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August 21, 2008

Plenty

plenty (adjective) - a large amount, enough and probably more than you need

plenty of cash
plenty of time
take plenty of time, if you wish

plenty of Y
plenty of space
a bag with plenty of space inside

take plenty of water on your hike
take plenty of money to the store with you

plenty of opportunities
plenty to eat
plenty of fish to catch
plenty of cockroaches

plenty of evidence that he committed the crime
plenty to choose from
plenty of people at the party

plenty available
plenty of scope for maneuvering

plenty of wine
plenty of energy
plenty of talent
plenty of examples

plenty of parking spaces in the neighborhood
plenty of ideas generated at the meeting
plenty of storage area in the apartment
plenty of things to do before I die

plenty of brains
plenty of things to do
plenty of things to choose from
plenty of dishes to choose from

still got plenty to work on

in plentiful supply
labour was plentiful
a plentiful body of evidence to show Y

plenty of instances
plenty of instances of priests living openly with their wives

plenty to occupy the children
plants need plenty of light to grow
Stake out plenty of territory
there are plenty of people who don't agree
situation should provide plenty of drama
makes plenty of long journeys all over the country
plenty of wine-tasting tours

got plenty of time
printing pictures with plenty of tones and shades


Example sentences:

* The bag has plenty of space inside.

* There's plenty of time for you to get the report done.

* There's plenty of things to do in town.

* The town has plenty to attract weekend visitors.

* There are plenty of dishes to choose from.

* Luke and Maggie found plenty of food in the refrigerator.

* But take a tie and plenty of cash to the party.

* He's got plenty of brains as well as brawn.

* But we've still got plenty to work on and we won't get into the real tour rhythm until next Saturday.

* The plants need plenty of light to grow.

* We've got plenty of time.

* But you'll have plenty of time to get to know him, sir.

* They had plenty of time, and yet she felt that there was almost none.

* A man whose actions and motives she had plenty of cause to doubt.

* Well I can get a taxi easy enough, there's plenty of them god knows.

* There's plenty of room here inside the tent for the five of us.

* I've plenty of handkerchiefs at home.

* But there are plenty of instances of priests living openly with their wives.

* Overall, a really wonderful place, a tropical island, a sports paradise, a delightful golden, sandy beach, plenty to occupy the children, and evening entertainment… what more could anyone want from their holiday!

* Dee makes plenty of long journeys to clubs all over the country usually in a hired Ford Fiesta, as he doesn't own a car.

* Naturally there's plenty of wine-tasting tours, visits to the huge cellars and between June and October wine festivals are held.

* There is by now a plentiful body of evidence to show how labour processes in nineteenth-century Britain were broken down, particularly after mechanization."

* Cotton is grown in most rug-making countries in the East, particularly in India and Persia, and is consequently in plentiful supply.

* For most of the period up to the beginning of the Second World War, labour was plentiful and unemployment rates varied from moderate to the very high rates of the depression.

* Dig in plenty of rotted manure, but ensure the ground has settled firmly before planting.

* She did not sing at all, as it happened, but there were plenty of singers there.

* When I tried printing pictures with plenty of tones and shades, some faint vertical bars did appear, but most people probably won't want to use it for heavy graphics output.

* Buildings are of the plentiful stone from the district and the sculpture is of as high quality as in the north of Italy at this time.

* Birds were plentiful, but in many cases not as plentiful as Gould had been led to believe.

* Books or packs which offer compilations of primary source materials have also become more plentiful, including those produced by local record offices and museums.

* Of course, the capacity of societies with little technology but plentiful manpower to erect impressive structures can be widely illustrated.

* Discoveries were plentiful, theories sometimes novel but not, as it were, unexpected.


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