Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] any [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One polytechnic had expressed its fears to the Council that not all boards would operate the new arrangements , and had received an assurance from the Chief Officer that ‘ corrective action would be taken as soon as possible where any Board was seen not acting in the spirit of the new arrangements ’ . |
| 2 | An instance of the second sort could be derived from the claim that to understand this or any proposition is to know under which conditions it is true and under which it is false . |
| 3 | Much more entertaining than any guide is the dyspeptic company of Maurice Hewlett 's , The Road In Tuscany ( 1906 ) which finds in Montepulciano ‘ much to make the judicious grieve … the Piazza a barrack square , the belfry a maimed stump ’ and so on . |
| 4 | In 1636 Mersenne made a series of tests on wires of different materials but it is doubtful if any use was made of the information . |
| 5 | I am not free while any woman is unfree , even when her shackles are very different from my own . |
| 6 | As the baggage section is now optional on the IT policy Branches should check this before any claim is paid as the claim may need to be directed to a Home Insurer . |
| 7 | Pains in the extremities like hot wires usually better ( > ) keeping still ; so sore that any jar is unbearable . |
| 8 | It was not self-evident that any impartiality was due to those who supported or excused attempts to achieve political change by terrorism . |
| 9 | He could not be bothered to read anything longer than a single sheet of paper , and even that with great difficulty , and got so bored when any detail was explained to him that he often fell asleep . |
| 10 | We have also explored the left-inclined critique of responsible party government and pluralism , so highlighting the extent to which theory is up against theory as much as any theory is assessed up against facts . |
| 11 | Supertrim is specially selected lean quality meat , ready trimmed , so little if any preparation is necessary . |
| 12 | They was made that two men had to lift 'em , so there was hardly likely that any thief was gon na get in there and run off with one of these boxes cos you 'd never lift it . |
| 13 | Coun Hedley added : ‘ It is likely that any upturn is 18 to 24 months away and any decisions on the future of the estate should be deferred until the position is clearer . ’ |
| 14 | On the two biggest international issues confronting the UK — the resurgence of German power and the ecological threat — there is equally little that any party is prepared to do : the former is the basis for a future stability of the EC , the latter has already reached such ominous proportions that , as is evident in the evasions preceding the Rio summit , governments the world over are hiding their heads in the sand . |
| 15 | In 1946 , they had rejected his regime ; now , when it could be of use to them , he was going to make sure that any cooperation was given on his terms and in his good time . |
| 16 | Be sure that any frost is over . |
| 17 | Conflict between the COS and the evangelicals was almost inevitable given the view of the latter that any soul was worthy of salvation . |
| 18 | Armour saves are not allowed for hits from a bolt thrower , because the missiles are so fast and deadly that any armour is pierced along with its wearer . |
| 19 | I am not sure if any time is saved by taking this route , but it is much more interesting . |
| 20 | Our bar lunches , for example , are as reasonable as any hotel 's in the area . |
| 21 | As he peered through his mind 's eye it seemed rather that the deepest water changed into a different type of material which sank down and down forever , tossed by its own fierce storms , swayed by its own currents that were swifter than any ocean 's — until far off elsewhere there surfaced from this immaterium yet other seas of life , which were other worlds . |
| 22 | It is also to be found in the special character of the theory of language which more than any other was responsible for this development , that of the Swiss philologist and professor of linguistics Ferdinand de Saussure ( 1857–1913 ) . |
| 23 | It is important that any ballvalve is the appropriate design for the water pressure . |
| 24 | As Adam Smith observed , it is important that any tax is perceived by the taxpayers to be fair . |
| 25 | Examining patients with and without uraemia enabled us to look at the gastric mucosal damage over a very wide range ( 43 fold ) of in vivo ammonia production making it unlikely that any association was missed . |
| 26 | It 's as safe as any job is in today 's industrial |
| 27 | Altogether Höll 's weight and authority are as impressive as any pianist 's in this work . |
| 28 | Tina herself was not a risk in this area because the man she had lived with longer than any other was paying her £50 a week for the children 's keep . |
| 29 | It is necessary that any notation be hospitable to the insertion of new subjects . |
| 30 | He dismissed any such link for lack of proof ; for him there was ‘ no tracing the connection of ancient nations , but by language ; and therefore I am always sorry when any language is lost , because languages are the pedigree of nations . |