Example sentences of "but [adv] enough [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When considering the ‘ stars of the seasons ’ some allowances have to be made ; obviously the view from , say , Britain and the northern United States will be different from that in Southern Europe or the southern United States ; for example it is very difficult to see the Scorpion 's ‘ sting ’ from London , but easy enough from Athens or San Francisco . |
| 2 | Non-monetary factors such as time , effort and compassion are , of course , essential too , but not enough on their own . |
| 3 | ‘ Poetry places me in a very special position — as someone who in the end came to terms with society but not enough to be socially acceptable . ’ |
| 4 | The triangular mesh vent on the inner roof let a small spray of rain in but not enough to really worry about . |
| 5 | ‘ You and the little house are all I want , my darling , and a small allowance from Papa , so as not to hurt him and Mama , but not enough to corrupt us — perhaps to educate the children . ’ |
| 6 | The omnipresent cul-de-sac , for example , lowered speeds but not enough for child safety , especially on the long straight legs . |
| 7 | Yale make one at around £5 which allows windows to open a bit for ventilation but not enough for a child to squeeze through . |
| 8 | The quality of the recording declined suddenly , but not enough for Charlotte to doubt it was Samantha 's voice she heard next . |
| 9 | There was more scrub there , but not enough for anyone to hide , unless they lay flat . |
| 10 | People of modest faith but not enough for the really big challenges of life . |
| 11 | Copies have been sent through 1a distribution channels to all schools and colleges in Scotland ( more than one per institution but not enough for all staff , unfortunately ) . |
| 12 | Capitant 's Union Gaulliste apparently intrigued de Gaulle , but not enough for him to lend it active support or even sanction , and de Gaulle 's reluctance to throw his weight behind this initiative doomed it to failure . |
| 13 | that 's for the name , yeah so , so , some of them will be confused , but not enough for them to have any problems I should n't have thought . |
| 14 | It is often said , and rightly , that a lot of thought goes into defendants ' rights , but not enough into victims ' rights . |
| 15 | This earring here , this pendant earring just lifts that area up just a little bit , not too much , not too obtrusive , but just enough for sort of a a highlight catching the pendant earring just to lift it up a little . |
| 16 | A good essay , like a good kilt/skirt , is long enough to be decent but short enough to be interesting . |
| 17 | The trick is to make the qualification time long enough so that the people who go to a club towards the end of their career and get large transfer bonuses do not qualify , but short enough for the players to feel that they will not have to wait half their lives to get theirs . |
| 18 | Not quite enough perhaps but still enough to be an admission that they got it seriously wrong in the year before . |
| 19 | ‘ But wide enough for a truck ? ’ |
| 20 | But after much thought the constable did vaguely recall noticing a car parked very near to the corner of Boundary Drive , not near enough to constitute a danger , but near enough for him to notice it . |
| 21 | It was not far , it has to be said , but far enough for enrolment with the Auxiliary Military Pioneer Corps , later known as the Royal Pioneer Corps , to secure release from internment . |
| 22 | He was not going far , by no means as far as Longner , but far enough to be absent when the immediate danger threatened . |
| 23 | And he had taken them down into the Southern Ocean , not as far as we were going , but far enough to be in amongst the ice , circumnavigating the whole land mass of Antarctica in waters no man had ever sailed before . |
| 24 | Not loudly , but loudly enough for half past six on a Sunday morning . |
| 25 | ‘ I caused the party a great deal of anxiety over my views ’ he explained and added ‘ but strangely enough with this book it has not been such a struggle . |
| 26 | It was not very well done , but well enough for me : indeed to see it really well acted would be too much for me . |