Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [adj] that any " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( It is most unlikely that any user noticed that there were two systems the terminals were labelled identically and the screen layouts were the same . |
| 2 | As far as any remedy in damages is concerned this point will not be of any significance and it is most unlikely that any action would be brought in a business secrets case unless some damage or advantage to a competitor had occurred or was thought likely to do so . |
| 3 | It is highly doubtful that any offshore centre could claim that it has never been tainted by drugs money . |
| 4 | It is highly unlikely that any of the Pacific fish used in these tests had ever encountered a sea snake previously and in two instances they certainly could not have done so . |
| 5 | It is highly unlikely that any consultancy you appoint will know enough about a company to allow it to undertake the audit without considerable input from your senior management . |
| 6 | It is highly unlikely that any individual patient will actually receive all the care as planned in this summary , as each individual is unique , so care will be planned to suit particular needs and will be changed according to the response of the patient to the plan . |
| 7 | It is highly unlikely that any reader of this sentence will interpret rare in the sense of ‘ undercooked ’ ( as in a rare steak ) , or steep in the sense of ‘ unjustifiably high ’ ( as in steep charges ) , or bank in the sense of ‘ financial institution ’ , or burn in the sense of ‘ injury caused by fire ’ , or run in the sense of ‘ progress by advancing each foot alternately never having both feet on the ground simultaneously ’ , etc . |
| 8 | It is highly unlikely that any formal moves will be made to politicize senior civil service appointments . |
| 9 | An example of this in the classical theory of general relativity is provided by a black hole , which is a region of space-time in which the gravitational field is so strong that any light or other signal is dragged back into the region and can not escape to the outside world . |
| 10 | The point is that the definition of the offence in clause 1(1) ( b ) is so wide that any stepping out of line could constitute prison mutiny . |
| 11 | Gross Domestic Fixed Capital Formation is so heterogeneous that any explanation must address itself to particular components . |
| 12 | ‘ It is something required by the highway authority and is purely a legal classification ’ , he said , and ‘ it is extremely unlikely that any roads used as public paths would ever be considered as anything else than they are now ’ said Mr. Higerty . |
| 13 | It is less likely that any significant number of such staff will be persuaded that it is in their own interests to initiate sweeping reforms . |
| 14 | It is hardly surprising that any sensible businessman tries to keep out of court if at all possible . |
| 15 | In a world where , far from becoming ‘ paperless ’ , our output of printed material is doubling every three years it is hardly surprising that any attempt to increase our efficient use of paper is rapidly accepted . |
| 16 | The knights were never more than one arm of any fighting force ; and it is hardly likely that any force of knights was ever recruited entirely by ‘ feudal ’ means . |
| 17 | It is deeply unlikely that any batsman will ever again score 3,000 runs in first-class matches in an English season , as 28 batsmen did between 1899 and 1961 . |
| 18 | While it is often the case that methods are treated as if they were tools in a tool box ready and waiting to be used for their appropriate task , it is vitally important that any aspiring methodologist does not take this too seriously but tries , instead , to understand the presumptions which underpin methods . |
| 19 | They are required to ensure so far as is reasonably practicable that any plant ( machinery , equipment or appliance ) is so designed and constructed as to be safe and without risk to health . |
| 20 | The failure to produce one is naturally laid at the door of the government which has progressively weakened regional strategic planning over the past ten years , but it is also undeniable that any large scale infrastructure programme would produce massive public opposition . |
| 21 | However , it is also unlikely that any company will draw up an agreement from scratch . |
| 22 | It is also vital that any incident or accident involving the emergency services ( police , fire or ambulance ) is notified to Peter Bateman at Felcourt as soon as possible so that he is briefed to dal with consequent media enquiries . |
| 23 | ‘ It is now well-established that any application of the best evidence rule is confined to cases in which it can be shown that the party has the original and could produce it but does not . ’ |
| 24 | On the two biggest international issues confronting the UK — the resurgence of German power and the ecological threat — there is equally little that any party is prepared to do : the former is the basis for a future stability of the EC , the latter has already reached such ominous proportions that , as is evident in the evasions preceding the Rio summit , governments the world over are hiding their heads in the sand . |
| 25 | It is particularly important that any PR/advertising consultants advising the offeror are made aware of all relevant facts . |
| 26 | Other players could still enter the contest , but it is increasingly unlikely that any would be acceptable to the United board . |
| 27 | In nearly all the Spanish-speaking world it is almost axiomatic that any half-significant event , any battle , revolution or skirmish is memorialized in an extravagant confection of marble and gilt , with crosses , acanthus leaves , Castilian doggerel and an invocation of the deity . |
| 28 | If the British governments of the 1980s had been elected by proportional representation , it is almost unthinkable that any party could have gained a sufficient majority to impose the sweeping reforms instituted by Mrs Thatcher — or that decisive government of any hue could be achieved in the future . |
| 29 | It is quite likely that any new Angel will be ‘ greeted ’ by a resident one , but in a reasonable sized tank with plant cover I doubt there will be any lasting harm done . |
| 30 | However , since evaluation gives prestige and rewards to those who are judged to be doing well , and condemns those who are not , it is very important that any evaluation should be fair and linked to positive suggestions for improvement . |