Example sentences of "be [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In fact they are no more adequate for primitive societies than they would have been for any others .
2 Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age .
3 Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age .
4 Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age .
5 Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age .
6 Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age .
7 ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage .
8 I mean , Diana herself has never in her lifetime uttered one statement that has been of any use to any member of the human race . ’
9 This case of pistols was the last and longest-surviving of the Collector 's many treasures from the Exhibition , and really , he thought , with the possible exception of the velocipede which had inspired the trace of fortifications , the only one to have been of any use ; most of the others , of course , were now immovably set in the dried mud ramparts and could only have been recovered with a pick .
10 I 've told them everything I could think of that might help , but so far it does n't seem to have been of any use . ’
11 Everything was very hush-hush , and it was not until it was over that the name of the target was made common knowledge — not that it would have been of any interest to us if we had known beforehand , because none of us had ever heard of it .
12 I worked directly under the Manager , Signor Cavatorta , who was very able and extremely diplomatic with his customers , and I learnt how indifferent and merciless all banks are towards any customer who has the misfortune to be in debt : that was more or less all .
13 The young nobleman , Gontran de Boismassif , has just married his equally youthful cousin , but is suddenly acutely conscious that he has never had the facts of life explained to him , and neither his bride nor his tutor ( likewise innocent ) are of any assistance .
14 151 , are of any relevance to the cases now before the court .
15 Without studies of that kind , which we certainly do not have , it is proper to remain agnostic on the question of whether regional variations are of any significance .
16 Quite apart from the limitations on law reform in general which such an argument would appear to justify , if the views of the public are of any significance at all in this context , then it must be its view of what the law ought to be rather than what it is .
17 Only answers to what has been asked are of any value .
18 I had no reason to suppose that the letter was anything but genuine — it was on the shipping company 's notepaper , and , insofar as such recollections are of any value , the signature at first glance was in keeping with the signature I remembered vaguely from my days at Upper Thames Street .
19 For you will learn that none of these things which are admired and sought after are of any good to those who attain them — for when they do get them , the burning heat is just as bad , there is the same tossing about on the sea , the same desire for what they do not have .
20 Seating depends on room arrangement and table size ; but the more in the centre you are of any line the better your range of vision , and the better placed you are to get involved .
21 It is doubtful whether many such classifications are of any use at all , for it is more difficult to remember the results of the classification than the individual landforms .
22 I also have a few old postcards if these are of any use . ’
23 Not , we hasten to add , because we 're in any way sentimental — merely practical .
24 It 's a fact of life that if you 're in any way well known , then you 're going to come in for criticism .
25 Everybody expects you to be really loud and if you 're in any way quiet they think you 're nervous but you might n't be .
26 These are all recent incidents , so I mean I really would reinforce that , do n't look at them if you 're in any way squeamish , because they 're not , they 're quite unpleasant .
27 when Angela 's form , I mentioned that and the woman says if you 're in any kind of forces , you are exempt .
28 I do n't think they 're in any rush to develop now , are they cos this housing business is so poor .
29 I do n't think you 're in any position to pass judgement on someone like Mike . ’
30 ‘ I do n't believe you 're in any position to go calling anyone names , ’ she returned , affecting a calmness she was in reality a million miles from feeling .
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