16. Cast iron is apt to break (= has a tendency to break).
17. We are liable to be (= run the risk of being) overheard here.
§ 82д.
Инфинитив может следовать почти за любым прилагательным, при котором находятся наречия степени too или enough, а также so (в этом случае после прилагательного стоит as).1. Will you be kind enough to, help me with this heavy box?
2. Will you be so kind as to lend me your pen?
3. This book is too large to go in my pocket.
4. This book is small enough to go in my pocket.
5. I’ve been too busy to write.
6. They were too tired to go any farther.
7. We were near enough to see everything.
8. We were too far away to see anything.
9. You are old enough to know better.
10. The child is too young to go to school.
§ 82е.
После прилагательных, имеющих при себе наречия степени too или enough, употребляется также сложный инфинитивный оборот с предлогом for, причем субъектом действия, выраженного инфинитивом, является существительное или местоимение, управляемое предлогом for (а не подлежащее).1. The box is too heavy for you to lift.
2. They were standing near enough for us to overhear their conversation.
3. This town is far too wicked for a young and innocent girt tike you to live alone in.
4. Не was then a tiny boy; now he is too big for it to be desirable that I should mention his name.
В последнем примере употреблено предваряющее it. Эту конструкцию можно изменить следующим образом: for any mention of his name by me to be desirable.
§ 82ж.
Предложение, в котором сказуемое выражено глаголом пассивного залога, например, Copies of this book are not easily foundВ последующих примерах инфинитив уточняет и ограничивает значение прилагательных. Сравните с § 956.
1. This room is difficult to heat. (It is difficult to heat this room.)
2. The paths were easy to find. (It was easy to find the paths.)
3. Has he been easy to get along with? (Has it been easy to get along with him?)
4. The story of their sufferings was painful to listen to. (It was painful to listen to the story of their sufferings.)