Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] [be] any " in BNC.

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1 The crucial difference between special interest , or special damage , and genuine grievance was that a special interest was one greater than that of other affected people generally , whereas a genuine grievance did not need to be any different in type or intensity than that of other affected persons .
2 There does not appear to be any threat to individual species from agriculture .
3 There does not appear to be any preference for particular types : worldwide issues and trends , market research , attitudinal surveys were all mentioned .
4 Though pedestrians and cyclists are to be ‘ encouraged to use the facilities provided for them ’ there do not appear to be any facilities other than the traditional footpath .
5 I said that I hope to breed the fish in this tank , but at the moment there does not appear to be any indication of willingness to breed on the part of any of the fish .
6 There do not appear to be any negative affects on the plants .
7 There did not appear to be any police in the crowd .
8 Executive voices have been raised several octaves over the issue ( UX No 433 ) , and there does not appear to be any clear agreement yet on how COSE firms would level this playing field .
9 There did not appear to be any certainty that the RHA would make capital gain out of the exercise , whether or not such gain might be applied for non-mental health purposes .
10 The ACOG guidelines ( 1986 ) do not specifically address weight training , which is becoming increasingly popular with women , but there do not appear to be any documented harmful effects .
11 The existence of an internationalised contract between a private entity and a State is frequently asserted , and there does not appear to be any reason why international law can not be the proper law of a contract between an international organisation and a private entity .
12 Whilst there does not appear to be any universal agreement on the precise meaning to be attached to these prefixes ( compare the definitions of modern algebra in [ 71 , p. 669 ] and [ 81 , p. 702 ] ) we can fairly safely say that classical algebra is the present synonym for the theory of equations , a theory in which are manipulated symbols which invariably represent numbers , be they complex , real or rational .
13 Equally , there does not appear to be any great regional variation in the use of temporary workers , except that almost all agency workers are in the South East of the country .
14 Thirdly , there does not appear to be any general right to attend a hearing as the friend or adviser of the individual directly concerned ; whether such a right exists depends on the nature of the tribunal in question .
15 The dates of composition of both Hocazade 's and Ali Tusi 's works on the seem to be unknown , and there does not appear to be any evidence which would enable one to date the foundation of Mehmed II's addition to the Uc Serefeli medrese .
16 Sadly , there do not appear to be any takers .
17 For risk ratings of eight or lower there does not appear to be any relationship , recall being consistently rare , this of course constitutes the bulk of the data , 983 of the 1,120 situations scored .
18 However , as can be seen from Figure 4.7 , there does not appear to be any overall relationship between mean risk rating and P(A) in this study .
19 Computers , especially microcomputers and terminals with monitors , have been claimed to be harmful to the health of the operator because of radioactive emissions although at the present time there does not appear to be any conclusive proof that a real danger to health exists .
20 There do not appear to be any significant decisions on the word " technical " , but it is not difficult to contemplate circumstances where the purchaser may wish to absorb his purchase into an existing business which operates with different technology .
21 There did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances .
22 A police spokesman said there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances .
23 Officers could not reveal how he died , but said there did not appear to be any suspicious circumstances .
24 Now I do n't think of us here and neither , certainly myself , I I would not claim to be any form of artist or expert but I think a lot of us can enjoy er getting our hands dabbling with paint erm paper mâché and other activities and in fact having that opportunity of ex enjoying those experiences that 's we ought to be able to offer to people in Cambridge and many peop children in schools they they do get opportunities but I think particularly amongst older people who 've never had that opportunity and I think you should be do so .
25 There do not have to be any homeless people !
26 On the other hand , the required energy coupling capacitors cause problems and can be expensive at higher current levels , and there does not seem to be any proof that there is a volume , weight , or cost saving over the standard Buck topology for any given equivalent performance level .
27 She knew perfectly well she was going to make love to him sometime , so there did not seem to be any hurry .
28 There did not seem to be any wounds or any broken bones .
29 ‘ Look — ’ There did not seem to be any way of wrapping it up .
30 Press response If there does not seem to be any response to your press release , do not be afraid to follow it up with a telephone call .
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