Example sentences of "[noun sg] [is] [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking on a new persona is in any case impossible but it is possible to adopt and adapt some of the methods of effective presentation which others employ . |
| 2 | What persuades politicians that having Margaret Drabble or Kenny Everett come down on your side is in any way advantageous ? |
| 3 | Since the industry is in any case organized in some particulars by the Milk Marketing Board , a governmental agency , why not award them the contract for nationwide milk supply ? |
| 4 | She dismisses any idea that her accounting is in any sense ‘ creative ’ : ‘ I 'm not avoiding taxes but planning . |
| 5 | Moreover he doubts whether full disclosure is in any way feasible . |
| 6 | Any atom of oxygen is like any other in its essence , even if they differ in their position , velocity , state of excitation , and so on . |
| 7 | Alienation is in any case a difficult concept . |
| 8 | The European Commission did accept support measures in Denmark and Greece , for example , on condition that these did not include nationality requirements ( discrimination on grounds of nationality is in any case forbidden by Article 7 of the Treaty ) . |
| 9 | The last ICC Trophy had only 17 teams , and the shift is in any case away from team sports . |
| 10 | Because of the fact that unit costs only raise red flags , the onus is on any analyst who is comparing statistics between authorities to explore all the possible explanations for differences before coming to conclusions . |
| 11 | ‘ I do think this record is unlike any record that I 've ever done before . |
| 12 | The Government consult that committee and specifications for both new and existing buses are laid down , but no body is under any obligation to do anything about them . |
| 13 | A good picture is worth any number of words for it can communicate a point quickly and succinctly , and in any language . |
| 14 | And that 's what the gradient is for any X along here . |
| 15 | The implied agenda is in any event back-to-front . |
| 16 | But do n't be fooled into thinking that a three-inch elephant in a fuchsia tutu prancing across the blade of your tie is in any way the same thing . |
| 17 | Experience shows the industry 's argument is in any case unfounded . |
| 18 | If one set of instruments can substitute for another , policy is in any case badly served by a legal framework which focuses on form rather than effect , as the UK restrictive practice legislation does . |
| 19 | The Reserve Winner receives a purple and white ribbon and moves up to the Winners if the Winners Dog is for any reason disqualified . |
| 20 | But that does n't mean that the ordinary case is one in which the woman is in any way asking to be raped . |
| 21 | We can not feel that such an arrangement is in any way unjust to you . |
| 22 | I suppose this is erm , a caricature , a self portrait this little , I , in fact I was , really actually hilarious as I felt that , I , I , do n't actually know an awful lot about Gaugin , but if , if I knew nothing about him at all , I would of thought he was having a bit of joke of himself with this , but er , being the person that he was I ca n't image that he had that quality , that , I do n't believe he would be laughing at himself , erm , erm , the symbolism erm and conflict of this painting its dazzles me more than , than the colour or at least as much as the colours in it , but there 's a , there 's a half eaten , well it is n't half eaten , but there 's half an apple at the top and , and that was the , the way into me finally , for , for writing about this , this again is a shopping list , I call it a shopping list , this is just visual images that , that will be opened out at some point and turn it into something , and my images were erm Shoulders of the matador smoking snakes , dare to bit an apple , see one half gone and still I wear a halo intact , that I 'm sure I 've completely wrong about him as a , a person , but as the painting that 's obviously something else , erm , I found that one of the things that were he 's , I , I think probably that everybody who writes is that you 'll come to a point when you ca n't write , you stop writing , you have n't got anything you want to write about , or your frightened of writing , and I devise exercises so that , that does n't happened to me , I think writing is like any skill you have to keep doing it to be able to do it , its , you , some of it is a game and the rest of it is hard work , and one of the exercises I , I delighted using erm a portrait of a woman erm , its about erm the er still life , its the back one , yes this one here , I have , I , I hope to use this as a writing exercise I found the , the maths in this and the colour of the piece of fruit in the background , very interesting because most of the colours to me seem a , a lot less vibrant then many of his other paintings , and so they , they attracted me and have a , a strong sense of erm , er a hidden desire in that and so it , to use it as a writing exercise which I intend doing , it will be able about a situation of character 's with erm something that 's hidden , some desire , I do n't , the , not even spoke about to themselves or , or generally , erm I like to sort of say that came from those two little , just this amounts of colour which seemed to be saying such a lot |
| 23 | The alleged choice is in any case short-lived . |
| 24 | The party who seeks to rely on an exclusion clause must show that he/she falls within its protection , and if the clause is in any way ambiguous , the clause will be given the meaning least favourable to the interests of the proferens . |
| 25 | This has to be suggested to her with some care , without giving her the impression that you think her sudden collapse into illness is in any way imminent or inevitable ; and it should not be suggested at all if it is felt that it might upset or frighten her . |
| 26 | And even the apparent libertine , if Walter 's My Secret Life is in any way an accurate chronicle , had his own anxieties born of sexual discretion : ‘ Does every man kiss , coax , hint smuttily , then talk bawdily , snatch a feel , smell his fingers , assault and win , exactly as I have done ? ’ |
| 27 | Neither short-nor long-term success is of any interest to the ‘ Stiffs ’ , as our record shows . |
| 28 | This is particularly true if the transaction is in any way governed by the City Code ; and |
| 29 | Looking at the time lag between the filing of a claim and final disposition is in any event a crude measure . |
| 30 | The question for these organizations is not whether capital is of any relevance to them , for it undoubtedly is . |