Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mills and Boon , however , rigorously deny any charge of producing ‘ formula fiction ’ ; their instructions to potential authors , as they insist , and as some critics have noted with surprise , add up to little more than an encouragement to ‘ freshness and originality of approach ’ . |
| 2 | Rational people will predict them and thereby annul any effect they might have on real variables . |
| 3 | Full of stairs and small rooms on each floor and no garden to speak of , only a kind of paved area leading off the basement kitchen which rarely got any sun . |
| 4 | A survey found that many employers left nearly all travel arrangements to their secretaries who rarely got any thanks . |
| 5 | It can , however , have the additional effect of producing large parties that could then effectively win any encounter with males of an opposed community . |
| 6 | She opened her mouth to suggest that perhaps she could give him dinner at her hotel — and thereby eliminate any possibility of him putting his arm around her in his car — then found that she was suggesting nothing of the sort , but was asking , ‘ Did Mr Gajdusek ask you to invite me out ? ’ and was at once appalled that , Ven all too clearly not far away in her head , she had asked such a thing ! |
| 7 | She had been brought up as a chapel-goer , and two generations back her family had been staunch Wesleyans , but she herself had long since dropped any pretence to faith of any kind , and now considered all religious observation as ridiculous frivolity . |
| 8 | The King asked whether it would be approved , and Baldwin skilfully replied that it would not be acceptable to the country , thereby keeping any question of the Government 's own veto in the background . |
| 9 | Vegetable juice is even less desirable , and the resulting plant print rarely has any relevance to the text Elizabeth Barrett Browning gave us a gentle reminder in Aurora Leigh : |
| 10 | The writing on other categories of contemporary rugs may be of interest , but rarely has any bearing on their quality or value . |
| 11 | I do help if I can , but I also point out to them that the help is to members of the ( and I send them details and a membership application form — but this rarely has any effect ; I do n't even get an acknowledgment as a rule ) . |
| 12 | By contrast , the rational expectations hypothesis , when applied to the theory of inflation , appeared to indicate that money would be neutral in the short run also , thereby denying any role to policy activism . |
| 13 | Her arrival effectively stemmed any action he was about to take . |
| 14 | Well , he was in the ark and would presumably survive any deluge . |
| 15 | As they are for the most part Gaelic-speaking folk , it is difficult to learn from themselves much of their true circumstances ; but there are friends in Portree who would gladly assist any soul who would like to be helpful to the dwellers on Stormy Hill . |
| 16 | And I 'll , I think I can , I have it on , on this right and road traffic accidents , may perhaps cover any traffic accidents namely if a plane crashes in the other night , erm , last Saturday night . |
| 17 | You go along thinking you know exactly what everything is , and then you stop and look at it and it does n't make any sense and you think maybe it only made any sense in the first place because everyone was pretending it did . |
| 18 | They have produced a number of published manifestos condemning US congressional interference in El Salvador and adamantly opposing any dialogue with the FDR : |
| 19 | In McCrone Lord Dunpark thought that this wording was " wide enough to include any contract , whether wholly written or partly oral , which includes a set of fixed terms or conditions which the proponer applies , without material variation , to contracts of the kind in question " . |
| 20 | Personal injury practitioners can only make any sort of profit at all if they achieve a realistic cash flow and this can only be obtained by ensuring that payment is made as soon as the case is settled . |
| 21 | ‘ The Prime Minister has shown herself completely unfit not only to attend any conference on human rights anywhere , but even to utter the very words . ’ |
| 22 | But there will be an opportunity for members to look at the present programme which will need pruning to get it down to those guidelines , and they can obviously make any comments they wish to , or any advice they wish to give the P A G in terms of individual schemes or the detail . |
| 23 | She carried a small basket in her hand containing food for her frugal evening meal , although the rancid smells around her were strong enough to diminish any desire to eat — she had not yet grown sufficiently accustomed to them to ignore them . |
| 24 | Some vineyards may not be mentioned because they have only recently been cultivated and , therefore , have not been in production long enough to establish any sort of reputation . |
| 25 | The speed at which the loop is formed is such that the bobbin is suspended , so eliminating any need for lubrication despite the continuous rotation of the bobbin carrier . |
| 26 | This obviously places any nominee director in an invidious position . |
| 27 | If not , the gyro will merely aggravate any instability in the model and produce a situation which is beyond the control of any normal pilot . |
| 28 | Guilt , or constantly thinking back to past errors , only has any value if you are able to learn from it and to make a firm decision to avoid those errors in the future . |
| 29 | Whether it was the Vietminh , the Binh Xuyen , or , most likely , Trotskyists , who were responsible , it obviously shattered any confidence that the restoration of French power could be achieved without such savage resistance . |
| 30 | I wonder if you would be good enough to inform any parties who you think might be interested in this news ? |