and then continued , ‘ I 'm happy enough at Uncle Nathan 's , although coming back has brought it home to me how much I miss country life . |
| 27 | Just 13 days ago the couple seemed happy enough at the New York premiere of Malcolm X , the controversial film about the black civil rights leader . |
| 28 | Fair enough at senior government level when there are so many ‘ leaks ’ in the system . |
| 29 | so we 'll get down this afternoon then , alright , fair enough at least we know what we 're doing now Your bedroom 's a tip . |
| 30 | Anyone who has ever attended a recording session of this repertory work will know what problems are created by the need to get the woodwind chords precise enough at the start of both the first two movements . |