Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [adj] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet people acted as though there was such a thing and this illusion was essential both for the working of capitalism and for the acceptability of the exploitation on which capitalism was based . |
| 2 | Most of the grandstands were full and the sun was warm enough for the men to have taken off their jackets and the women their cardigans . |
| 3 | The symbolism was potent enough for a hundred generations to keep the chalk clear |
| 4 | Surely the place was big enough for the two of them ? |
| 5 | The greatest pity was that the top was clear enough for a view and as we were perched at the broad gable end of the mountain we could see some fabulous sights . |
| 6 | Education was important too for the Pooters , if only to keep children out of manual work , even though the multitude of clerks ' jobs were often less well paid — £70 per year — than much manual work . |
| 7 | She could then either wait for the ferry , which was sporadic , or go back up to the head of the estuary and up to where the river was narrow enough for a bridge . |
| 8 | Life was fraught enough for the Stevenses as it was , with the constant care of Jennifer , without her adding to their problems , and besides , she had come to value her privacy and her independence . |
| 9 | The Prudential appealed , contending that there were two contracts and that stamp duty was payable only for the land and the works completed on 18 October 1989 . |
| 10 | This treatment was of no use for aeroplanes because it could only be used when the component was small enough for the formalin to penetrate . |
| 11 | In the midst of all this young life it was fortunate that the house was roomy enough for the professor still to get enough quiet and space to write . |