Example sentences of "[be] enough " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're enough to make a saint lose her temper , ’ Robbie told him , trying vainly to escape his hold . |
| 2 | There do n't seem to be enough hours in the day to do all the things you have to do , quite apart from your laundry ! |
| 3 | As I said earlier this year , there will not be enough of any one crop to give self-sufficiency , but the contribution this small plot has made to the good budget has ten times repaid the outlay on seeds and materials . |
| 4 | In sinking air even this would not be enough to allow for much choice and , of course , it assumes that the descent will be made over open countryside and not amongst hills or moorland . |
| 5 | A brief feint at the opponent 's face may be enough to clinch the follow-up . |
| 6 | If savings have been set aside for a funeral , and would now pay for one at current prices , that money , invested at the best rate of interest , may be enough to pay for the funeral when it occurs . |
| 7 | Some work on electronic beams , while others are activated by air movement — just opening the door can be enough to set off this type . |
| 8 | ‘ The very thought would be enough to kill Turgenev , ’ so he told a friend , and posterity salutes a marvel of concentrated effort . |
| 9 | It decided it could squeeze in a fifth , but there is no room for a sixth channel and by the time you add up the extra transmission channels needed for relaying the signal onwards , there will not be enough spectrum to allow the fifth channel to cover the whole country . |
| 10 | Will there be enough parking provision and will the development cause traffic problems once it is complete ? |
| 11 | Barnes has been suffering from a hamstring strain , but he was able to train on Thursday and yesterday , and Robson had expected him to be fit for Chorzow , where a point will be enough to take England to Italy as winners of Group Two . |
| 12 | The two cities indirectly hold more than 17 per cent and 10 per cent of MBB which could be enough to stop the merger , observers said . |
| 13 | But John Heddle , who chairs the Conservative parliamentary environment committee , was confident it would be enough to ‘ buy off ’ most of those Tory MPs , particularly in marginal seats in the North and North-west of England , who have been putting intense pressure on ministers . |
| 14 | You would have thought this would be enough to keep him in bread and circus animals for the foreseeable future , but there are rumours that he intends to watch the money grow by buying out Jobete Music , publishers of the Motown catalogue — a snip at $175 million . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , it may be enough to keep the markets jittery about the country 's economic prospects . |
| 16 | But he thinks a score of 8,300 would be enough to win , compared to his world record of 8,847 , so he will not rule it out . |
| 17 | This should be enough to convince someone to give you a chance . |
| 18 | Some bands think that just playing gigs will be enough to attract a following . |
| 19 | One small drought would be enough to drive a farming family into debt . |
| 20 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 21 | It would be enough to keep his pipe pleasantly burning . |
| 22 | Half an hour will be enough to start with . |
| 23 | But ‘ business as usual ’ would not be enough to enable British producers to compete for audiences against American films . |
| 24 | They rode a wave for a while , thinking they saw a pool of talent that could be exploited and a cultural scene rich in potential stories which , together with the relative cheapness of British film production , would be enough to guarantee success . |
| 25 | But Close Watch and Taking Your Life In Your Hands alone ought to be enough to guarantee it a place in the Immortal section . |
| 26 | Mr Meacher claimed yesterday that next April the value of those allowances would not be enough to cover even the most conservative forecasts of average poll tax payments . |
| 27 | But even some admirers were puzzled by the aggressively public way he has pursued it , the more so since he has been careful to acknowledge that there may not be enough rebels to defeat the Government 's legislation with — ‘ a sad day for me ’ — Labour 's help . |
| 28 | Energy efficiency , natural gas and the limited contribution to electricity supplies from renewable resources will not be enough to contain increases in carbon dioxide and provide for the needs of a fast-expanding world population . |
| 29 | Even with supplementary feeding , only a few dolphins can be kept alive in such small reserves , which may not be enough to maintain an adequate gene pool . |
| 30 | Because the porpoise is such a slow breeder , there may not be enough individuals left to guarantee the survival of the species . |