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

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1 This interaction between sexuality and racism is an important source of the irrationalities and resistances encountered by a rational ‘ facts and empathy ’ approach , whether of an antiracist of multicultural variety , and poses highly complex problems for any project of deracialization .
2 Market makers can aim to run only modest positions in any group of similar stocks or they can run large but offsetting positions , i.e. being long on certain stocks and short on others such that capital gains and losses can be expected to cancel each other out .
3 If we consider Out with respect to the conception of metaphor examined above , the desperate sputterings of the main character can be seen as active or ‘ verbal ’ in their metaphoric function : his discourse mobilizes and metaphorizes all others and has only tenuous links with any reality outside its field of operation .
4 Whereas other books ( especially those on semantics and pragmatics ) have often received unfavourable reviews , Style in Fiction has received the most favourable reviews of any book of which I have been an author .
5 There are always internal constraints on any kind of notational or visual-symbolic signifying system , since these depend on an absolutely or relatively complete possession of the relevant ( social as technical ) systematic information .
6 There are also accelerated allowances for any capital expenditure on plant or machinery , tourist projects , and R&D .
7 You will probably be amazed by the range of yarns which the garter carriage can use — smooth and slightly textured acrylics of any thickness , wool , most cottons ( although not those with a very strong twist ) and even some suitable fancy yarns , for example chenille .
8 Finally , it should be remembered that in looking for linguistically significant aspects of speech we must always be looking for contrasts ; one of the most important things about any unit of phonology or grammar is the set of items it contrasts with .
9 One of the most important factors in any election campaign is finding out who is likely to vote for you — canvassing .
10 Marx saw the most important divisions in any system of stratification as stemming from differences in the ownership of wealth , and specifically ownership of the means of production .
11 Within the space of three weeks we were to experience two of the most important ceremonies of any legionnaire 's contract : the moment when he was presented with his white képi , and the celebrations surrounding Christmas .
12 Electronic publishing is a practical subject and one of the most important aspects of any EP course is the coursework : exercises undertaken by the students and marked by the teachers .
13 This definition ( Stoner , 1978 ) covers the most important aspects of any field of management , from first line supervision to the top management of a multinational corporation , in any field of endeavour .
14 Leaves are one of the most important parts of any plant , and healthy hard-working leaves are crucial to the rose .
15 One of the most important roles for any person who conducts a formal language assessment on a child is to communicate the results of the assessment to the child 's parents or guardians .
16 The two most important features of any module descriptor are :
17 Dominant winds are those which produce the largest and most damaging waves at any station .
18 Not surprisingly , the steep climb to the inner ward at the top is rewarded by possibly the most stunning views from any castle in England — to the west the Welsh mountains , to the east the Pennines and , on a clear day , the Wrekin to the south east .
19 In the above examples , the topics referred to are certain meanings , and meanings , as we saw , do not qualify as ontological existents in any case .
20 but on the other hand you 've got the T eighty eight the T seventy two which is , that 's only like the Correan one but its still got one of the , the erm , the longest range , and the most accurate canons on any tank still , I said the , the Russian military 's got some of the best in the world and that 's giving the fact that they have n't yeah the , the state of their population
21 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 .
22 Yet in spite of its obvious advantages it has not been received with any enthusiasm by the large corporations or indeed funding bodies of any description .
23 However , camcorders vary considerably in this respect , and many of the newer ones give virtually disturbance-free pictures at any playback speed from fast to slow .
24 However , institutions may put forward proposals for fully integrated courses in any subject areas where they believe that a case can be made .
25 Space is often one of the most limiting factors in any attempt to create a genuinely open-ended learning situation , and planning for its most effective use puts heavy demands on the imagination and organizing ability of teachers and administrators .
26 While they can have their uses in the very short term or as a stop-gap measure , in reality they would be needed in very large numbers in any tank containing large cichlids .
27 Hence very big animals of any kind are taboo .
28 One of the absolutely necessary qualities of any writer of fiction is the possession of what is called empathy , the ability to see life through the eyes of people very different from oneself .
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