Example sentences of "there [was/were] [adv] any [noun sg] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Barbara Redman , executive director of the American Nurses ' Association , said : ‘ Nursing was pushed to one side during the Bush era and there was hardly any acknowledgement that health care was an issue ’ . |
| 2 | Rufus delayed his decision , but there was never any chance that he would recognize Clement III . |
| 3 | In any event there was never any evidence that iron did any good for the non-anaemic , and it eventually fell out of fashion . |
| 4 | ‘ There was never any doubt that England would be seeded … [ it ] was based on our record in the last two World Cups . |
| 5 | ‘ There was never any doubt that England would be seeded … [ it ] was based on our record in the last two World Cups . |
| 6 | With the easy grace and dignity associated with the old amateur tradition there was never any doubt that the job would come to him , and so gifted was he as a batsman that one somehow assumed he would slip easily into it once he had learned the ropes . |
| 7 | In 1980–1 , in the first Test to be played on his home ground in Antigua , there was never any doubt that he was going to mark the occasion with a century , and , as we shall see , when England returned five years later he marked that occasion in the most spectacular fashion . |
| 8 | When Jan first saw the fresh faced youngster — by now 18 years old — there was never any doubt that she was the actress for the role of Charlene . |
| 9 | I mean , with the middle bit , we 'd put the record on and get off stage so there was never any doubt that we were playing live when we were on stage . |
| 10 | According to Mr Osborne , there was never any doubt that Phillip lived with Meli as a couple , although he also enjoyed other relationships . |
| 11 | There was never any doubt that Jeremy Taylor would be among those commemorated in the ASB . |
| 12 | Although the Falange was less central to the conspiracy , there was never any doubt that it would join in any right-wing rising that might occur . |
| 13 | There was never any doubt that the shops would take their name from the labels in the clothes , which , it was hoped , loyal customers would recognize . |
| 14 | There was never any doubt that Mr Makepeace lived alone . |
| 15 | There was never any question that the movies would become political or radical as the showmen were as opposed to Socialism and labour unions as their fellow American businessmen and , in any case , they remained firmly of the opinion that what they had to give their public was entertainment . |
| 16 | Whatever the temptation to make films with what Robert Wagner called ‘ a strong sociological punch ’ there was never any danger that the studios would move away from what were regarded as the essentials of a Hollywood film . |