Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] any [noun sg] be " in BNC.

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1 The ratio of the proportions of lavas and pyroclastic rocks in any area is of some intrinsic interest , but the total rate at which new pyroclastic rocks and lavas are erupted at destructive plate margins is of more fundamental significance .
2 This ensured that individual diamonds of any size were liable to have long and sometimes dramatic histories , reflecting at times the rise and fall of empires or the end of dynasties .
3 In addition , all estimates of quantitative genetic variables by any method are sensitive to the environment in which they are measured ; misleading gene-environment interactions can occur in an environment other than that in which the life history evolved .
4 A useful rule to remember is that a diagonal line between opposite corners of any rectangle is the longest dimension available .
5 One of the basic problems for any government is that the higher the level of taxation , the greater the financial incentive to avoid or evade it .
6 Dried specimens of any sort were always kept by him and roots of many more .
7 In microprocessors the only European producers of any scale were Philips , Siemens and SGS/Thomson .
8 Looking at in-law relationships generally , it is apparent that one of their distinctive features in any culture is that they are conducted both through , and in a sense for the sake of , a third party .
9 The blue tits in any area may vary , but they can not be divided into two or more discrete groups ( except by sex , or by age ) , and the distinction between blue tits and great tits in any area is absolute ; intermediates do not exist because the two species do not interbreed .
10 Rusche and Kirchheimer attempted to demonstrate that penal practices in any society were directly connected to the mode of production .
11 Who is responsible for ( in the sense of starting ) the various quarrels in any family is usually six of one and half a dozen of the other .
12 The most intensively automated sections of any library are probably the short loan collections of universities , where books in high demand are separately shelved and issued for varying brief periods of a few days down to a few hours on one day .
13 Hence very big animals of any kind are taboo .
14 ‘ Being brought in for big games without any warning is something I 'm used to .
15 ‘ Being brought in for big games without any warning is something I 'm used to .
16 Although the landscapes on both sides of the Border are very similar , from the lowlands north and east of Carlisle through fells rising to the Cheviot range and falling again to the coastal plain , it is still noticeable that permanent settlements of any size are fewer along the Scottish side .
17 Structural reforms of any sort are unlikely under this present Conservative Government .
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