Example sentences of "look [prep] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe P and Q and R behave alike , but there may be times when the algorithm folds a set { P , Q , R } where , say , Q sometimes occurs in a context which never contains P or R. The algorithm looks for any context which contains some of X 's children but not the others . |
| 2 | The kitchen looks like any other to be found in an establishment catering for large numbers . |
| 3 | It had been skinned , neatly eviscerated , and would have looked like any carcase in a butcher 's shop if it had n't been for the head . |
| 4 | Now at this point I want to sort of take a break from looking at the development of the Communist Party to looking briefly at the peasantry because although the peasantry have been in the background for much of the time , we have n't actually looked in any detail , so far , at the condition of the peasantry in China . |
| 5 | Letters like these are worthy of recording , especially when the writer from Camberley finished with a p.s. that concludes ‘ As a satisfied customer , needless to say I have not even looked at any other . ’ |
| 6 | It was in fact the first time in his life that he had looked at any woman . |
| 7 | That 's it ; except Nina stopped looking for any knight a long time ago . ’ |
| 8 | It was barely four o'clock when he entered the hut of the Ngo brothers and he waddled threateningly down the canter of the earth floor towards them , shining his flashlight right and left , looking for any excuse to employ his cane . |
| 9 | I felt they were looking for any excuse to start a fight . |
| 10 | I was still left looking for any element that could be described as cavalier . |
| 11 | He took care to appear blithely unworried as he strolled with his staff , for he knew only too well how the French sympathizers in the city were looking for any sign of allied defeatism that they could turn into an argument to demoralize the Dutch-Belgian troops . |
| 12 | She had been watching him intently , looking for any sign that he was sceptical about this mission . |
| 13 | Corbett stayed in the castle the rest of the day , wandering about , looking for any place he could sit and quietly meditate on all he knew . |
| 14 | We 're looking for any trace of clothing , it 's a big area with a long wall and the mounted police can cover it much more quickly than officers on foot |
| 15 | I was actively looking for any hint of SCUM support for about 6 weeks after the campaign … not ONE solitary supporter could be found . |
| 16 | But we 're still perplexed as to how the accident could have happened and we 're still looking for any motive for murder or suicide . ’ |
| 17 | Therefore , we 're not , other than the specific items that appear on your additions list , we 're not looking for any growth in the base budget at this stage , over and above that that 's already built into your budget base . |
| 18 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 19 | There is no point in looking for any improvement in the journal while he was second in command — there was none . |
| 20 | What you 're looking in any formula say from a carbon compound you would be looking for that was bonded to four different groups , it does n't matter what the groups are , it does n't matter how big , how small they are |
| 21 | In looking at any scene , I have learnt to throw it out of focus , and at the same time to blur the mind so that the scene becomes hazy ; then sometimes the sublime images well up in place of the mundane things ; rather the mystical things come from a transformation of the mundane . |
| 22 | However , it should be clear in looking at any landscape that some places are , or have been , more important than others . |
| 23 | But I defy anyone looking at any part of the earth 's history closely and with an open mind , not to be struck by the super-abundance and ubiquity of particular fossils . |
| 24 | It is impossible by looking at any structure to work out how it developed . |
| 25 | When you are actually sort of writing er , say if you are , when you are doing your project or doing your work it 's not just sufficient to say always T ratio is greater than two , therefore , it 's statistically significant , you must calculate the er correct critical value you use , right , for th for each T ratio and also if you are looking at any diagnostics or looking at the significance of the regression which is an F statistic right you must give the five percent or ten percent whichever you choose . |
| 26 | Well , I think all I can do is to reiterate that this road would not be considered for construction at all at this stage if it was n't for the probable re-siting of the erm transfer station and therefore we would not be looking at any aspect of it at this time if it were not for that . |
| 27 | So we look for any mark under the cuts , or for a bump on the back of the head . ‘ |
| 28 | Look for any safety warnings and if it says NOT SUITABLE it means what it says . |
| 29 | These powers are very crafty and will look for any opportunity to get at us . |
| 30 | You have only to look through any cookery book index to realise the extent of the French influence on even the most basic of dishes and the number of French recipe titles is further proof of a lasting international legacy . |