Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] to be sufficient " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three open sprinklers were found to be sufficient to stop even the most rapidly developing fire . |
| 2 | The 13th reform were believed to be sufficient to allow locos to work over the bridge and it is understood that 37/4 's will not be allowed over . |
| 3 | By mid-1989 foreign exchange reserves were estimated to be sufficient to cover only two months of imports . |
| 4 | About 15 years ago , three months was considered to be sufficient time for a sales director with two years ' service to convince his company of his competence . |
| 5 | One party was considered to be sufficient in the Soviet Union because the country officially had one ideology and one goal — communism . |
| 6 | No warnings were issued to consumers because earlier advice from the Department of Health about the dangers of salmonella and the importance of cooking eggs thoroughly , was felt to be sufficient , the ministry said . |
| 7 | The demand for electricity was thus being artificially boosted : the price was known to be sufficient only to meet the historic average costs of supply , not the costs which in future would have to be paid if the demand were met . |
| 8 | The act of shipping the barley in Maynegrain was assumed to be sufficient to amount to conversion , but the position is different where the defendant innocently interferes with P 's goods whether upon his own initiative or upon the instructions of another , when the defendant 's act amounts to nothing more than transport or custody of the goods . |
| 9 | Thus , in Doughty ( 1986 ) , the crying of a 17-day-old child was held to be sufficient to fall within the requirement ( even though such an infant is not aware of the significance of what he or she is doing ) , whereas someone who loses self-control after a storm or explosion has destroyed his property would be outside the requirement . |
| 10 | See Prime v. Hart/it. 1978 S.L.T. ( Sh.Ct. ) 71 , where intimation of an objection to the applicant 's agent/employer was held to be sufficient intimation in terms of the section . |
| 11 | Thus , where landlords were entitled to determine a twenty-one year lease " at the expiration of fourteen years if they shall require the premises for the purposes of a business carried on by them " it was held to be sufficient for them to show that they would need at least part of the premises before the date on which the lease would otherwise have expired by effluxion of time ( Parkinson v Barclays Bank Ltd [ 1951 ] 1 KB 368 ) . |