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Discover LudwigThe phrase "were only enough" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is often used to express a shortage or lack of something. Example: "If there were only enough time in the day, I could finish all of my work."
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In 1754, there were only enough guns to arm a sixth of the eligible militiamen.
"There were only enough mattresses for one of the three years of students.
When the two American volunteers were treated, there were only enough stocks in the world to treat seven people.
Two goals from Andrew Nelson were only enough to give Dundee a 2-2 dragainstnst Kilmarnock, who remain fifth on goal difference.
And, indeed, efforts to fast-track the development of a promising candidate vaccine could potentially help to bring this all to a swifter end, even if initially there were only enough doses to vaccinate health workers on the front line.
Despite an order that only women and children were allowed in the lifeboats—of which there were only enough for about half of those on the ship Ismay boarded the collapsible lifeboat C.
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"There was only enough for one".
There is only enough real work for half that number.
Now there's only enough for three against three".
There was only enough water to wash the face".
Such low power is only enough to operate a low-power sensors.
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