Example sentences of "be enough [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Now if , if you accept the ten percent owning the eighty percent , there must 've been enough but the poor are not getting it .
2 Yet that would not have been enough if President Bush had not thrown away the election and the keys to the White House with it .
3 Oh yes it 's er no I think there If we just bothered there are enough or almost enough herbs to cure any Most of the common troubles .
4 For Lamb , catering is a very satisfying part of being a prison officer , but he does have dissatisfactions : ‘ I do n't think the rations are enough and there is n't enough variety .
5 Well in really warm weather a T-shirt and shorts may be enough but as it gets colder so you need to add layers of sweaters , trousers and top the whole thing up with a wind and waterproof spray suit but all that can make you a little clumsy , so the answer for most British sailors is a wetsuit like the ones that you and Suzanne are wearing .
6 Even in making oneself more aware in preparation for a choice , it will be enough that one can identify which would be the relatively stronger inclination in the fullest attainable awareness ; there will be no need to experience it in its full intensity or to prolong it after the choice .
7 Thus to love or hate you , it may not be enough that your actions in your own interests make all the difference between success and failure for my highest hopes ; but it may be enough , even if nothing you do has any bearing on my projects , that in being drawn to or shrinking from your viewpoint I feel myself in touch with a personality of which the total pattern attracts or repels my own .
8 It would not be enough that the actor merely intends to have himself arrested , for example by way of protest .
9 A little praise and an extra cuddle will be enough when the child is young .
10 One smoke alarm may be enough if you live in a mobile home or a small bungalow .
11 ‘ In the present situation , it would be enough if one individual lost his cool , ’ Gen Schwanitz added .
12 As far as I can understand she 's made only one friend ; but that would be enough if it 's a good 'un .
13 This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case .
14 A lot I think cos this this bit 's a quarter is n't it and we 'd get that 'd be enough if we cut it into quarters how many quarters would we get ?
15 I still had no thought — for obvious reasons — of making any move on her but I felt it would be enough if she was n't repelled by me .
16 ‘ Would it be enough if you had someone to hold during the long , cold nights ? ’
17 ‘ Would it be enough if you had someone to laugh with ?
18 They have to beat Ballyclare comfortably to be certain of going through , although a draw would be enough if Carrick can do no more than draw with Glenavon at Taylor 's Avenue .
19 The simple provision of substitute care for children and an uncritical belief in welfare will not be enough as concerns with outcomes and standards increase .
20 Thompson says will that be enough or do you require a complete rundown ? ’
21 The Maud Committee thought half a dozen should be enough and it followed that each committee would be concerned with a wider range of matters than the existing committees .
22 Alan and Maryon both felt that six weeks would probably be enough and did not think he could manage to continue on this diet for another three weeks .
23 And so , there 'd be the happy chatter of people as they were working , knowing there was gon na be enough and to spare .
24 This conclusion was based on the premises that ( 1 ) it is the duty of the national court to ensure the legal protection which persons derive from the direct effect of a provision of Community law ; ( 2 ) article 30 was such a provision ; ( 3 ) if Wickes is right that section 47 of the Act of 1950 is incompatible with article 30 , it has a current right to open its stores for Sunday trading , and it is the duty of the national court to protect that right ; ( 4 ) in the absence of an undertaking in damages , Wickes will have been restrained from opening on Sundays , without any right to compensation ; ( 5 ) there is no need for this purpose to assess the strength of Wickes ' challenge to section 47 on the basis of article 30 , it being enough that the challenge is not without foundation : see [ 1991 ] 3 W.L.R. 985 , 993 , per Dillon L.J. , and pp. 999–1000 , per Mann L.J .
25 Unfortunately the single-copy fallacy , the idea that it is enough that there should be one copy of any book in existence , does have support even within the British Library itself .
26 The overriding criterion — that the service of a summons is impracticable or inappropriate — does not even have to be based on objective grounds ; it is enough that it should appear to be so to the constable making the arrest .
27 Finally , the twenty-four hours of detention do not have to have produced one jot of evidence to justify their continuation ; it is enough that the police want to obtain such evidence by further questioning .
28 The complainant need not show he was aggrieved on the date mentioned in the summons , it is enough that he had been aggrieved earlier , otherwise as Darling , J. pointed out in Hilton v Hopwood it would be virtually impossible for an individual to bring an action under s.99 .
29 Whenever in relation to a loved person , idealized place or personal indulgence I find myself pushing out of mind some disagreeable thought , its relevance ( as distinct from its importance ) is not in doubt ; it is enough that it does spontaneously move me against what I have decided for .
30 It is enough that she is dead , ’ said Mrs Over .
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