Example sentences of "[be] almost enough [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 A tiny gesture towards a desired item and a slight flick of the eyebrows is almost enough to complete most transactions .
2 Held asks why ‘ for so many people the fact something is a recognisably ‘ political ’ statement is almost enough to bring it instantly into disrepute ’ .
3 The speed is almost enough to lever a Windows user out of his comfortable environment and back into DOS ( but some of us will just wait for the Windows version ! ) .
4 That 's almost enough to do our garden path .
5 Even ten years ago the notion of the nurse as the patient 's advocate had not been formally recognised , and the stress involved in being unable to act properly in the patient 's defence was almost enough to persuade me to give up altogether .
6 Number 145 — freshly baked bread , the smell of which was almost enough to draw one inside .
7 The clothes had been left on the heated towel rack in the bathroom , which had taken some of the chill off them , but insinuating himself into their dampness was almost enough to make him retract his jibe , and wear the absent lover 's clothes .
8 It was almost enough to make him turn round and go back to Yzordderrex , revolution or no .
9 The irony of that was almost enough to make Shannon laugh out loud .
10 The pleasure of this was almost enough to wipe away immediate fears about what to do with Taczek .
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