Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Zhao was allowed to retain his party membership and would face no further charges , but the decision effectively foreclosed any possibility of his early rehabilitation . |
| 2 | Choosing one category as a base effectively turns any polytomous variable into a series of dichotomous variables known as dummy variables . |
| 3 | In fastening the strips together to construct any model , choice has to be made of the correct size of nut and bolt involving both sorting , matching and then screwing . |
| 4 | The Court of Appeal held that as the main purpose of Mr Stark 's contract had merely been the regular and efficient distribution of newspapers and since there was no evidence he should personally engage in distribution , it followed that the contract was not a ‘ contract personally to execute any work or labour ’ and therefore Mrs Gunning was not employed under such a contract . |
| 5 | Perched uncomfortably on the high stool , he pressed his ankles together to prevent any movement of his dangling legs . |
| 6 | The proposals sensibly resist any temptation to over-egg an already rich international pudding by staging more one-day internationals than are presently staged in England . |
| 7 | Presence of these substances in the blood presumably replaces any need for supercooling , and allows pelagic fish to hunt in the highly productive region immediately under the ice floes . |
| 8 | It was made clear , furthermore , that the Society did not regard the houses of businessmen or the ‘ newly rich ’ as ‘ distinguished ’ , and in my opinion this piece of out-dated thinking crucially undermined any serious authority the Society may have achieved to arbitrate on standards in our profession . |
| 9 | DAVID Rocastle 's first league goal for over 13 months finally banished any lingering relegation fears for Leeds . |
| 10 | Spencer thus condemned any attempt to change women 's position in society , just as he opposed any state intervention to safeguard the position of the poor and weak . |
| 11 | In the event of any dispute or difference between the parties hereto concerning any matter of thing arising under this agreement such dispute or difference shall be referred to an independent surveyor agreed between the parties hereto or in default of agreement to a surveyor appointed for the purpose on the application of either party by the President for the time being of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors who shall act as an arbitrator pursuant to the Arbitration Acts 1950 to 1979 or any statutory re-enactment thereof for the time being in force |
| 12 | His few words scarcely made any sense to her . |
| 13 | ‘ None of the brothers ever heard any disturbance in the night , ’ said Owen sombrely , ‘ but in the night it must have been done , between Lauds and Prime . |
| 14 | The drawing hardly needs any explanation . |
| 15 | When Hoppy bade the Colonel good morning he looked up and , after a pause , said : ‘ My boy , very few gentlemen ever have any breakfast and none talk at it . ’ |
| 16 | This switch automatically programs any single-bed Fair Isle pattern for double jacquard which has only two colours in a row . |
| 17 | Neither programme really effected any change in the course of events , but they did build a sense of trust in those who might one day use us to bear public witness against the Godfathers of terrorism . |
| 18 | When I say ‘ relationship ’ I mean this in its purely formal sense ; there is no attempt here to make any claim about possible causal relationships between ideas and practice . |
| 19 | Turn the child 's head to the side frequently to clear any water that comes up . |
| 20 | Now it is not my intention here to criticise any particular type of food or the individual who wishes to consume it . |
| 21 | If possible , either the hall porter or receptionist will escort the guests to their room offering to carry any hand luggage and walking a few steps ahead to open any doors . |
| 22 | Lunch-time entertainment consisted of Madam being very unladylike and seeing that the Corgi neither got any bits of sandwich that were going , nor too much attention . |
| 23 | ‘ Have you enough data yet to offer any sort of evaluation of your early projections ? ’ |
| 24 | Some algorithms forward prune any paths which fall below a certain threshold . |
| 25 | They were pioneers , simply because the Massaliotes never made any effort to know their neighbours . |
| 26 | I had to read it , a little of it , and if listeners never hear any good of themselves , then the little which I read shamed me forever . |
| 27 | Jean never put any thing away , she always says I 'm going to do it , she 's for ever saying oh |
| 28 | ‘ It would n't be sex , Markham never had any ‘ problems ’ in that direction , so to speak . |
| 29 | In fact , he made it a rule never to make any friend who could not be useful to him . |
| 30 | ‘ Duart never turned any beggar from his kitchen door . ’ |