Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite the reverse , it is possible expressly to link the concept of " relational properties " with a ( suitably modified ) pluralist thesis by arguing , for example , that the possession of a relational property of a certain kind necessarily entails the existence of more than one thing in the world . |
| 2 | The aims of the project , which are discussed in more detail in Chapter Two , were to provide flexible ‘ packages ’ of supplementary home support to dementia sufferers , in addition to the statutory health and social services and the non-statutory services normally available , and to test whether , given this service , it is possible cost-effectively to sustain such people at home for longer than is usually possible with support only from existing forms of health and social service ; to explore the circumstances in which the dementia sufferers could cost-effectively be sustained at home , and to examine the circumstances in which it was not possible to sustain them ; that is , to identify the limits to care . |
| 3 | In 1856 he needed Britain too much to thwart her desires over the Black Sea Clauses of the Treaty and so he accepted them , hoping that it would still be possible eventually to bring about an entente with Russia . |
| 4 | Admittedly there were signs in the late 1980s that this pattern was breaking down , if only because both superpowers were becoming too weak economically to maintain their former roles , and because the model of a world divided by the October Revolution had little relation to the realities of the late 20th century . |
| 5 | Wigan are 7-4 on to win the First Division championship with Corals . |
| 6 | switches that on to sort out her . |
| 7 | This definition is clarified when Sadat turns off the road through an entrance discreet enough to admit the car with only a centimetre on either side . |
| 8 | He was also well skilled in diplomacy , hearing a great deal of gossip and complaint but discreet enough to keep it to himself . |
| 9 | ‘ And what exactly do you think I might do to Kirsty if you were rash enough to leave her alone with me ? ’ |
| 10 | One was a former radical socialist , Bernie Cornfeld , whose IOS venture was to make him very rich , and many of those rash enough to invest in it extremely poor . |
| 11 | The anxiety that I will be caught out on the hustings by a clever swine in a corduroy jacket asking ‘ What is the current rate of child benefit ? ’ is one which is shared by all those rash enough to offer themselves for election . |
| 12 | But she had been rash enough to believe he was starting to care for her . |
| 13 | For anyone rash enough to seize it , the effect is instantaneous — searing pain , swelling , convulsions , unconsciousness and sometimes death . |
| 14 | The Soviet authorities had no reason to take any interest in the fate of a handful of foreign invaders when over twenty million of their own people had been killed , while as for the Italians , it had suddenly become clear that they had in fact been anti-Fascists to a man all along and could hardly be expected to sympathize with the relatives of those few fanatics who had been rash enough to fight for the despised Duce . |
| 15 | In fact , many years ago I was rash enough to suggest that the great Ankara melange itself ( humorously called by the locals turlu guvec — a Turkish version of Lancashire hotpot ) might be an Argille scagliose type of deposit . |
| 16 | He paused , sore enough to want to jab . |
| 17 | I think this ought to be thrown out not necessarily on the rights or wrongs of fox hunting but on a procedural thing that you 've brought about where a dictatorial attitude is brought about by the Labour party that have the right apparently to say exactly what 'll happen on someone else 's land . |
| 18 | It had been tough going , but Proby was grateful enough to knock a century off the £500 I owe him . |
| 19 | At least , I was grateful enough to send them a copy of the thesis , but there is no evidence that they read it or found it useful . |
| 20 | And fifth , it must be alert enough to judge perfectly the moment for a sudden ‘ recovery ’ and flight to safety . |
| 21 | The two do n't mix and the indigestion makes sure he is still alert enough to touch down at Blackbushe . |
| 22 | Declarer was alert enough to put this information to good use . |
| 23 | In the drowsy state there is very little coming in and yet the cortex is still relatively alert and demanding something to work on , although not alert enough to provide an effective inhibition of nonsense being offered by the senses . |
| 24 | ‘ It 's a waste of money , ’ said Harriet , looking out of the window at the parkland , which seemed lush enough to feed the whole of the East End of London until the next war . |
| 25 | Although some popular sentiment may go Mr Hussein 's way , both regimes are efficiently repressive enough to keep public opinion buttoned up . |
| 26 | Either way their lives are outstanding enough to capture the popular imagination ; they are remembered and they become part of the town 's history . |
| 27 | Much research and attention to artists ' requirements has led to a new breed of synthetic brushes which are highly appropriate for use with acrylics , among other uses , which hold their shape well over a long period of time , are delightfully responsive to use , are superbly controllable , allowing precision work , and are durable enough to resist occasional misuse . |
| 28 | If by submitting to the one guilt he could evade all suspicion upon the worse count … he is quite shrewd enough , I fancy , to make the choice and quite durable enough to abide it . |
| 29 | In the twenty years between 1960 and 1980 , the tenancy of Downing Street changed between Labour and Conservative four times , an average occupancy of only five years : the Great and Good were trying to produce policies which would be durable enough to survive the swings . |
| 30 | Now , to be fair , you 'd have to say that only a few of these are going to be wacky enough to go for the fridge compilation album , but which ones ? |