Example sentences of "[verb] been [det] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in both these instances the commercial pressure of the campaigning groups has been enough to effect change . |
| 2 | But , in that case , would it not have been enough to defend Saudi Arabia and maintain the pressure on Saddam Hussein through sanctions ? |
| 3 | The fact that a 23 year old black man was making films at all would have been enough to raise eyebrows a few years ago . |
| 4 | ' I was objecting that , whatever you thought of Reagan , the United States was the archetypal democracy ; Mr Healey was remarking how very few people bothered to vote there at all , only one in five of the eligible voters having been enough to elect Bush ; and then we arrived obliquely at the part played in politics by exhaustion . |
| 5 | It had been enough to set Freddie 's agile mind working , and he grinned expectantly to himself as he heard the watchman 's voice . |
| 6 | The mere question had been enough to provoke suspicion . |
| 7 | Until now it had been enough to produce smocks , nightdresses and long dresses in cotton for stores which would carry supplementary ranges by other manufacturers in different departments . |
| 8 | This alone had been enough to bring frowns to Felipe 's dark face , but as they were leaving Ana 's tears had suddenly been too much for Mitch to bear . |
| 9 | During the Second World War , in order to maintain Allied access to the Mediterranean , it had been enough to ensure Spain 's neutrality . |
| 10 | During his detention there had been several protest demonstrations attracting crowds of up to 12,000 people , and Khmara had twice staged hunger strikes . |
| 11 | There have been several protest meetings in the city every day this week , though not on the scale of the Prague protest . |
| 12 | There have been several protest meetings in the city every day this week , though not on the scale of the Prague protest . |