Example sentences of "it [prep] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was climbing in low gear , my eyes searching the vehicle and the bank behind it for any sign of movement . |
| 2 | Any new food regime has to be simple to follow if you are to stick with it for any length of time . |
| 3 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't do it for any reason of self . ’ |
| 5 | What is it about any situation that stops you succeeding ? |
| 6 | Er , and if I said it about any television programme you had watched . |
| 7 | He certainly did n't take it as any evidence of preferment . |
| 8 | Orcadian dialect it 's often said has no words of endearment no dears or darlings but I think perhaps came as near to it as any word . |
| 9 | You know you want to know and I would 've thought that the higher the management the more they want to know the implications , the financial of it of any plan which you 're going into . |
| 10 | Those who seek to repair the damage caused by the creation of more wealth are only locking us more deeply into the source of the evil ; and Labour 's submission to this cruel belief robs it of any claim to significant opposition to the existing order . |
| 11 | It plucks a long grass stem , carefully strips it of any side leaves it may have and then pokes it down one of the entrance holes of a termite nest . |
| 12 | ‘ Was any of it of any use , ’ I asked , ‘ My course I mean . ’ |
| 13 | The sinker plate supplied with the YC6 for single bed knitting has wheels and brushes beneath it like any sinker plate . |
| 14 | It 's bendy , you can make it into any shape , you know the one ? |
| 15 | As with normal ISA slots , you 'll be able to take any VL Bus video card and plug it into any motherboard with VL Bus slots — something you ca n't do with proprietary slots . |
| 16 | With the Sim-Fix it is unnecessary to punch extra fixing points in the slate and the strap is quickly and easily nailed to the batten with three optional fixing points , making it possible to use it with any size of slate . |
| 17 | ‘ They will cut it with any powder that looks suitable Ajax , baking powder the risks are horrendous . ’ |
| 18 | The one indisputable fact these studies revealed is that the majority of those interviewed were not familiar with the extent of , or damage caused by , corporate crime and amongst the ‘ knowledgeable ’ minority , few were able to define it with any precision . |
| 19 | Rugs employing this scheme are becoming increasingly rare and , although it may still be found on some workshop items , the only group to use it with any regularity are the Abadeh weavers of south central Persia , India and Pakistan make a few rugs in this design . |
| 20 | If you have a good facing brick , it is generally best not to paint it or seal it with any kind of coating . |
| 21 | and the trade union movement , the liberation struggle , when you look at it it gives you great hope in terms of human capacity but they will need other kinds of help in order to reconstruct and let me say this because it is important and I do n't say it with any kind of arrogance we have one kind of miracle occurring in South Africa that people ignore and that is that out of the hell of racism we have produced a leadership which is the strongest leadership in the world against racism . |
| 22 | But it was one thing to tell myself that and another to act on it with any conviction . |
| 23 | But she did n't say it with any conviction . |
| 24 | ‘ I came to my senses , ’ she said , economising with the truth until she felt more capable of handling it with any degree of calm . |
| 25 | It is my firm belief that if you can successfully run a group with elderly dementing people — you can run it with any client group . |
| 26 | Moreover , this particular photograph had been brought to the lab only that day , and no one had ever coupled it with any sort of training . |
| 27 | Is it with any sadness that Culham and Harwell have seen these people go ? |
| 28 | For surely someone as gifted as that deserved all that could be done for him : and ‘ the gift ’ put it above any gossip about an overkeen schoolmaster bringing on a bright pupil and overrode any chatter about the besotted nature of his devotion . |
| 29 | The scrum has also looked solid enough to date , although no side has really put it under any pressure yet . |
| 30 | The upstairs lighting circuit is laid out on the floor of the loft , taking care not to put it under any loft insulation ( where it could overheat ) , and not to put junction boxes where they could be damaged by careless feet . |