Example sentences of "any [noun] [prep] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 There was strict discipline and we were n't allowed to make any noise in case we were heard .
2 If they failed to consider any change of heart she may be tempted to make in the future , that is down to their own stupidity and naivete .
3 ( 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 .
4 Mr Milken was an anti-establishment maverick who financed raiders lacking any experience in companies they bought .
5 If the harmonization process is to have any hope of acceleration it is essential for law schools to reduce their preoccupation with national law and their assumption of its superiority over other legal systems and to revert at least in some degree to the internationalism of medieval law teaching .
6 However , I believe that it is unavoidable if we are to have any hope of defending what is ours .
7 And that 's hampering the whole development process because it 's high , high wages , high wages creates migration and the whole resource allocation reflects in the economies er are disrupted and because people are moving out of agriculture because they ca n't make any money from agriculture they think they can make some money in industry like agriculture itself is being starved of capital and er so it hampers the development process , I mean it 's a complicated business but er there may well be some , some sort of strands of sense that we can draw out of this , one of which may be well if the government sectors are too large in these countries essentially it does n't matter who owns these companies whether it 's , they were privately owned or government , erm if they are inefficient they are inefficient
8 On Jan. 17 , challenging the government by repudiating unilaterally the restrictions prohibiting " any activities of acts whatsoever " formally imposed in February 1988 , the United Democratic Front ( UDF ) held a press conference in Johannesburg , announcing that it would resume full public activity and reopen its offices .
9 This court is in no way prejudging any defence of justification which may hereafter be raised in those libel proceedings .
10 It should be remembered that any contract for sale which provides for the purchaser to obtain vacant possession on completion now implies a provision that the vendor will procure before completion the cancellation of a registered Class F Land Charge ( Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 , s4(1) ) .
11 The winner will receive £5000 worth of holiday vouchers valid at any branch of Pickfords which can be used however you wish during the twelve month period to have the holiday ( or holidays ) of a lifetime .
12 But the " public figure " doctrine denies virtually any protection to persons who are prominent in public affairs , simply because of that fact .
13 It is an offence under Section 47(2) to do any act or engage in any course of conduct which creates a false or misleading impression as to the market price or value of any investments if the purpose is to create that impression and thereby induce another person to acquire , dispose of , subscribe for or underwrite those investments or to refrain from doing so or to exercise or refrain from exercising any rights conferred by those investments .
14 Section 47(2) of the FSA makes it an offence for a person to carry out any act or engage in any course of conduct which creates a false or misleading impression about the market in , or the price or value of , any investment .
15 Difficult as it is to summarize so majestic a body of work as that produced by Hailey in the days when he reigned supreme as the Colonial Office 's oracle on Africa , it seems fair to say that the main impression to be derived from it is of his anxiety to avoid committing the British government to any course of action which might prove to be irreversible .
16 The good news is that as none of your other fishes have shown any signs of disease it sounds as if it was something non-infectious , so that you should have nothing to worry about regarding their health .
17 This subsection does not , of course , affect any liability for negligence which the defendant may incur qua occupier of the premises or keeper of the animal , but it is thought that the keeping of guard dogs is consistent with the occupier 's duty to trespassers , provided at least some warning of their presence is given .
18 Beginning with education , there is general agreement that it is not just any kind of education which will encourage economic growth .
19 I am not suggesting , of course , that such uniquely referring terms are available for any kind of objects whatever .
20 Oh any kind of skins they bought .
21 The situation that , that a lot of people find themselves in nowadays , now er council housing is no longer available to an awful lot of people , is that they 're at the mercy of private landlords , and in order to have any kind of home they have to go along this sort of conditions and rent levels laid down by private landlords .
22 For around £5 each , DIY shops sell locks to fit any kind of window which makes them impossible to open without the right key .
23 Safer sex is any kind of sex which reduces or eliminates the risk of blood , semen or vaginal juices getting from one person into the other 's body .
24 Idealism here has nothing to do with ‘ ideals ’ in the ordinary English sense of ethical or spiritual values : it is connected rather with ‘ ideas ’ , and serves to label any kind of philosophy which puts the emphasis on mind , understanding and reason rather than on experience and the senses .
25 None of us can expect assistance from a Vala ; nevertheless in any kind of Mordor it is one 's duty to go on .
26 Is there any kind of conflict which upsets you more than others ?
27 In the researchers ' view , if the character was to have any kind of success she should reflect a more contemporary lifestyle .
28 The labour force is becoming more like the military with the use of a limited age range and the screening out of anyone with any kind of disability who might not be able to work at a pace and with the flexibility and precision which will maintain the return on the very large capital investment .
29 To achieve that , different sets of genes must be shut off in different cells , and shut off heritably — so that , for example , a dividing liver cell produces another liver cell and a dividing skin cell another skin cell , despite having all the genes at its disposal to produce any kind of cell it fancies .
30 When involved in any kind of search we obviously need to be able to recognise what we are looking for , the goal state .
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