Example sentences of "[adj] that [prep] any [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If it is clear that in any event the plaintiff is entitled to a substantial sum , a reasonable proportion of such sum may be awarded whether or not the plaintiff is in immediate need of it ( Schott Kem Ltd v Bentley & Ors [ 1991 ] 1 QB 61 ) .
2 I make it absolutely clear that in any case of official error , no matter how far back the case goes , payment will be made .
3 It is quite clear that in any examination the examiner has a very short time to spend on any individual question .
4 ‘ It 's no worse than driving in mist , ’ I said , to comfort him , though in fact it was hard to see the road ; I was afraid that at any moment the car would go bumping off it , into the surrounding desert .
5 She looked beyond him into the darkness afraid that at any moment Craig would return .
6 Afraid that at any moment someone would shout ‘ Grab her ! ’ and drag her off to some unspecified yet ineluctable torment , she forced herself at least to look calm while she sat at the console on the dais .
7 This is a factor in selection , and all Cabinets have some first-class administrators , but there are other , political reasons for appointments and it is possible that in any Cabinet of twenty , a half would not have been chosen if the only grounds had been the capacity to run a large department .
8 The situation is so serious that for any government to do what is necessary , it will have to be hated .
9 It is obvious that for any group of companies to grow , a good balance is required between those which continually need cash injections to stay in business ( the capital-intensive type of enterprise which is typical of much of the chemical industry ) and those which can generate very high profits and throw off cash when things are going well .
10 ‘ While it is almost inevitable that in any money laundering activity a credit or financial institution will be involved , ’ FRAG says , ‘ there is a much lower probability of an accountant being involved …
11 Although it is repeatedly said that at common law a man must keep his fire ‘ at his peril , ’ research shows that we can not be sure that at any period in the history of the common law a man was absolutely liable for the escape of his fire .
12 I pressed my face right into the mud , I was urinating , certain that at any moment I should be killed .
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