Example sentences of "he be [adj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should he be farsighted enough to steal and sharpen a ceremonial sword to do it with ? |
| 2 | And will he be far-sighted enough to guess that even DNA may itself have been a usurper of yet more remote and primitive replicators , crystals of inorganic silicates ? |
| 3 | Or will he be brave enough to take a dose of poison at the last moment ? |
| 4 | When the Prime Minister visits Scotland this weekend , will he be big enough to acknowledge that , sooner rather than later , he will have to bow to the wish of the Scottish people for self-determination ? |
| 5 | For instance , in addition to the express remedies , he would be able , in appropriate cases , to claim damages for lost profits or contracts or other interruption caused to his business if he were unable finally to use or resell the goods concerned . |
| 6 | But he is confident enough to assert the best way to tackle the problem of low intelligence among deprived children may be through measures designed to improve their nutrition . |
| 7 | ‘ There must be serious doubts as to whether he is strong enough to shift the party behind him . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He is young enough to inflame my son . |
| 9 | Maybe he is content just to pay tribute to his personal media icons . |
| 10 | Happily , he is phlegmatic enough to accept his lot ; the sight of the Britannic Assurance Championship pennant fluttering over the Wantage Road pavilion come September would be ample consolation . |
| 11 | After a few days he is well enough to travel and one of Leavitt 's Willys safari cars takes them home . |
| 12 | Whether he is sober enough to go back and fetch his dilapidated car , or should soldier on , is the question here , or at any rate part of it . |
| 13 | However , he is nice enough to feel a little embarrassed at taking so much money off his friend . |
| 14 | Vesey slowly unrolls a stale Chelsea bun ; and it is to be feared he is hungry enough to eat it . |
| 15 | George knows Lennie ca n't and wo n't remember things so he is patient enough to repeat things for Lennie ; time and time again , day after day . |
| 16 | He is humble enough to admit the possibility . |
| 17 | Well , give him his due , Prior Robert hardly said a word tonight , he will wait to have cause before he accuses any man , but he is intelligent enough to put all these small nothings together and make of them something . |
| 18 | In the Third Act he realizes that the world is against him but he is intelligent enough to know that he is the victim of his own weaknesses . |
| 19 | Garry would dearly love the club captaincy back but he is realistic enough to know he just has to get on with the game . |
| 20 | And it is not possible for us to know anything at all about him unless he is generous enough to disclose himself Another book in this series has tackled the question of revelation ; suffice it to say at this point that without revelation we can not say anything about the Lord who is Spirit . |
| 21 | He is handsome enough to take in any silly young girl ! ’ |
| 22 | He is concerned rather to redefine democracy so that the crucial role of elites ( broadly understood ) is recognised . |
| 23 | But he is bold enough to suggest that this Budget , and the three-year-plan laid down within it , will win the Tories the next election . |
| 24 | The hero must be challenged and tormented , he must be bamboozled and tried up to breaking point before he is permitted to claim the prize , before , in fact , he is able properly to call himself a hero . |
| 25 | What Odysseus hears is without consequence for him ; he is able only to nod his head as a sign to be set free from his bonds ; but it is too late ; his men , who do not listen , know only the song 's danger but nothing of its beauty , and leave him at the mast to save him and themselves . |
| 26 | It is not open to the promisor to go back and undo the loss ; he is able only to make it good , and this can be done only by an award of damages in the amount of the promisee 's interest . |
| 27 | ‘ He is old enough to lead armies . ’ |
| 28 | On the other hand , you do need the child 's cooperation , especially if he is old enough to go out and buy sweets or other foods for himself . |
| 29 | When he is old enough to have a say in the matter he will change his name to Jack . |
| 30 | He is optimistic enough to see some point in directing , harnessing or tempering the largely commercial forces behind the 100-mile city , but not in ignoring them . |