Example sentences of "for enough " in BNC.

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1 For many , the scramble for enough cash to afford the free market prices inevitably leads back to the state shops , and specifically to beer .
2 Until nine years ago he was heir to one of the biggest private fortunes in America , comfortably in step with the Gettys , Basses and Mellons , but had to ask for enough money to buy a house .
3 There was an inquiry about this in 1867 , when Richard Colwell was said to have left wheat at the mill for three weeks , while waiting for enough water to work the mill .
4 The Lewis home was rented for enough to cover its mortgage , and Jocasta and Tina were enrolled in an English boarding school famous for its high fees , flexible academic requirements and tolerant attitude towards the screwed-up children of wealthy foreigners .
5 ‘ It might sell for enough to pay for Miss Miggs 's railway fare to Gridford ! ’
6 Estella gives a different account of the name 's origin to Pip : ‘ Its other name was Satis ; which is Greek , or Latin , or Hebrew , or all three — or all one to me — for enough
7 However , by simply being Mr Decent , ie by not declaring a desire to eliminate his opponents , or referring to expressions of social concern as ‘ drooling and drivelling ’ and people who care as ‘ moaning minnies ’ , John Major had put down a slender but steady plank for enough people to cross from a public culture of concern and responsibility to a private preference for Conservative government .
8 The Australians have had this scrummaging law in their youth game for enough years now to see schoolboy front rows mature into the senior game and succeed to the World Cup final .
9 Knighthoods go to the class acts , the Andrew Lloyd Webbers of this world , as well as the dull but self-important people who have merely turned up at their desks in Whitehall for enough years .
10 When planning a bathroom , remember to allow for enough storage space to take towels , toilet rolls and toiletries .
11 The only way to get rid of it would be for enough Tory MPs to join with the Opposition parties to throw it out .
12 It followed pleas for enough cash to prevent the new council tax becoming a disaster of poll tax proportions .
13 Here was an example of an AE who was perfectly " revved " up This is why he was never sacked , even though his bullishness did n't make for enough sales .
14 In practice the question therefore resolves itself into : Has there been enough time for enough successive generations ?
15 When he let go of her , she fell back against the sideboard , clutching it for support , fighting for enough composure so that she could make some clever response that would make clear that the kiss had not disturbed her in the least .
16 Part of the tenancy even demands sufficient livestock grazing the valley to provide enough dung for enough flies for the bats to eat .
17 And if this chap said , the one that took it that night , he said there is no point in him doing it because he did n't have the coaches insured for enough .
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