Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [adj] for any " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF ONLY the woman had paused for a moment to inspect the hastily scrawled felt tip notice at the top of the stairs : ‘ I am sorry for any inconvenience caused to all our customers during the period that the down escalator has been out of service . |
| 2 | ‘ Certainly , more volunteer helpers would be very useful , ’ agreed Pat , ‘ I 'm grateful for any help ! ’ |
| 3 | Have the courage to own up to your mistakes and to say sorry when you are responsible for any bad behaviour . |
| 4 | Before she was fit for any audition she needed lessons . |
| 5 | We are sorry for any misunderstanding or embarrassment this caused to James Capel and to the banks . |
| 6 | Your contribution — however small — will help fund this vital work , and we are grateful for any donations received . |
| 7 | ‘ We are ready for any onslaught that the white authorities might try to launch against us , ’ Mr Rockman said after the first meeting in his home on Monday of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union . |
| 8 | We 're grateful for any donations . ’ |
| 9 | Nevertheless , studies about job losses are useful to the extent that they give some flavour of the rate of change associated with the new technology , and they are helpful for any social and economic planning to cope with these changes . |
| 10 | The association has agreed to meet this expense but it will be pointed out to the Youth Club that if they are responsible for any further damage they will be required to provide the cash . |
| 11 | Exactly because they are common and basic they are relatively unlikely to need an explicit statement , by assignment , that they are valid for any entity where they are perceived . |
| 12 | They 're suitable for any type of tank and new freshwater ( and marine ) designs are available soon . |
| 13 | Yearly tenancies held at rack rents ( i.e. rents that were not fixed by custom but which were negotiated by the landlord and tenant ) were common for the smaller farms and cottages and in the Midlands in particular they were usual for any property other than a freehold . |
| 14 | The different approaches , evident in the House of Lords , demonstrate the compromise which the law must seek to achieve between two extreme propositions : first , that the goods be merchantable for every purpose , which is harsh on the seller ; and second , that they be merchantable for any one of the purposes , which is adverse to the buyer . |
| 15 | Would it be possible for any such unit of paid council employees to negotiate with the local state the demands and needs of the oppressed ? |
| 16 | It 's hard for any person to say , ‘ It 's my picture . |
| 17 | It 's hard for any government to persist unless there are considerable numbers of people who regard it as legitimate , but legitimacy changes also , and if you make erm drastic mistakes you wo n't be re-elected like President Hoover . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's invidious for any Palestinian to take a cash payment from the Israelis . |
| 19 | This is not so much an attribute but a requirement since , as we shall see later , it is essential for any of the more complicated techniques to be attempted . |
| 20 | It is crucial for any player to look at the ball with both eyes level , so as to judge the line and length properly . |
| 21 | We recognise that it is crucial for any settlement that there be agreement between the two communities , as communities . |
| 22 | " It is unlawful for any foreigner to enter the enclosure of the temple which is forbidden to the Jews , except to those of them who are accustomed to enter after purifying themselves in accordance with the law of the country . |
| 23 | The analysis of a game is concerned precisely with the question of the expectations of the behaviour of his rivals it is rational for any one player to form . |
| 24 | ‘ It is illegal for any player … to infringe repeatedly any Law of the game ’ . |
| 25 | Where it is necessary for any goods to be sent by post please make allowance for this in your remittance . |
| 26 | It is impossible for any glider pilot to make a high cloud climb and to be sure of his position . |
| 27 | In any living venture , it is impossible for any of the partners to be detached from the natural dynamics of working together in the project and there may have to be a realignment of membership during the course of the enterprise . |
| 28 | Without claws it is impossible for any cat to scratch itself efficiently and the whole grooming pattern suffers as a result . |
| 29 | It is impossible for any of us to monitor carefully every single thing we say — how boring and stilted our speech would be if we did — but it is as well to remember that young children take the spoken word very literally , and a great deal of harm can be caused by the use of thoughtless and insensitive phrases . |
| 30 | For a welfare-maximizing equilibrium , the Tiebout mechanism must create a situation whereby it is impossible for any individual to increase utility as a result of changing communities . |