Example sentences of "[adv] [been] enough [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fine drizzle that has been falling all afternoon has not been enough to stop the match between Scotland and Ireland , but enough to keep the crowds away . |
| 2 | I had seen him turn human with Margaret , but that glimpse had not been enough to tell me now whether he had stopped on recognizing me for her sake or because I was a Benedict 's nurse . |
| 3 | This ‘ pervasive desire , which has not been consistently felt ( and which certainly has not been enough to guarantee that every professional a cappella ensemble is equally admired by every scholar-critic in England ) can be interpreted in various ways . |
| 4 | Ending legal segregation has not been enough to end segregation itself . |
| 5 | The general comfort , feel and fit of its shoes has generally been enough to attract a regular and loyal band of supports . |
| 6 | The universe had been enclosed with wood , but there had n't been enough to go round , and through the gaps nothingness waited , strips of bottomless black stuck on the rosy sky . |
| 7 | IMP had paid her generously , and she 'd hoarded the little money she 'd made on her flat once it had been sold , but it still had n't been enough to buy her somewhere to live . |
| 8 | Alina was holding onto the door , because the six steps that she 'd taken to reach it had almost been enough to exhaust her ; Belov dusted off his hands and came over to her now , and he took her by the shoulders and turned her around and steered her back toward the bed that she 'd just left . |
| 9 | For although there was work here , there had never been enough to supply the desperate horde which had applied for it , choking this ancient heart of the town to death with its demands for air and space and water , overwhelming its sanity resources , clogging its sewage channels , fouling its canal , draining its reservoirs . |