Example sentences of "of any [noun sg] of [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | They do not make the sort of sacrifice — the second mortgage , the move to a smaller house , the seven-day weeks , the abandonment of any thought of holidays for years on end -required of those starting up new commercial or , above all , industrial businesses . |
2 | So the problem before us is this : that whereas the distinction between numerical and qualitative identity is both logically and epistemologically indispensable , this distinction can not be defined in terms of any set of criteria under which individuals are re-identified and distinguished from species . |
3 | This illustrates a very important property of any set of lines through a point on a surface which are tangential ( share the same direction ) at that point . |
4 | ‘ the rights to which he would be entitled if he were the holder of the share , except that he shall not , before being registered as the holder of the share , be entitled in respect of it to attend or vote at any general meeting of the company or at a separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares in the company . ’ |
5 | Perhaps the Indians would have done so if they had been conscious of any pressure of numbers on the land , but North America was not crowded and the Indians assisted the new settlers and showed them how to grow the local crops . |