Example sentences of "it was not enough [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the end it was n't enough because they had n't the courage to confront and defy the handful of men who control the trade union bureaucracy . |
| 2 | It was not enough that Phoebe should turn up looking like a manual worker — ( 'But , for God 's sake , Maggie , I am a manual worker' ) — and wearing a button on her overalls which said ‘ This facility is under threat from rate-capping , ’ which made boys on buses make obscene jokes ; she also had to take on the maths teacher . |
| 3 | It was not enough that they had been questioned at length about a work in which they had secretly collaborated : they were now to be insulted by having their acknowledged work dismissed as of small account . |
| 4 | It was not enough that God could have done what Aristotle had deemed impossible . |
| 5 | According to the court , it was not enough that the defendant deliberately did some act that had the effect , objectively assessed , of obstructing the police . |
| 6 | Suddenly , it was not enough that he was touching her face . |