Example sentences of "but it [be] enough [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It is accepted that it is a minor injury , but it is enough to justify a charge of actual bodily harm , ’ he said . |
| 2 | The force of the argument just presented may not be overwhelming but it is enough to prompt the tentative conclusion that , in addition to the habituation process invoked by exposure to a stimulus , some other process comes into play and is responsible for latent inhibition . |
| 3 | Earl Loreburn stated : I do not assent to the proposition that a voluntary payment can never be charged , but it is enough to say that these were not voluntary payments in any relevant sense . |
| 4 | He flinches for only half a second , but it 's enough to take me inside the hall . |
| 5 | It 's not long , but it 's enough to make the change . |
| 6 | But it was enough to see the huge steel bulk , with white waves licking hungrily up its vast sides , and the grey superstructure topped with the red funnel . |
| 7 | I could hardly see it , but it was enough to cause problems . |
| 8 | The silent question was as instinctive as her moment of surrender , hardly a conscious thought , but it was enough to wrench Isabel back from the precipice . |
| 9 | It was n't a full one , but it was enough to give him a little pain . |
| 10 | Like an elderly coquette hiding her wrinkles , she did n't allow much sunlight into the auditorium , but it was enough to give the game away . |
| 11 | But it was enough to drive Labour out of power for what they were to call , in their turn , ‘ Thirteen Wasted Years ’ . |
| 12 | The second act rather concentrates on Chaplin 's ‘ non American ’ activities ( nothing worse than having Socialist views and an interest in Russia ) but it was enough to drive him out of the country . |
| 13 | But It was enough to win them the whole Challenge . |
| 14 | He was n't as badly hurt as he looked , actually , but it was enough to make us all think at least twice . |
| 15 | And just the sense of security and I do n't think that the level of incidence was very high , but it was enough to make people feel insecure about walking through there at night . |
| 16 | But it was enough to make all the garden 's inhabitants drowsy , Caroline thought , yawning . |
| 17 | The defect was not noticeable when the recorders were being used for voice or music , but it was enough to mess up software . |
| 18 | Clearly suffering from the after-effects of a hip injury , she was knocked down for a koka — just three points — by the Soviet Elena Petrova , but it was enough to wipe out her hopes of a third consecutive world title . |
| 19 | Less than six on the Richter scale , he found out later , only a tremor , really , but it was enough to change Creed 's mind about returning to the office . |
| 20 | It was only a short spell of relief , most of it spent down Channel in atrocious summer weather as I remember , but it was enough to whet my appetite for more , and the start of a long love affair with Venturous . |
| 21 | It had been the faintest of sounds , but it was enough to bring her slowly to her feet , alert and expectant . |
| 22 | ‘ It was a bad day and we only caught about 2lb 6oz but it was enough to land the trophy , 2 added Alf , a foreman in the fabrication department . |
| 23 | I made a lot well , three prints a year on average is n't much but it was enough to keep me economically viable . |