Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conspicuously absent from the telegram were any of the customary ‘ fraternal ’ formulas . |
| 2 | ‘ What good is any bloody thing ? ’ |
| 3 | An operant is any item of behaviour shown by a person . |
| 4 | The exception to this rule is any country chair where the turning is actually part of the joint , as in the Windsor chair . |
| 5 | You you 'd all it means is you 'd have longer lines of communication to an even worse bureaucracy , and I think if a bureaucracy which can produce this situation of opting out as an alternative is any example to have , I would choose to be away from it . |
| 6 | A default action is any action , other than an admiralty action or a rent action , in which the only relief claimed is payment of money , whether that sum is already ascertained ( eg a debt ) or is to be ascertained in due course by the court ( damages ) . |
| 7 | A rent action is any action where a landlord claims arrears of rent from a tenant or former tenant who is still in occupation of the land to which the claim relates . |
| 8 | That Miss Bedwelty — she 's one of the green welly brigade , only think a horse is any good if it goes sideways and backwards — all that dressage lark — ’ ( Mr Bean called it ‘ Dressidge ’ . ) |
| 9 | But Ferranti said yesterday : ‘ The report confirms that Coopers & Lybrand have found no information which would lead them to suspect that the Ferranti International balance sheet exposure to fraud was any different from that referred to in the letter to shareholders dated 29 September . |
| 10 | An institution was any establishment provided by the Council for reception and maintenance of the poor other than a hospital , a children 's home or a separate casual ward . |
| 11 | At the beginning of the table for each faculty are any specific points to be noted or special entry conditions which apply in that faculty . |
| 12 | If her complexion were any guide , she had drunk several glasses of wine already , and was talking to Leroy Burns . |
| 13 | An additional , and very important , type of benefit is any positive effect ( such as decrease in stress or overwork ) felt by informal carers . |
| 14 | ‘ Our attitude is any demo band is seen as a potential album band and we always treat people like that . |
| 15 | A dependent subsidiary is any " 51% subsidiary " unless , in effect , there is little or no intra-group trading between the subsidiary and its holding company on other than arm 's length terms , and the compliance procedure set out in s86(1) is followed year by year . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't see that his nationality is any concern of yours , ’ she answered . |
| 17 | Notably absent from this taxonomy is any reference to the socio-political context — somewhat of a surprise given their reference to the changing direction of the ‘ political winds ’ in the 1981 coal strike . |
| 18 | It was apparent to me , even then as a young officer , that what was missing in this sorry scene was any commitment to the task on the part of those who had to execute it . |
| 19 | She wondered if the boy was any relation to Mrs Olga Stych . |
| 20 | And should an original and lovely ‘ Samuel Palmer ’ sketch or ‘ Vermeer ’ canvas be any less valued when it turns out to be by Tom Keating or Henricus van Meegaeren ? |
| 21 | But his course-work ought not to be irredeemably F. If the teacher is any good , he should be teaching his pupils all the time , so as to improve their historical understanding and their powers of accurate expression , to raise them from F to E and D and beyond . |
| 22 | Proof By exercise 8 below we se that if a + ib is any complex root of f , then a — ib is also a root of f . |
| 23 | And if first-night reaction is any indicator , Prince Of The Pagodas will also prove to be successful . |
| 24 | It was interesting to hear Ludovic Kennedy on the relevant evening 's Any Questions ? on Radio 4 stating that angling is by far the cruellest of these activities . |
| 25 | A group is any number of people who are able to interact with one another , are psychologically aware of each other , and who perceive and are perceived as being members of a team . |
| 26 | At no point is any aspect of the selection process subject to democratic scrutiny or approval . |
| 27 | A robot is any automated machine . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps what was most lacking in the left 's criticism of A Very British Coup was any general discussion of the distinct importance of television as a medium and , more specifically , the question of what makes it such a potentially politically effective medium . |
| 29 | They would have to send their gear out to be reviewed , and wait for the reviews to come back to know whether or not the product was any good ! ’ |
| 30 | Look me in the eye Goldberg and tell me whether that picture was any good . |