Example sentences of "[be] enough for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wiping them might have been enough for most people — but not for somebody who was trying to do card tricks . ’ |
| 2 | Even such an exalted pedigree as this , though , has not been enough for some of Britain 's big stores . |
| 3 | But it will be enough for many people that the Poll Tax will cost her the next general election . |
| 4 | Manufacturers publish tables showing the different sizes of guttering which should be used for different sizes of house but , as a rule of thumb , 100mm ( 4in ) or 112mm ( 4½in ) guttering with 68 or 69mm ( 2¾in ) downpipe , which will cope with 110 sq m of effective roof with a central downpipe ( or 55 sq m with an end pipe ) , should be enough for all but the largest houses . |
| 5 | At the current rate of use of some 1.5 x 10 12 cubic metres per year , this should be enough for another 50 years or so . |
| 6 | As his firm , predatory fingers stroked her body , following her soft curves with a barely restrained urgency , she wondered if it would be enough for either of them if she were to withdraw now from their headlong fall into physical ecstasy . |
| 7 | That would be enough for most people , but in October South Africa play nine matches in France and follow that with four matches in England . |
| 8 | The worksheets themselves are organized into Notebooks which contain 257 pages each ( which should be enough for most mortals ) . |
| 9 | But the five free 16-bit slots should be enough for most people . |
| 10 | Just the achievement of finishing a triathlon , let alone managing to win one , would be enough for most athletes , but not this one . |
| 11 | Those given in the section ‘ Suggestion for further reading ’ should be enough for most readers ; the same is true for sociolinguistics , but I feel that any reading beyond basic introductory material ought to include some work by Labov , whose influence on the subject has been profound . |
| 12 | All this , you might think , would be enough for any playwright but , with reckless abandon , Shadwell keeps flinging further ingredients into his rich comic stew . |
| 13 | But though this hope might be enough for some who were actually to lift themselves out of the working class , and perhaps also for a greater number who never got beyond dreaming of success as they read Samuel Smiles 's Self-Help ( 1859 ) or similar handbooks , it was perfectly evident that most workers would remain workers all their lives , and indeed that the economic system required them to do so . |
| 14 | The criterion of legality is enough for many parents , and understandably so : a criminal conviction is a handicap and a label that may stick for life . |
| 15 | We 'll show him we 're happy , and comfortable , and safe , and we 'll pretend our happiness is enough for all four of us . |
| 16 | Today 's pain is enough for all of us . ’ |
| 17 | One ninety-minute cassette gives you forty-five minutes on each side which is enough for most people . |
| 18 | Half an hour 's detention listening to Ol' Blue Eyes is enough for most of them . |
| 19 | In theory at least , the diameters range from 5 to 15mm ( 0.2 to 0.6in ) and lengths are around 2 metres ( 78 in ) which is enough for any kite spar . |
| 20 | They 're quite pricey — £13 and £8 , respectively — but , unless your hair is very long , there 's enough for several applications |
| 21 | That 's enough for most people . ’ |
| 22 | There you are , there 's enough for some Coke . |
| 23 | There 's enough for both of us . ’ |
| 24 | Yeah , there 's enough for both of them . |
| 25 | So New York next for the students … but the Oxford Half Marathon was enough for most . |
| 26 | It was enough for both of them . |