Example sentences of "[prep] any [noun sg] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the ideal aim of any system of rights should be to try to prevent social divisions and hierarchies from becoming insulated against the ordinarily available forms of challenge . |
| 2 | To the contrary , there is a growing , glum chance that events will pass him and the European Community by , for the speed of change in Eastern Europe — an East German head of state deposed on Wednesday , a Czechoslovak Prime Minister gone yesterday — has a bewildering momentum that quite outdistances the ability of any Council of Ministers to react . |
| 3 | No predictable relationship exists between prison population and the level of recorded crime , and disproportionately large prison populations scar the landscape of any state with pretensions to liberal values . |
| 4 | The Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest ( War Restrictions ) Act 1915 restricted the right of landlords of dwelling houses within defined values to increase the rent , except by the amount of any increase in rates or on account of expenditure incurred on improvements . |
| 5 | Unlike the west , in the east an adequate understanding of any relationship between mosaics of the later second century requires an appreciation of the more stylistically integrated nature of the sample . |
| 6 | There was no sign of any trio of golfers hauling trollies . |
| 7 | But the bald statement that a garage has been sold in Middlesbrough is neither a news story , nor of any help to agents working in the market who need to know such details . |
| 8 | We are very concerned to learn of any shortfall in standards and this is why we want to hear from you if you encounter any problems . |
| 9 | The problem is not just that the children have not attended a school where English is taught ; they have not been to a school of any description for years on end . |
| 10 | They do not make the sort of sacrifice — the second mortgage , the move to a smaller house , the seven-day weeks , the abandonment of any thought of holidays for years on end -required of those starting up new commercial or , above all , industrial businesses . |
| 11 | The subsection imposes an absolute prohibition on a clerk of a licensing board , his partner , or clerk acting on behalf of any person in proceedings before a licensing board , and makes it an offence to contravene the subsection . |
| 12 | But violence unconnected with sex was still not caught by the Miller test , since obscenity was defined as necessarily including some ‘ patently offensive ’ representation of ‘ sexual conduct ’ which , being ‘ lewd and obscene ’ , could form ‘ no essential part of any exposition of ideas ’ . |
| 13 | It should be noted that the £275 minimum takes account of any reduction in damages through contributory negligence . |
| 14 | ( 13 ) Please notify us before exchange of contracts if you become aware of any change of circumstances which make inaccurate your replies to the foregoing enquiries . |
| 15 | Insurance Company : always remember to advise your insurance company of any change in circumstances , theft , malicious damage , etc . |
| 16 | The task of Positive economics , Friedman says , ‘ is to provide a system of generalisations that can be used to make correct predictions about the consequences of any change in circumstances ’ . |
| 17 | The sanctions anticipated for April 15 included ( i ) the denial of airport facilities to any aircraft flying to or from Libya , except in cases of urgent humanitarian need ; ( ii ) the withholding of aircraft insurance or maintenance services , aircraft and aircraft components from Libya ; ( iii ) the withholding of any kind of arms , military equipment or paramilitary police equipment ; ( iv ) the withdrawal of any military advisers currently advising the Libyan authorities ; ( v ) significant reductions in staff levels at diplomatic missions in Libya ; ( iv ) moves to " prevent the operation " of Libyan Arab Airlines ; and ( vii ) the denial of entry , or expulsion , of Libyans expelled or excluded from other states due to their " terrorist activities " . |
| 18 | Oh , dad is n't fond of any kind of aliens , really . |
| 19 | The Bush administration responded by prohibiting the use of dead fetal tissues for research of any kind in institutions supported by federal funds . |
| 20 | Moreover , the damages were given as at the date of the judgment , not the contract , so that a successful plaintiff would have the benefit of any inflation in values between the two dates . |
| 21 | This had been documented in health studies , and is the daily experience of any worker with travellers on unauthorised sites . |
| 22 | And she got out of bed , looked up the page , and read , A reduction in international armaments is impossible ; by virtue of any number of fears and jealousies . |
| 23 | For Locke , ‘ the consent of any number of freemen capable of a majority ’ produces the continuing existence , as well as the actual beginning , of any political society . |
| 24 | The problem can not be solved by the recognition of any number of states . |
| 25 | Stealing ( or not paying other debts ) in order to gamble is commonplace and stories abound of any number of crimes — even murder — being committed for pitifully small amounts simply in order to gamble . |
| 26 | The classic case of this was Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. ( 1893 C.A. ) where the defendants published an advertisement claiming that their product was a cure and preventative of any number of illnesses . |
| 27 | The priority was to get hold of some more men , although they would first have to be trained up to SAS standards before being of any use on operations . |
| 28 | I am worried about one of the Lindop committee 's central recommendations — that , with the recording of any information on computers , fact should be separated from supposition or intelligent guesswork . |
| 29 | Alternatively , a search may be conducted by the usage of any group of additives . |
| 30 | There is little sign of any consolation for backers of the three horses whose trainers forgot to declare their ( ‘ laid-out ’ ) horses for tomorrow 's race . |