Example sentences of "fortunate enough [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my right hon. Friend were fortunate enough to be resident in Scotland , he would find that about 89 per cent . |
| 2 | When a heatwave occurs — unless we are fortunate enough to be able to do nothing but laze around — many people become increasingly bad-tempered . |
| 3 | It took him 10 months to find a suitable job , although he was fortunate enough to be able to find temporary work in between . |
| 4 | The uncertainty which the food shortage created also led to the hoarding of food by those fortunate enough to be able to purchase it . |
| 5 | The ideal of providing an adequate and satisfying secondary education for all ( and not just for the few who were fortunate enough to be able to pass a selection test at 11 ) seemed close to realisation . |
| 6 | ‘ The focus of my own emotions , ’ said Ian , ‘ is not , as I think Julia 's is , my family , whom I have always been fortunate enough to be able to take for granted , but rather is it the Church , about which I 'm unduly passionate . |