Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can any reader suggest just when or perhaps identify any of the group ? |
| 2 | If , therefore , the lexical meaning of the verb has any negative or hypothetical value then by that very fact the speaker wholly or conditionally withdraws any assurance that the adjectival property will hold factually . |
| 3 | Section 14 of the Military Lands Act 1892 set out the general enabling power , but then went on to provide ‘ that no bylaws promulgated under this section shall authorise the Secretary of State to take away or prejudicially affect any right of common ’ . |
| 4 | Some emit poisonous gases which kill or temporarily paralyse any insects who attempt a meal . |
| 5 | Had you broken them in properly or carefully plastered any sore areas beforehand ? |
| 6 | to cause or knowingly to permit any poisonous , noxious or polluting matter to enter streams , controlled waters or specified underground waters ; |
| 7 | to cause or knowingly to permit any matter to enter a stream , so as to tend ( either directly or in combination with other matter which is caused or permitted to enter the stream ) to impede the flow of the stream in a way that would lead to a substantial aggravation of pollution due to other causes ; |
| 8 | In the fixed group , in contrast , the additional cues provided by the directionally polarizing curtains would share or even overshadow any spatial learning associated with L+ . |
| 9 | Even though the defendant knew the names and addresses of all customers , the quality of contact was not of the degree required in order to establish that he was ever regarded as " being the business " or even had any influence over the customers . |
| 10 | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . ’ |
| 11 | In each case mentioned , therefore , the employer 's commercial assessment and endeavours or the prevailing economic circumstances will significantly reduce or even remove any prospect the employee might have of being entitled to a compensation award . |
| 12 | She did n't love her husband , or even have any great affection for him , but she was mindful of the predicament in which he had placed himself by marrying so far beneath him , and she was going to make certain he never had cause to be ashamed of her . |
| 13 | The English had no time to take any defensive measures , to form up into squares or hedgehogs , or even to present any unified front , before they were ridden down , trampled on , sworded , speared and completely overwhelmed . |
| 14 | Waugh especially admired Orwell 's pioneering essay on the social implications of the vulgar seaside postcard , ‘ The Art of Donald McGill ’ ( 1941 ) ; but he lamented his rooted incapacity to esteem or even entertain any hint of religious sentiment — all the more striking and regrettable , he argues , in one plainly endowed with ‘ an unusually high moral sense and respect for truth and justice ’ . |
| 15 | I ca n't remember them reading any books or even having any books around the house to read . |
| 16 | ( iii ) been a director or member of or a beneficial owner of any share in a recognised body which directly or indirectly owned any share in another recognised body which held or received clients ' money ; |
| 17 | makes a statement , promise or forecast which he knows to be misleading , false or deceptive or dishonestly conceals any material facts ; or |
| 18 | They should not be couched in such a way as to encourage speculation or lead to further inquiry — or indeed arouse any other form of interest . |
| 19 | I have never heard a tufted duck quack , or indeed make any kind of noise so I was intrigued to learn that the female bird growls . |
| 20 | Foundationalists must keep the direction of justification all one-way , from the non-basic to the basic , or else renounce any use of the regress argument . |
| 21 | If we tried to describe a theory of legislation sufficiently uncontroversial to command close to universal assent among our lawyers and judges , we would be limited to something like this : if the words of a statute admit of only one meaning , no matter in what context they are uttered , and if we have no reason to doubt that this is the meaning understood by all the legislators who voted for or against the statute or abstained , and the statute so understood achieves no results not intended by all those who voted for it and would be so understood by all the members of the public to whom it is addressed , and could not be thought by any sensible person To violate any of the substantive or procedural constraints of the Constitution , or otherwise offend any widely held view about fairness or efficiency in legislation , then the propositions contained in that statute , understood in that way , are part of the community 's law . |
| 22 | ( m ) To control , manage , finance , subsidise , or co-ordinate or otherwise assist any company or companies in which the Company has a direct or indirect financial interest , to provide secretarial , administrative , technical , commercial and other services and facilities of all kinds for any such company or companies and to make payments by way of subvention or otherwise any other arrangements which may seem desirable with respect to any business or operations of or generally with respect to any such company or companies . |
| 23 | ( m ) To control , manage , finance , subsidise , or co-ordinate or otherwise assist any company or companies in which the Company has a direct or indirect financial interest , to provide secretarial , administrative , technical , commercial and other services and facilities of all kinds for any such company or companies and to make payments by way of subvention or otherwise any other arrangements which may seem desirable with respect to any business or operations of or generally with respect to any such company or companies . |
| 24 | These orders do not contain a blanket exemption for agreements that come within their terms but provide that in deciding whether or not an agreement is registrable no account shall be taken of any restriction : which limits the extent to which the person accepting the restriction may compete with the acquired enterprise , or may be engaged or interested in , disclose information to , or otherwise assist any business which so competes , provided that the restriction subsists for no longer than the permitted period . |
| 25 | Places to eat , places to drink , places to watch a show , places to put on a show , place to smoke or sniff or inject or otherwise absorb any of the various ecstatic drugs , places to find a partner or several , places to lose a partner , places to gamble , places to indulge you smallest whim no matter how illegal or depraved , places where if you wished you could simply stand and scream . |
| 26 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 27 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 28 | This may be achieved by allowing parents to nominate their own expert to observe or jointly conduct any examination or assessment . |
| 29 | 10.3 The Tenant acknowledges that [ its ] obligations under this agreement and the Lease shall not be affected or lessened in any way by the fact that there may now or subsequently exist any Restrictions and the Tenant shall with effect from the Possession Date comply with and indemnify the Landlord in respect of any liability under any Restrictions ( whether made before or after the Possession Date ) save in so far as such liability arises from failure by the Landlord to comply with [ its ] obligations under clause 2.2.2 It need hardly be said that the tenant 's solicitor should make all usual inquiries to ascertain whether any such restrictions exist at the date of the agreement . |
| 30 | Courageous in taking on the over-spending bogey that did such havoc in 1987 , it nevertheless opened the floodgates to a fortnight of ‘ we can give away more tax than you ’ , and exchanges between the two parties of a staggering triviality that effectively supplanted any wider debate about the economy . |