Example sentences of "[to-vb] that any [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The judge declined to find that any of the information contained in the blue book bore the stamp of confidentiality within the criteria laid down in Faccenda Chicken , ie it could not be described as a trade secret or anything approximating thereto .
2 It would be idle to pretend that any of the Pacific islands have the kind of economic importance possessed by , say , Korea , or Malaysia , but in addition to potentially immense political importance and no small amount of charm , they have a symbolic significance — for they are what the world still thinks of when confronted with the single word , Pacific .
3 It is difficult to believe that any of the characters examined by Burdon could be selectively neutral .
4 While it is not possible to demonstrate that any of the Continental braids are of Anglo-Saxon , even Kentish , manufacture , the very close similarity between some examples on each side of the Channel makes it possible that they are at least from the same source .
5 ( This is not to imply that any of the individuals involved were not qualified for the positions they held ) .
6 It is interesting to note that detailed cross-tabulations of the main survey data ( not included in Appendix 1 ) showed that in general people who consider credit to be ‘ occasionally necessary ’ ( rather than either convenient or sensible , or never a good thing ) were more likely to say that any of the types would be difficult to arrange .
7 The US Food and Drug Administration has no evidence to show that any of the materials traditionally used as aphrodisiacs are either effective or safe .
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