Example sentences of "be [adj] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the next section we shall consider three sceptical arguments which are strong enough to be worth taking seriously . |
| 2 | We have played five matches and not lost a rubber so it shows we are strong enough to be in the finals . |
| 3 | ’ They use the excuse that the shops , especially the ones selling really expensive designer gear are rich enough to be able to afford to lose a few clothes . |
| 4 | THERE ARE SO many people who helped to make this time special that I am sorry not to be able to mention them all by name . |
| 5 | I am sorry not to be present in Cardiff today . |
| 6 | But she was a cheery old sort , if a shade old-fashioned ( ‘ I am old enough to be your mother , Prime Minister' had gone down rather well ) , and when she finally shuddered to a halt , having gone through at least two red lights , she was rewarded with much applause . |
| 7 | ‘ I am old enough to be your father , ’ I said to myself as much as to her . |
| 8 | Unlike earlier pop stars , they have been careful not to be ripped off — they have a hand in the business side , share production , invest their earnings wisely . |
| 9 | Some seeds are light enough to be blown away but bigger seeds can only be shifted by animals and once again plants produce special food as payment for the job . |
| 10 | This is only a possibility when the songs are popular enough to be published in this form . |
| 11 | His house is large , and his children are old enough to be free , though all still live under his roof . |
| 12 | By the time we are old enough to be surprised at our own cleverness we have forgotten how we acquired it . |
| 13 | Mike Gatting , who is the same age , and has been fortunate indeed to be excused his South African indulgence , looks a good deal older . |
| 14 | ‘ The focus of my own emotions , ’ said Ian , ‘ is not , as I think Julia 's is , my family , whom I have always been fortunate enough to be able to take for granted , but rather is it the Church , about which I 'm unduly passionate . |
| 15 | Eighteen months previously I would have been content merely to be alive . |
| 16 | When a heatwave occurs — unless we are fortunate enough to be able to do nothing but laze around — many people become increasingly bad-tempered . |
| 17 | I hope that the hon. Members who are fortunate enough to be called before will bear in mind that limit in fairness to their colleagues . |
| 18 | If you are fortunate enough to be in one of the large metropolitan areas training will be available without the additional burden of travel . |
| 19 | The dip slopes and scarps formed by the Chalk members are generally clearly recognisable on aerial photographs ; some are prominent enough to be identified on Landsat images . |
| 20 | Staff at the centre say they 'll care for the animals until they 're strong enough to be returned to the wild . |
| 21 | Well , I think not that they 're afraid not to be but |
| 22 | ‘ You must be looking forward to when you 're old enough to be a Brownie like your sister ! ’ |
| 23 | Right they 're all different but they 're similar enough to be a bit confusing . |
| 24 | There 's work that needs to be done , in most of the major sports grounds , but that 's proceeding and there 's , if you can imagine that there 's , in Shrewsbury for example , a lot of the work which we would want to be done on the grounds have been less than enthusiastic about doing , because they 're likely not to be there for very long . |
| 25 | This came as something of a surprise , for nothing Victor Saunders had told me about the Priut refuge quite prepared me for my first sight of this three-storey silver sausage — an amazing futuristic construction with a dining room that looks out on a wonderland of peaks , and with some four-bedded dormitories which , if you 're lucky enough to be allocated one , ensures a degree of comfort far different from alpine-style overcrowding . |
| 26 | It seems that if they 're lucky enough to be in work , they can still command good salaries . |
| 27 | But others will be kept in cages until they 're well enough to be released on another coastline unaffected by the oil slick . |
| 28 | If they 're stupid enough to be homeless ! |
| 29 | You 're young enough to be dramatic about everything . " |
| 30 | you 're young enough to be so impressed by it . |