Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory at least , the diameters range from 5 to 15mm ( 0.2 to 0.6in ) and lengths are around 2 metres ( 78 in ) which is enough for any kite spar . |
| 2 | A common front in favour of PR between Labour , Lib Dems and , possibly , others is only of any practical significance if it is accompanied by an electoral pact . |
| 3 | True , no set of children or of circumstances is entirely like any other , but then nor are they entirely different ; nor do we need to postulate , as the only alternative to a whole set of materials being produced centrally , that every item should be made locally . |
| 4 | The interior of Kevin Saunderson 's apartment in industrial , decaying , downtown Detroit is much like any apartment belonging to a young and moderately wealthy man . |
| 5 | ( Kim , 1981 ) It is exactly unlike any theory which does somehow locate nomic connection in the mental order , whether or not it then relocates it elsewhere , and thus is properly labelled Idealist . |
| 6 | In many ways , a regulated firm is just like any other . |
| 7 | You used to be able to get odd knick nacks in there now it is just like any other store and we have enough up market stores in Thame . |
| 8 | The police appear before the court as witnesses , of course , in many cases , but their status before the court is just like any other erm witness and they have no greater standing before the court , and their evidence is judged by Magistrates on the same basis as that of any other witness . |
| 9 | It is essential to realise at the outset that desktop publishing software is totally unlike any other software product category . |
| 10 | He is also without any doubt at all by far the most talented and charismatic singer-songwriter-storyteller in Britain . |
| 11 | In any case — and this is probably the least-quoted medical fact at parties — the lowest risk of heart disease occurs at about a glass of wine a day , so the average social drinker is well past any ‘ protective ’ effect of alcohol . |
| 12 | This will ensure the freezing point of the electrolyte is well below any temperatures it is likely to experience . |
| 13 | ‘ She is quite beyond any such feeling , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ God , ’ Vincent groaned , ‘ what hope is there for any of us ! ’ |
| 15 | If these upper- and middle-class criminals are also pathological , then what hope is there for any of us ! |
| 16 | ( 3 ) A requirement under this section to provide a specimen of blood or urine can only be made at a police station or at a hospital ; and it can not be made at a police station unless — ( a ) the constable making the requirement has reasonable cause to believe that for medical reasons a specimen of breath can not be provided or should not be required , or ( b ) at the time the requirement is made a device or a reliable device of the type mentioned in subsection ( 1 ) ( a ) above is not available at the police station or it is then for any other reason not practicable to use such a device there , or ( c ) the suspected offence is one under section 4 of this Act and the constable making the requirement has been advised by a medical practitioner that the condition of the person required to provide the specimen might be due to some drug ; but may then be made notwithstanding that the person required to provide the specimen has already provided or been required to provide two specimens of breath . |
| 17 | If the result is never in any doubt , so that it is not ‘ the people ’ but always and only a section and that the same section of them which confers consent on government , then those who feel themselves permanently excluded will also feel no great obligations to the regime . |
| 18 | For awareness of Mystery brings a paradox : at the same time that religious people claim to have knowledge of this Mystery they become more deeply aware that it is infinitely beyond any understanding . |
| 19 | Can I buy an off the shelf loom ; which side of the engine do I mount an alternator as I would like to raise it above the dynamo position which is too near any deep water ; is it possible to fit halogen headlamps . |