Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | It contains a solution to the problem ( in Bayes 's words ) : ‘ Given the number of times in which an unknown event has happened and failed : Required the chance that the probability of its happening in a single trial lies somewhere between any two degrees of probability that can be named . ’ |
| 2 | The fact that review may occur relatively rarely for any one agency , the fact that the agency may still be subject to pressures of time and cost which incline it towards a narrow bounded rationality , the relative strength of different interest groups pressing upon the agency , and the competence of the court to assess whether such an authority has improperly excluded a particular policy option , can all combine to limit the effectiveness of this aspect of judicial scrutiny . |
| 3 | In the social sciences at large the word has often been used very loosely for any approach which applies scientific method to human affairs , conceived of as part of the natural order . |
| 4 | Typical examples of this are the inability to have biosensors that can operate effectively for any length of time in blood and the need for anticoagulants during extracorporeal procedures such as dialysis and heart-lung bypass operations . |
| 5 | All this , you might think , would be enough for any playwright but , with reckless abandon , Shadwell keeps flinging further ingredients into his rich comic stew . |
| 6 | And you may ask yourselves , my dear and most innocent readers , whether he spoke there with more gentleness or cunning , since the lady set such store on giving herself of her own free will , and since also the castle with its gardens , though now measurable with pins and fine stitches and thumbnails and thimbles , were lordly and handsome enough for any man to wish to spend his days there . |
| 7 | At Recife , the capital of Pernambuco province in north-eastern Brazil , the British-owned Great Western of Brazil built an imposing station , grand enough for any capital . |
| 8 | The rear wings were pitted and scratched from flying stones and the handbrake never worked well enough for any of us to trust it , even with a rerouted cable . |
| 9 | ‘ … in winter his private balls were numerous enough for any young lady who was not suffering under the insatiable appetite of fifteen . ’ |
| 10 | I set the stack 's volume so high that it was painful , but with a sound fat and ballsy enough for any rocker . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Nylon or polyester twist is fine for single line kites up to an area of 3 sq.metres or 30 sq.ft which is big enough for any sport kite . |
| 13 | Not so big and showy as on a knitting machine , but there are two metal rods sticking up — enough for any self respecting machine to us as a radio aerial ! |
| 14 | Attempting to get to grips with all the developments in nursing over the past five years is meat enough for any expert , and you will not be regarded as letting the side down just because you are not familiar with all the latest terminology or research in your clinical specialty . |
| 15 | There is a certain doubt as to whether the universe is old enough for any Black Dwarfs to have been produced as yet , but eventually it must happen , and this will be the final fate of the Sun — though we will not be there to see ; the Earth can hardly expect to survive the Red Giant stage , when the Sun will radiate at least a hundred times as fiercely as it does at present . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's audacious enough for any of them , ’ Philpott said , biting the stem of his pipe thoughtfully . |
| 17 | Deck shoes , either in leather or cloth , are good alternatives — smart enough for any eventuality . |
| 18 | I felt a little ashamed that I had never cared enough for any of my father 's relatives to give even a thought to their reactions to the prospect of an irregular addition to the family . |
| 19 | That was generally punishment enough for any offender . |
| 20 | It was reason enough for any maître to be vigilant and , indeed , active . |
| 21 | ‘ This is a basis real enough for any man ! ’ |
| 22 | It 's not big enough for any high speed runs , but when it 's windy , it 's good enough for training . |
| 23 | Coping with life 6,000 miles from home and family in Vancouver would be daunting enough for any girl of Nadia 's age . |
| 24 | Now twenty two is not a large number , certainly not large enough for any statistical reliability to be placed on the result , but the fact remains that if you had bet on every single horse in that season at two to one on , and had bet the same amount , then you 'd have finished ahead . |
| 25 | I was sure he had n't thought much about any of this . |
| 26 | It is true that in the law relating to misrepresentation , the seller can not be liable for failing to disclose defects in the goods but only for any actual statements made by him or his agents . |
| 27 | On his six-week tour of the provinces in August and September 1858 , the tsar encountered a spectrum of opinions which ranged from Tver " on the left , where Unkovskii was at least as radical as Nikolai Miliutin , to Nizhnii Novgorod on the right , where the local gentry wanted serfs to pay not only for any property which they received in the event of emancipation , but even for the freedom of their bodies ( which the gentry did not own ) . |
| 28 | Talk together about any problems as honestly as possible . |
| 29 | I lay on a thyme-covered slope above the bay , having come quietly through the trees , and watched the cottages below for any sign of unusual life . |
| 30 | Scarcely needed , of course , for one Maclean was naturally worth any four Campbells . |