Example sentences of "[vb -s] any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This approach is never more important than when a person first joins any organization . |
| 2 | Although the article devalues any contribution men may be able to make in this area I strongly refute this . |
| 3 | In its Oct. 11 editorial The Hindu described the central government 's move as " an outrage on the Constitution that devalues any claim of the Janata Dal to higher democratic values and constitutional propriety " . |
| 4 | The assumption that university matriculation still exercises any kind of influence on examinations at the age of 16 should be excised . |
| 5 | The best fiscal system is one which taxes any part of income or wealth that is spent on consumption , and exempts any part of them that is saved . |
| 6 | When I want a change of scenery I 'll ask her if she wants any help . |
| 7 | Right , er , people can take what bits from tables they want them , or , I 've got s , I 've got one put out , erm , shall we open that door a bit , it 's getting a bit hot in here , erm , do n't know if Mary wants any help out there . |
| 8 | Neither wants any kind of school-district consolidation , a dreaded policy leading to loss of local control . |
| 9 | He phoned , and I answered the phone look and erm he changed the story , he said if she wants any money I 'll let her have some . |
| 10 | Go and ask mummy if she wants any tea . |
| 11 | It does not follow that the occupier never owes any duty to the trespasser . |
| 12 | It 's not a very big pattern drops any rate . |
| 13 | This little episode shows how Norman regarded the stress which accompanies any art form when it has been seriously undertaken . |
| 14 | But is n't that exactly what these learned scholars do in every didactic essay that accompanies any CD of classical music ? |
| 15 | One of the major problems of building a theory of soil erosion is the high degree of contingency which always accompanies any explanation of soil erosion at a particular place . |
| 16 | Most systems of this type are ‘ open ’ , which means they 're topped up with water as necessary from a small tank in the loft , which also accepts any overflow ; it 's called the feed-and-expansion tank . |
| 17 | For instance , the planners should work out if it is in the organisation 's best interest to move into an existing building and whether such a building needs any refurbishment or , whether premises should be custom built . |
| 18 | The customer who says ‘ I 'm not sure ’ when you ask if he needs any help . |
| 19 | Please pass on my condolences and tell her to call me if she needs any help . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going to go and … and see if Mrs Porter needs any help in the kitchen . ’ |
| 21 | In fact , I think I 'll just see if he needs any help unpacking … ok Wendy . |
| 22 | Siemens Nixdorf 's biggest problem is that it is a combination of a company that was just about to go ex-growth with one that was already failing , so it very much needs any partner to be a firm seen to be strong and a winner : Hewlett-Packard and ICL presently best fit that profile . |
| 23 | In his letter to Kevin , now expecting his fifth child , Longford , 86 , asks if he needs any consol-ing . |
| 24 | The drawing hardly needs any explanation . |
| 25 | By ‘ externalist ’ in this context I mean any theory which denies that a mental episode has any meaning-content intrinsically , and affirms that its content consists in some external relation to other things . |
| 26 | Almost everyone in Britain and the United States who has any acquaintance with law believes that Parliament and Congress and the various state legislatures make law and that past judicial decisions must be given credit in later ones . |
| 27 | Pretending to be worried about the painters and the incriminating evidence against them — ‘ It 's very , very important for them ! ’ — Porfiry asks Raskolnikov if he has any recollection of passing an open door on the lower landing and seeing two men at work inside . |
| 28 | It is necessary before undertaking an analysis of whether a restraint in a particular case is reasonable to decide whether in the first place the doctrine has any part to play . |
| 29 | He warned the exact arrangement announced yesterday will have to remain unchanged if Diana has any possibility of becoming queen . |
| 30 | For the Autumn 1955 issue , Mary Short of Norwich wrote an article entitled ‘ Compel them to Come in ’ predicting that the WEA would die a natural death unless more young members were recruited and advocating adventurous experiment : ‘ it may mean holding afternoon classes , or running a baby-sitter service so that young couples with children can come … has any Branch tried to recruit new members by advertising courses on child psychology at ante-natal clinics and infant welfare centres ? ’ . |