Example sentences of "[pron] be [det] [noun sg] [prep] anything " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cyclotron was a research facility through into the 1980s , but was an expensive and remarkable piece of equipment to have appeared in the 1950s in a country where , neither before nor since , has there been much cash for anything scientific . |
| 2 | ‘ I doubt if there 's much chance of anything else . ’ |
| 3 | If there 's any possibility of anything to be gained from this operation — and in the absence of the kind of labour you 'd prefer to have on a job like this — I thought an extra pair of hands might be welcome . ’ |
| 4 | But there is little leeway for anything to go wrong . |
| 5 | Most schools have a selection of resources based upon a white , ethnocentric curriculum , and publishers and producers still feel there is little market for anything else . |
| 6 | In a bound book there is less chance of anything being lost — especially if you write in ink so that there can be no later alterations . |
| 7 | At first , there was little scope for anything much beyond licensing agreements . |
| 8 | Over the next few days , as the rush to load the Broompark became more frantic , there was little time for anything except work . |