Example sentences of "[adj] by any " in BNC.
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| 1 | It visits others many , many times … the rest are the great artists whose works are all love , though they may never indicate this by any common sign . ’ |
| 2 | The n eigenvalues of a square matrix A = ( Aij ) of order n are given ( see 1.16 ) by the roots of the characteristic equation unc which , in expanded form , can be written unc In theory , therefore , the calculation of the eigenvalues of A is straightforward : we form the characteristic determinant in ( 1 ) , expand it to the form ( 2 ) , and solve this by any suitable means to obtain |
| 3 | In view of the Cayley-Hamilton theorem , A satisfies its own characteristic equation ; i.e. unc Postmultiply this by any arbitrary column co and write |
| 4 | ‘ Is this by any chance … ? ’ |
| 5 | By this I mean that the commands to do or to abstain proceed from persons who no matter whether this is logical or reasonable or justifiable by any objective criterion — are believed to be persons who have the moral right to issue them : so that , correlatively , those to whom the commands are addressed feel a moral duty to obey them . |
| 6 | How I would love to be proved wrong by any one of them but parents and boys deserve my honest opinion , however much they may hate me for it . |
| 7 | It allows the corporation to pay its mineworkers lump sums of up to £37,000 on leaving the industry , which is generous by any standards . |
| 8 | If Labour Members oppose the Bill , they and the miners will know that the redundancy terms on offer — which are generous by any standards — the transfer payments available for those wishing to move to other pits , the retraining help , and the managed workshops are all being provided by a Conservative Government , despite opposition from the Labour party . |
| 9 | Glaucous and Iceland Gulls are like all-pale Great and Lesser Black-backs , their pale silver-grey mantle and wings unrelieved by any black at the tip . |
| 10 | Looking back I regard it all as fun and I 'm not embarrassed by any of it I was happy to get where I was . ’ |
| 11 | Although by now she had had twenty years in which to accustom herself to Bernard 's outbursts in private , and , in a curious way this display of his male aggression was also a powerful magnetic force for her , she was nonetheless acutely embarrassed by any public display of his temper . |
| 12 | However , it is worth pausing to question whether ‘ independence ’ in this AL is actually attainable by any adult person , irrespective of mental and physical ability . |
| 13 | All Aitken 's evidence — uncontradicted by any other evidence — confirms that well before Curtis Brown received the £500 , instructions had been given as to the charitable destination of the money . |
| 14 | Voting rights generally follow the nominal value of the shares but the statutes may limit the number of votes exercisable by any one shareholder . |
| 15 | ‘ with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him or another by any person ’ This means a deliberate frame of mind on the part of the offender to cause a certain belief on the part of the victim . |
| 16 | ‘ Would be used against him or another by any person ’ means against the victim or the victim 's baby , friend or spouse etc . |
| 17 | ‘ with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against him or another by any person ’ This point , if used , can be proved by the officer in the case questioning the offender , e.g. ‘ Did you want that Notown Football Club supporter to believe that you and your friends were going to hit him ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ ( 1 ) A person is guilty of an offence if he — ( a ) uses towards another person threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , or ( b ) distributes or displays to another person any writing , sign or other visible representation which is threatening , abusive or insulting , with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence will be used against him or another by any person , or to provoke the immediate use of unlawful violence by that person or another , or whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence will be used or it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 19 | Eighty years later Immanuel Kant , in his Zum Ewigen Frieden , ein philosophisches Entwurf ( 1795 ) proposed as one of the preliminary conditions of a lasting peace that no State should ever pass under the control of another by any means — inheritance , exchange , purchase or donation as well as conquest . |
| 20 | Saw one one lad was really really sort of well okay he was n't clever by any stretch of the imagination but he just , was just a you know a sort of no-hoper and he he riled one teacher up very very badly one day cos he did n't do his homework or he was pratting about or he was you know . |
| 21 | The network unit , used in conjunction with NewsPrint software , will be accessible by any computer including Apple Macs and personal computers , prints on paper up to 11″ x 17″ and holds 500 sheets , an initial capacity due to be expanded early next year when SunPics rolls out a sheet feeder . |
| 22 | It confers full rights of possession and enjoyment ( unrestricted by any rules as to waste ) and full rights of disposition whether during the tenant 's lifetime or by his wife . |
| 23 | Ironically , that part of the vine still receiving its principal nourishment from the grafted rootstock would send out its own shoots and , unchecked by any sort of pruning , these would produce hybrid fruit of an unplanned nature . |
| 24 | The pragmatist thinks judges should always do the best they can for the future , in the circumstances , unchecked by any need to respect or secure consistency in principle with what other officials have done or will do . |
| 25 | Dusk was thickening into darkness , unbroken by any lights along this part of the shore . |
| 26 | He is a shy , gentle innocent untouched by any selfish thoughts or feelings , who has long been a pupil of Mr Pecksniff |
| 27 | Take this from a Spare Rib interview with Catherine Itzin , founding member of the Campaign Against Pornography And Censorship ( CPC ) , which prides itself on a definition of pornography which would leave ‘ erotica ’ untouched by any new law . |
| 28 | The established main roads that had been used for traffic between the medieval towns , and had made their own width with the usage of centuries , were generally left untouched by any parish awards . |
| 29 | These wider , non-material aspects of unemployment and poverty remain untouched by any legislative provision . |
| 30 | Already several other groups and couples were out there , the penetrating French voices and cheerful laughter sounding sharp and clear in the still air , untouched by any hint of tragedy or death . |