Example sentences of "are [adj] [adv] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ They use the excuse that the shops , especially the ones selling really expensive designer gear are rich enough to be able to afford to lose a few clothes . |
| 2 | Who upset you so much that you are afraid now of being beautiful in case you get hurt again ? ’ |
| 3 | By the time we are old enough to be surprised at our own cleverness we have forgotten how we acquired it . |
| 4 | His house is large , and his children are old enough to be free , though all still live under his roof . |
| 5 | When a heatwave occurs — unless we are fortunate enough to be able to do nothing but laze around — many people become increasingly bad-tempered . |
| 6 | I think everyone should have the freedom to be able to travel as and when they choose — not just the people who are lucky enough to be able to afford a car |
| 7 | SOME people are lucky enough to be able , within limits , to control their salary . |
| 8 | We are unlikely ever to be able to quantify transaction and implementation costs with any certainty . |
| 9 | They are short enough to be accessible to the pre-intermediate learner , and students will be pleased with their progress in understanding spoken English . |
| 10 | Shrub roses Most , but by no means all , shrub roses rule themselves out of small and average size gardens by their dimensions , but some are small enough to be captivating and defy rejection . |
| 11 | Like the herring gull , eider can only take dog-whelks that are small enough to be swallowed whole . |
| 12 | Last year the general assembly gave to the Board of Social Responsibility a task of coordinating the work of the church in this field and we are proud now to be able to report to the general assembly that the work done by the assembly 's various Boards and by numerous local initiatives make the Church of Scotland the nation 's leading provider of services to the victims of H I V and to their families delivering both the most extensive and the most comprehensive service to these people within Scotland . |
| 13 | Marine sponges have a long fossil record from the Cambrian onwards , and at many localities they are abundant enough to be important rock formers . |
| 14 | Some persist in doubting that the Japanese , whose famous discipline led to excellence in manufacturing , are creative enough to be excellent innovators too . |