Example sentences of "and [adj] [adv] [prep] be " in BNC.

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1 All the Okapi work has been done on systems which have been developed at least to a point where they are reliable and complete enough to be installed in a library unattended .
2 It must so conduct affairs so as to secure full or near-full employment and that the rate of inflation will be stable and low enough to be tolerable .
3 Typesize and layout have been chosen to help maintain the flow or reading and the stories are short and simple enough to be read at normal first-language speed .
4 In primary sclerosing cholangitis standard liver function tests may improve after diagnosis — a result of diagnosis tending to be at times of maximal abnormality in a fluctuating course and likely therefore to be followed by a period of partial remission .
5 Nobody doubts that , in principle , Europe is large and sophisticated enough to be a powerhouse of new technology , but the achievement of that goal can only be impeded by the cost of supporting agriculture ( which consumes resources and engages people in traditional , not novel , tasks ) .
6 He had just delivered an impassioned speech to win friends and financial support for WWF and I was near enough and lucky enough to be introduced to him .
7 There can not be a satisfactory answer to such a question which is short enough for the circumstances , and informative enough to be of any value .
8 To be effective , market segments must be clearly identifiable and substantial enough to be potentially profitable .
9 Whilst most bryozoa require microscopic examination , a few form colonies large and distinctive enough to be easily recognizable .
10 Just stupid and irritating enough to be a minor hit — but I doubt it .
11 Although the benefits of dietary fibre are still in the process of scientific investigation , we want to make sure that you do n't miss out on any of the advantages , both those which are known and those still to be fully revealed .
12 Check Plugs are light and compact enough to be carried in a pocket or as part of a tool kit .
13 Unlike IBM 's SAA , he says , DCM is open and flexible enough to be customised for each particular site ; it allows for customers wanting to integrate other vendors ' hardware , which Bull will try to supply if necessary .
14 It must be even-handed in the way in which it reduces effort , understandable , believeable and flexible enough to be realistic .
15 Letters are short reports of outstanding novel findings whose implications are general and important enough to be of interest to those outside the field .
16 It is a notably hardy and thrifty breed , able to produce good milk yields from the poorest of fodder and an excellent smallholder 's cow , well suited to hill farms iii particular , light enough not to poach winter pastures and small enough to be tightly stocked .
17 The first jennies were hand worked and small enough to be operated in the cottages ; as Maxine Berg has put it : " It was part of the domestic system , the machine of the poor . "
18 The face is dished , like that of the Jersey , and it probably has some Jersey blood from the nineteenth century , while the brindling probably comes from the old Normandy Isigny variety , a good butter producer and big enough to be used as a draught ox on Alderney and Guernsey , whither it was taken by monks in the time of William the Conqueror .
19 Developments in the semi-conductor industry in the early seventies led to the production of microprocessor chips which were fast , reliable and cheap enough to be mass produced .
20 They 're ordered to sit tight until the thing 's big enough and ripe enough to be taken .
21 The ramifications of these doubts are reflected in a poll by Time magazine and CNN , which shows 53 per cent of voters do not think Mr Clinton is honest and trustworthy enough to be president ; 67 per cent think he would say anything to be elected president ; and 62 per cent say he is not someone they would be proud to have as president .
22 There were small clumps of purple china roses in the continental style , heavy and sharp enough to be used as weapons ; wreaths of laurel , and hellebore flowers in white plastic with glittered stamens .
23 You 're resilient and intelligent enough to be able to see it for what it was .
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