Example sentences of "[verb] in any given [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to Mary Frances Lyon , who discovered that only one of the X chromosomes is active in female mammals , it is completely random which particular X chromosome is inactivated in any given cell , so an individual female is made up of clones of cells in which either the maternal or paternal X chromosome has been switched off . |
| 2 | These models are based on an assumption that in solving complex problems about , for example , marriage , people use fairly simple set of principles , which may or may not be consistent , and which interact in any given situation ; their priority fixed by this situation . |
| 3 | The chances and not the probabilities are what the judge has to evaluate in any given case . |
| 4 | More than one focus can be adopted in any given essay , and different modes of argument can be combined ; the evaluation of Invisible Man could involve a stylistic argument , so combining mode of argument ( a ) and mode of argument ( b ) . |
| 5 | Suffices of S are equations that will be evaluated in any given case to give a packing density , followed by r to indicate bucket size , so that the correct synonym percentage can be calculated or looked up . |
| 6 | Bateson 's work is seen as challenging a view of literature as the product of " social forces " in favour of an analysis based upon the language poets had to use in any given period . |
| 7 | Anyone who deals with Ottoman institutions will know how perilous is the task of trying to define terms , since a number are possessed of multiple significations , often changing over a period of time , and the particular sense intended in any given case is not always clear from the context : will serve as one example , another , and , in the learned profession , which has the limited sense of a student at the Sahn and the wider sense of any student in " higher " education , that is , at a 20-akce medrese or above . |
| 8 | An important feature of owner-occupancy in rural areas is that the stock of housing is relatively limited in any given location and hence choice is restricted . |
| 9 | Although this is complex to analyse , the average times are easily checked in any given case . |
| 10 | Wide discretion on the part of sentencers is a hallmark of the system , and this extends both to the initial choice of sentencing aim which the sentencer thinks it appropriate to pursue in any given case , and to the selection of a particular measure from the extensive range that is available . |
| 11 | It is seldom an easy matter to determine in any given case whether the parties intended an arbitration or a valuation . |
| 12 | Thus , whereas for Jakobson the " poetic function " co-exists in any given utterance with the " referential function " , de Man takes the poetic function as the sole function , not only of literature , but of language in general . |
| 13 | Everybody from the politburo downwards should know what slogans to repeat in any given situation . |
| 14 | Even during the good periods , quoting the annual rate was misleading : the proportion of all bonds outstanding that defaulted in any given year was kept low by the huge proportion of new issues in 1986–90 . |
| 15 | Since the duty under s.2 ( 1 ) OLA 1957 is owed only to lawful visitors it is crucial determine in any given case whether the person in question is a lawful visitor . |
| 16 | Some firms have adopted a formula which reserves a power to prevent more than one partner departing in any given period ( say a year ) , with complementary provisions to determine priority as between notices served on the same day , though in these frantic head-hunting times when whole departments may be recruited at a stroke , such provisions are realistically best seen as providing a basis for negotiation ( and perhaps financial adjustment by way of compensation ) . |
| 17 | From within this perspective bishops and clergy lay down rules for the laity to follow in any given situation and the teaching of the church is seen as absolutely clear and devoid of problematic . |
| 18 | Finally , the effort required of readers is to some extent always dependent on the amount of energy they are prepared to expend in any given situation . |
| 19 | Cicada plagues , which occur in any given area exactly 13 ( or 17 ) years apart , are spectacular eruptions that have led to their incorrectly being called " locusts " in vernacular American speech . |