Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Douglas was eventually acquitted of any offence , his initial conviction and the methods of the police — which included presenting in court what they claimed was a transcript of their tape of his speech , but which was only one third of the length of another tape-recording which was played to the court — led many Free Presbyterians and sympathizers to believe that the whole force of the state was being directed against them . |
| 2 | This is not highly encouraging , and perhaps it is not surprising that although the need for formal systematic planning was noted in our sample , and the concept of appraisal was mentioned by a small number of respondents , evaluation was rarely described in any depth , although 62% of the programmes described by the data sheets indicated that an assessment procedure was employed . |
| 3 | By the time Edward III finally divested himself of the Templar lands , in 1338 , he had already resumed the alien priories for the duration of the war and was thus compensated for any losses resulting . |
| 4 | And where a subversive message was intended , it was easily woven into any subject-matter . |
| 5 | She was easily distracted by any noise , particularly if there was a chance it was food or another bird calling , and this sometimes made it difficult for me to make her concentrate on what I thought she should be doing . |
| 6 | This was not related to any change in adhesive properties . |
| 7 | The defendants denied liability and , in particular , that they were liable to pay any part of the additional £10,300 because their agreement to pay it was not supported by any consideration . |
| 8 | Official prudence was not dictated by any fear that a rescue might be staged by middle-aged Fascists in sports jackets somewhere along the Bayswater Road . |
| 9 | Similarly , British military expenditure was not generated by any desire to end unemployment . |
| 10 | He was educated at Mill Hill School under Dr Thorowgood and was not intended for any profession until family losses made it necessary . |
| 11 | Ed 's Note : the headline ‘ Selective Conscience ’ in the April/May issue was not intended in any way to call Vic Williams ' position into question . |
| 12 | Virus shedding was not observed at any time during treatment . |
| 13 | It was not substantiated by any evidence and William Thompson was only fifteen years old in 1695 . |
| 14 | We would like to make it clear that this delay was not caused by any default on the part of the defendant who is charged with their murder nor by his legal advisers . |
| 15 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 16 | I was told that the new drug I was given was better than the one I had been previously taking and I was not warned about any side effects or told not to get pregnant . |
| 17 | But of course he was not inconvenienced by any feelings beyond passion , and was n't lust something that could be quite easily forgotten ? |
| 18 | The assumption of this explanation is , of course , that there used to be many couples who wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any legislation . |
| 19 | He was not charged with any crime but on Jan. 14 was detained without bail as a material witness in the BCCI case . |
| 20 | The post mortem now states quite categorically that he was not killed by any sort of missile ( the open window must have been a red herring ) . |
| 21 | The second was sadness at the wasted years of cricket greatness for the likes of Mike Procter , Barry Richards , Graeme Pollock and others , although the sadness was not tinged by any regret at having jointed the campaign to exclude South African sport form international participation . |
| 22 | This was not planned in any way ; it just happened . |
| 23 | Figure 4 shows the results of the active transport experiment , indicating that PABA-UDCA was actively absorbed from the distal side of the ileum whereas its disulphate was not absorbed from any part of the small intestine . |
| 24 | It was later written that he was ‘ … right glad to be translated from Bristol to Exeter for , while the former See was poor , the latter was better endowed and he was not withheld by any scruples from begging for promotion ’ . |
| 25 | Despite the mixed response from critics , Dustin felt pride in his achievement and confidence in the film itself , so he expressed his anger when Little Big Man was not nominated for any Oscars . |
| 26 | This situation arose when a Prime Minister died in office or resigned for personal reasons , that is to say , when a vacancy occurred which was not accompanied by any change in the position of the parties . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , when Gorbachev made his visit to Japan in April it was not accompanied by any breakthrough over the territorial issue . |
| 28 | Yet the growth of local services promoted by central government in this way was not accompanied by any reform of local finance . |
| 29 | The decline in noble landownership was not accompanied by any improvement in the conditions of the peasantry . |
| 30 | He pointed out that , unlike the South Western Board , he was not asking for any subsidy . |