Example sentences of "any [adj] [noun] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are nothing worth looking at , for they have green hair and green teeth and little pigs ' eyes and long red noses and shod arms more like a flipper than any respectable arm that could do a day 's work . |
| 2 | Mention to almost any European bird-watcher that you are going to Iceland and the response will be ‘ You must go to Mývatn ! ’ |
| 3 | The ant repays the tree by sweeping it leaves free of fungi , by assaulting any leaf-eating animals that it encounters and by attacking any competing plant that dares come within chewing distance . |
| 4 | Any political decision that could lead to the closure of either Devonport or Rossythe would also put the defence of this country at risk . |
| 5 | Any political system that refuses to allow dissent becomes a tyranny . |
| 6 | Whether there was any political party that could comfortably find room for him was a difficult question . |
| 7 | For any political party that makes any pretence of seeking the government of this country to want to remove from the courts the sanction that my hon. Friend has described as so essential is utterly irresponsible . |
| 8 | A comprehensive account of the function and characteristic features of traditional barns follows , because it is apparent from even a brief tour of any rural district that the treatment meted out to many old barns in the course of their conversion into houses has been insensitive , or even atrocious , and even these enormities have occurred despite their owners ' clearly expressed intentions to preserve , rather than erase , the ‘ barn-like ’ qualities of the buildings . |
| 9 | The next stage is to deduct any pecuniary gain that the husband might receive as a result of the death of the wife ( eg it will no longer be necessary to support the wife ) . |
| 10 | Image , hyperbole , parallelism , comparison , repetition or any other trope are potentially all equally effective in committing poetic violence on ordinary language , and it is this differential function and not any inherent quality that constitutes their interest for Russian Formalism . |
| 11 | We require to clarify any inherent pattern that might be present in the variation of imports over time . |
| 12 | We have to get in as quickly and as quietly a we possibly can and then once in try and secure the place from any possible threat that might be in there . |
| 13 | The convention , drawn up in 1971 , requires signatories to list wetland sites for protection and notify the Ramsar bureau of any possible changes that could affect the sites ' ecosystems . |
| 14 | We have no access to ‘ things in themselves ’ apart from our experience of them ; a ‘ thing in itself ( Ding an sich ) is in fact utterly inconceivable to us , for any possible conception that we can form of anything at all will necessarily draw upon some real or imagined experience of it . |
| 15 | The ( tax free ) capital gains made by owner-occupiers generally far exceed any possible savings that they might make from their income . |
| 16 | It is always wise for the counsellor to be aware of any possible worries that the counsellee might have about the meeting , and have ready some words of reassurance about the purpose of their meeting . |
| 17 | She spoke of him occasionally , as if blithely unaware of any possible alter-egos that he might have . |
| 18 | ‘ Nor have I ever suggested to any working woman that she 'd be better off at home where she belongs . |
| 19 | he says that , having achieved the hat-trick at Lord 's and having toured England at such a tender age ( he was barely 21 ) was a ‘ fine antidote to any sore feelings that most people imagined ’ . |
| 20 | Proportional representation , for all its ‘ fairness ’ , would destroy forever any future chance of real leadership and provide a power base for any extremist minority that could muster a dozen seats . |
| 21 | Little by little you will start to release any unnecessary tension that may have been stored unknowingly for many years . |
| 22 | Officials merely provide factual material , as they would in answer to similar questions from an MP , drawing attention to any technical assumptions that have been made . ’ |
| 23 | To better understand and service your needs , we make a special effort to answer all of our customers ' questions and to help them with any technical problems that may be related to MiLAN products . |
| 24 | Furthermore , you should not hesitate to ask as many questions as you want about any points that are unclear or any technical term that you do not fully understand — including in particular any questions you may have about the level of charges . |
| 25 | There is nothing more I can do to help them , nor can they collect any low-preference votes that may have been given to them by voters whose higher-preference votes have been given to candidates of other parties . |
| 26 | You ca n't make any inferences from how you feel about the world or any emotional experiences that you may have , to what is there in reality . |
| 27 | Any professional approach that does not concern itself with supporting and facilitating these same processes of growth for people with learning difficulties must be seriously open to question . |
| 28 | Yet there was never any definite proof that Bacon was guilty of the crimes with which he was charged . |
| 29 | Harold , rather forgetful of his purpose , proceeded to upbraid the guests in a positively violent fashion and then , when he had run out of personal ammunition , he said to Haines , ‘ Joe , tell them of any specific complaints that we have . |
| 30 | ‘ The key point is that the studies did not contain any specific evidence that the drug was harmful ’ , said the minister . |