Example sentences of "were [adj] [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some 2,500 Achuar had staged a three week protest march to Quito , the capital , where they were due shortly to be received by President Borja . |
| 2 | But if you were old enough to be around at the time , reactions like ‘ Well , of course , the political circumstances were such that … ’ , and ‘ Yes , I have to admit I took offence to that ’ are more likely , and cause one to take a more considered and less dogmatic view . |
| 3 | By November 1160 he had decided that Henry and Margaret were old enough to be married ; Henry was now five and Margaret a couple of years younger . |
| 4 | Sometimes she thought that when they were old enough to be doubtful strangers themselves she would still be telling them to hold hands and watch the traffic . |
| 5 | It would indeed be surprising were this not to be the case ! |
| 6 | The particles were light enough to be deflected by the jostling of a swarm of unseen atoms in the fluid as these atoms sped about their business . |
| 7 | I had always wanted a big family , and we were fortunate enough to be allowed to adopt another little girl . |
| 8 | The ideal of providing an adequate and satisfying secondary education for all ( and not just for the few who were fortunate enough to be able to pass a selection test at 11 ) seemed close to realisation . |
| 9 | Those who were fortunate enough to be in the sick wards were given sago , or rice pudding instead . |
| 10 | Following a battery of aptitude tests , those who were fortunate enough to be interviewed were promised a full time position in Banking with career opportunities commensurate with their ability and commitment . |
| 11 | If my right hon. Friend were fortunate enough to be resident in Scotland , he would find that about 89 per cent . |
| 12 | Well it was during the height of the er blitz ; we went in convoy from Liverpool , way north up amongst the icebergs which was exciting , and er then we came down to St Lawrence to Montreal , and then went down to er New York , and then eventually to er , we were dispersed around the countryside , and , and er we were fortunate enough to be sent to Cincinnati . |
| 13 | Usually only one of the delegation addressed the assembly at large on the king 's needs , but it is hardly to be believed that the remainder were content merely to be seen . |
| 14 | Later psychologists were cautious not to be too specific as to the exact nature of the local sign . |
| 15 | You were fit enough to be out on a country walk at seven-thirty this morning . |
| 16 | The stunned home side were lucky not to be two behind in Reading 's next attack . |
| 17 | Gillian Newsum has just written an excellent book about him and we were lucky enough to be offered an extract to whet your appetite ! |
| 18 | If you were lucky enough to be invited for * Eight at Number Eight' , you would sit at the dining table under the inscrutable gaze of Duncan Grant 's tabby-cat ; this cat was painted at Charleston during the First World War , and bought by the Berkeleys many years later for £75 from the Lefevre Gallery . |
| 19 | If you were lucky enough to be able to pay it then you had the dividend that came along with that . |
| 20 | We we did we were lucky enough to be in the position that we were working out of Ireland we were making a living without having to work in Ireland . |
| 21 | More than one researcher abandoned the field with the argument that if the biochemical changes really ‘ coded for ’ memory in the brain then they would be too small to be measured , and if they were large enough to be measured then they probably were n't anything to do with memory . |
| 22 | These activists then recruited their friends , who were likely also to be Free Presbyterians . |
| 23 | We were privileged just to be here ; to have attempted two new routes from this valley ; to have explored this unvisited glacier ; to have done all this with just one other person : a friend , a tent and a rope . |
| 24 | A new and successful innovation was the evolution of stemless crinoids — some of these acquired pelagic habits , and during the Cretaceous the genera Marsupites and Uintacrinus ( see p.79 ) were widespread enough to be useful marker fossils . |
| 25 | There were chances at both ends and Aberdeen were unfortunate not to be awarded a penalty when Shearer went to meet a Paatelainen cross only to be barged from behind by Narey . |
| 26 | A number were unfortunate enough to be mistaken for spies after ‘ failing to heed warning challenges ’ , and got shot at , although there was only one reported death : a James Waddell of Grangemouth , near Edinburgh , was shot through the hand and heart as he was examining flood damage in the course of his employment duties . |
| 27 | This roused the Ruffians from their lethargy and they were unlucky not to be level when a Sharman shot was deflected on to a post . |
| 28 | They finally reached Marseilles , an enormous distance , particularly when you consider the devious route they must have taken , but were unlucky enough to be spotted by the Vichy French , who were in league with the Nazis . |
| 29 | The Orc army destroyed a small scouting force of Dwarfs who were unlucky enough to be caught at the eastern end of the pass . |
| 30 | Perhaps some may have enjoyed their brief flirtation with notoriety , some may even have gained financially , but others may regret the publicity , possibly suffering from poison-pen attacks brought about by the exposure by the press of names and addresses of those who were victims of sexual attacks ( but not raped ) by The Fox or who were unlucky enough to be associated by both , marriage or friendship to this man . |