Example sentences of "[adv] enough to allow [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Lords can publicise matters and delay action for long enough to allow public opinion to make itself felt .
2 We stopped for a few hours in Aberdeen , long enough to allow Father to take us to see the house we had lived in until 1939 : Stranathro , at Muchalls , perched high on the cliffs by the road to Stonehaven .
3 Motherwell took 27 minutes to create their first chance when Chris McCart carved out an opening for Joe McLeod , but the striker hesitated long enough to allow Brian Irvine to block the effort .
4 Although the degree of compression is not enough to allow retrieval from a compact disc , using a fast magnetic hard disc , reasonable full screen full motion video can be achieved .
5 Depending on the severity of the cold , they will keep an area of about 300mm ( 1ft ) diameter clear of ice , which is usually enough to allow gases to escape .
6 ‘ Maastricht went too far for public opinion , but not far enough to allow Europe to deal effectively with the problems it faces , such as Yugoslavia , ’ says an exasperated German official .
7 Farmers are simply not moving fast enough to allow people who are desperately keen to change their diet to do so effectively .
8 In the second round Trentham began to land the odd punch , but never hard enough to allow Tommy to go down .
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