If it was not, no amount of time would suffice.

No amount of reliving the moment, of talking it over or out, will suffice.

A small amount of calcium withdrawn from bone - not enough to affect perceptibly the strength and toughness of the skeleton - would suffice to keep the blood content steady for a long time.

For those benighted few who remain firm in rejecting every British import since the lend-lease days, though, no amount of sermonizing or high-tech, leather-upholstered, museum-quality viewing will suffice.

No amount of advice to parents suffices, an outstanding advice giver concludes; she proposes social programs that would cost plenty, in money and in effort.

She counted Dismé's coins to be sure the amount would not suffice for more than "a day or two."

To be sure, the requisite level of creativity is extremely low; even a slight amount will suffice.

But when Ms. Ma walked out on the rehearsal she attended, it became apparent that no amount of compromise would suffice to liberate the production.

A small amount of Jewish participation can suffice to keep the food kosher.

Probably no amount of patience would suffice.