Example sentences of "be [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the latter , can it be for any offence or only for a serious one , and is the offence in the problem sufficiently serious ? |
| 2 | Later it was even specified that should there be for any reason no foreskin to sever , blood must still be made to flow for a rite to be effected and for the individual to enter the covenant . |
| 3 | I think there has always got to be for any executive — and for any employee for that matter — new challenges , new frontiers to keep them enthused . |
| 4 | It has been suggested ( Knuth 1969 , pp. 199–201 ) that testing for floating.point zero is not appropriate , and that a more suitable test would be for any value in a small range about zero , the size of which could be set by the programmer . |
| 5 | Whilst we ask you to make regular monthly repayments , these can be for any sum from 1/10th to 1/25th of your borrowing limit to suit your pocket , and you can change the amount at any time . |
| 6 | His debt did not have to be less than £20 ; it could be for any amount . |
| 7 | So it did n't seem to be of any hardship to anybody for for the mother to be involved in er political activity . |
| 8 | The initial investment can be of any size . |
| 9 | Detrital grains may be of any size ( from clays to pebbles or larger ) and of varying shape . |
| 10 | If we can be of any assistance to you in finding another job , please do n't hesitate to shout . |
| 11 | How could healing from a priest when I had no faith be of any assistance , and was n't the whole of that phoney world perfectly epitomized by the belief that the wanderings of an old man in the Oxfordshire lanes in the 1930s , seeking the energies of various plants , could possibly be relevant to a most dreaded disease ? |
| 12 | Well , if my wife can be of any assistance to you , I am sure she 'd be delighted to see you any day you care to call . |
| 13 | ‘ So you see , I am happy , yet I regret that I can no longer be of any assistance to you , ’ Ybreska murmured , ‘ deferentially . |
| 14 | Yes , Mrs Jones , we have a room booked for you on the thirtieth of July — can I be of any assistance to you ? |
| 15 | Indeed , it is only in such cases that reference to Hansard is likely to be of any assistance to the courts . |
| 16 | Can we be of any assistance ? |
| 17 | Could she be of any assistance ? |
| 18 | ‘ You have no further information that might be of any assistance , sir ? ’ |
| 19 | Is this actually a book that er is going to be of any assistance to me ? |
| 20 | I 'm not encouraging it because as I say I really , present time I ca n't see that it 's going to be of any assistance to me to have the opinion of solicitors from er from any part really , from the defendant or or someone else . |
| 21 | Well we 'll see if there , if there well the jury can have a look at them if they want , certainly if er if neither side think they 're going to be of any assistance then there 's not much point in producing them . |
| 22 | David Morgan , presenting the donation for the bank , said : ‘ I 'm delighted that we can be of any assistance . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Since you 're not involved in the project , ’ he muttered tersely , ‘ it need n't be of any concern to you . ’ |
| 24 | as if a homicidal maniac on cocaine could be of any help … |
| 25 | In order to help such children , it is necessary to introduce novel and artificial procedures to assist learning and it is therefore unlikely that an understanding of normal processes will be of any help . |
| 26 | If I can be of any help … since we had our talk , I too have begun to have doubts . |
| 27 | Ca n't he be of any help at all ? ’ |
| 28 | My dealer lacks sufficient knowledge to be of any help . |
| 29 | If the information has been divulged to sufficient people so that it can be said to be no longer confidential , an injunction will not be of any help ; it would be like locking the stable door after the horse has bolted . |
| 30 | Spartak have a good reputation away from the Lenin Stadium and the Kop will need to be at its most intimidating to be of any help to a Liverpool side whose only consistency this season has been their inconsistency . |