Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the meantime , we would be grateful not to be shoved off in her direction by campaigns of misinformation and innuendo by the uninformed . |
| 2 | No you might be old enough to be considered you can wait till after Christmas for your present . |
| 3 | In doing so , the counsellor has to be careful not to be beguiled into believing the more comfortable initial reactions that many older people might present . |
| 4 | And if , at first , she had had to remind herself to be careful not to be found out , deceit was becoming second nature to her . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's not likely that you will see them , for who would be foolish enough to be laughing before your eyes ? |
| 6 | To be clinically useful , observations must be simple enough to be made by multiple carers on a psychiatric ward ; excessive simplicity , however , may undermine their value . |
| 7 | It must be simple enough to be used efficiently by non planning professionals , but detailed enough to produce meaningful results . |
| 8 | Application for a grant should be made at the same time as the application for an audition in order that you can be sure of your position should you be fortunate enough to be offered a place . |
| 9 | While anyone can be unfortunate enough to be struck down by an unexpected illness , your future good health is largely in your own hands . |
| 10 | I can not go into all the options if you should be unfortunate enough to be attacked . |
| 11 | You may be lucky enough to be watching when young aphids are born . |
| 12 | Sometimes you might even be lucky enough to be endowed with the qualities of the people you play — John Wayne , for example , was held up as being symbolic of everything that was good and right about America . |
| 13 | Oh chicken , you did n't think when you were running around on the farm that you would be lucky enough to be served to one who — May I ? |
| 14 | IF YOU ARE sufficiently distinguished you may well be lucky enough to be invited to address the prestige conference Advances in Fermentation ‘ 83 to be held in September . |
| 15 | There is another necessary condition and that is that a pitch difference must be perceptible ; it is possible to detect differences in the frequency of the vibration of a speaker 's voice by means of laboratory instruments , but these differences may not be great enough to be heard by a listener as differences in pitch . |
| 16 | that therefore it would be better not to be doing that , so perhaps we can change that , okay ? |
| 17 | In about eight to twelve hours the cheese will be firm enough to be turned into a deepish glass dish or large soup plate . |
| 18 | Doctors hope she will soon be well enough to be transferred to Darlington Memorial Hospital . |
| 19 | Owner Richard Burridge ( above ) reports his tough grey almost back to his old self and the horse may be well enough to be turned out in a paddock today . |
| 20 | The Saturday Review said that there were only four entries that it deemed to be good enough to be designated Gothic , but Clarke 's catalogue listed a further fourteen Gothic schemes . |
| 21 | It would not be healthy still to be mourning after so many years . ’ |
| 22 | Surely she could not be stupid enough to be falling in love , be bowled over by a man 's charm again , and so strongly this time ? |
| 23 | ‘ Against Cambridge , it will be important not to be drawn into their direct style of play . |
| 24 | ‘ As I 'm no longer to live here I would also be pleased not to be troubled by the police . ’ |
| 25 | A toy should not have sharp edges or be small enough to be swallowed or jammed in the throat , neither should it break or tear into dangerous pieces . |
| 26 | Each segment is designed to be small enough to be covered by the salesperson during one day 's work . |
| 27 | Researchers working on the biochemistry of learning and memory needed to develop new model systems , in which the changes we sought to identify would be big enough to be measured , yet in which we could be sure that they were n't simply artefacts . |
| 28 | The PCD secretariat then carries the investigation forward with the provision that , if the matter proves to be significant enough to be referred to the Investigation Committee , the ARC will be informed so that it can consider the case further . |
| 29 | Sentences with subjects having definite referents , such as ( 80 ) , assert the definite referent 's having performed the infinitival event based on the fact that perception of this event took place , and , as stated above , this means that the definite referent 's having performed this action must be significant enough to be stated as a fact ( known through the perceptual event having taken place ) . |