Example sentences of "and [adv] enough [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're receiving no fresh meat at all , and not enough water . |
| 2 | Like thirst in the desert , a blind frantic urgency and not enough water to slake the fire … |
| 3 | Leeds aggressive but a bit too much pace and not enough skill ( Rocky ? ) . |
| 4 | Engels attributes this to there being too many chiefs and not enough indians in the European operation . |
| 5 | And was it Trevor who opined about the Pakistan side that it was ‘ full of too many chiefs and not enough Indians ’ ? |
| 6 | There was a time when we naively believed that it was caused by Immune Overload — too many stimulants and not enough rest and nutrition . |
| 7 | The curtains parted , revealing a line of models wearing too much make-up , too much hair , and not enough clothing to stretch a man 's imagination . |
| 8 | Too many women , too much money , and not enough brains to fill a tea-kettle . |
| 9 | ( 27 November 1777 ) Among his complaints were that Mozart and his mother had stayed too long in Munich and Augsburg using up their money on lodging expenses without having any means of earning money , that Mozart was not keeping him fully apprised of exactly where his plans lay , how he was proposing to get from one place to another and by which route and when , that he was not keeping up with his composition , nor arranging to have existing works copied so that he could present them to an influential Prince or noble , and that he had not taken the right sorts of composition with him — too many symphonies and not enough church music . |
| 10 | David Howell complained that in Cabinet there was ‘ too much argument and not enough discussion ’ and regretted the trend towards ‘ a huge argument where tremendous battle lines will be drawn up and everyone will be hit on the head ’ . |
| 11 | I 'm saying that in my experience there is too much argument and not enough discussion in processes of government generally , and I believe we would make more progress by a more discursive approach . |
| 12 | Professor James believes that the average British diet is too rich in fat , saturated fat , sugar and salt , contains too few starchy foods , such as cereals and bread , and not enough fruit and vegetables . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , Change for the Angel was not one of his most acclaimed plays , suffering from too much purpose and not enough plot . |
| 14 | We then did n't have enough materials for the wall so we had to shorten its length , which in turn meant there was not enough room for media vehicles and not enough space for VIPs to manoeuvre their cars in , and that meant altering security arrangements . |
| 15 | The new generation , without exception , all sound second-hand loads of aptitude and not enough attitude . |
| 16 | Too much paperwork and not enough money — that is the grass-roots opinion of community care 's introduction . |
| 17 | Over-extended , that 's what they were , too many orders and not enough money to buy the gear . |
| 18 | It 's got lots of problems and not enough money , and you probably have high hopes for what you wanted to do when you got here . |
| 19 | Second , it was badly planned and not enough thought was given to how the team would make their escape from a remote island like New Zealand . |
| 20 | You stand for hours , without a girdle , because of block bookings and not enough chairs . |
| 21 | There was no space in here for the literature that had brightened his being and not enough light between these walls for fairytale merchants brought to life in old romances . |
| 22 | Certainly , there is very good evidence that we eat too much sugar , too much saturated fat , too much salt , and not enough fibre . |
| 23 | This case presents a situation in which the commitment for change was high at the top ; but the methods of achieving the change were confused at first , and not enough effort was expended to infuse the total organizational environment with commitment . |
| 24 | Too much lettuce and not enough cucumber as usual , Mrs Hodges would never learn . |
| 25 | The reason too much easy money and not enough dedication and genuine love for one 's chosen work . |
| 26 | ‘ That 's Runner Rowles , ’ he grinned nodding towards the man , ‘ a living example , if you call it that , of what a lifetime of too much cider and not enough grub can do to a man ! ’ |
| 27 | In November 1937 he read the script aloud to Martin Browne and his wife , and their reaction was one of " fascination and doubt " : there was too much description and not enough action , they felt , and so he began once again the struggle to elucidate plot and characters . |
| 28 | From him we have too many press releases and not enough action . |
| 29 | Too much work and not enough people to do it . |
| 30 | They rarely meet opposition from the village militia , who have no training and not enough ammunition to put up a fight even if they wanted to . |