Example sentences of "if [verb] any " in BNC.
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1 | If given any choice in the matter , you should know that funded-in-advance schemes offer greater security but are not tax-efficient , as the employee has to make contributions out of his net income and is also taxed on the employer 's contributions as a benefit in kind . |
2 | When asked if has any hope for the future Bruce Harris smiles and replies : ‘ If you promise to keep writing I do . ’ |
3 | Perhaps symbolic is the typical picket line of today ; people in high spirits shouting slogans and singing to the beat of a salsa band as they march defiantly under the eyes of the police contrast with the solemn processions of strikers we had seen in the 1940s , walking through the streets in silence and in proper order , as if to create any disturbance was a mark of poor breeding . |
4 | ‘ We are citizens of the British Empire and subjects of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second , ’ she announced , as if to pre-empt any further questions , pushing the photograph into her grandchild 's hand . |
5 | As they cycled along side by side , Deirdre put a comradely hand on Jacob 's shoulder , as if to deny any accusation in her words . |
6 | But it did n't seem as if doing any of these things would help . |
7 | as if to remove any doubt about the prevalence of an American view contrary to the English view , an 1889 United States Supreme Court decision expressly denied enforceability to the ‘ negligence ’ exemption . |
8 | Perhaps , for instance , educational programmes for parents of disabled or ill children might be evaluated to see if reducing any over-involved or overcritical parenting styles reduces the child 's later risk of schizophrenia . |
9 | Claudia said , glancing at the watchful man , who was leaning against the door-frame as if to prevent any thought of escape she might have . |