Example sentences of "any [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Node N : start 8 0 any child of start r 5 s 7 any grandchild of r 2 s 24 start any grandparent of s 2 r 36 a goal any parent of a goal 1 49 fb is a better heuristic function than fa because it assigns relatively large values to states near goals . |
| 2 | Nigel Vaughan did a passable impersonation of Liam Brady and Peter Reid for 35 minutes , but once he tired the home attacks lost any semblance of variety . |
| 3 | For many of his supporters he could do no wrong and any semblance of wrong having been done was explained as part of the ecumenical conspiracy to defeat true Protestantism . |
| 4 | They were capped by flat discs and had a smooth surface without any semblance of an aero dynamic profile . |
| 5 | The reality is that a child is a time-consuming , all-engulfing creature who disrupts any semblance of pleasurable home life . |
| 6 | The enemy bowmen showered them with arrows , to break up any semblance of order ; and the English horsed might , charging downhill , everywhere overwhelmed the Scots leadership by sheer weight and impetus . |
| 7 | An indication that many fighters have all but lost any semblance of moral conscience are the frequent violations of the neutrality of medical and humanitarian workers . |
| 8 | But the inclusive nature of this category required that comparisons be limited to the most severe cases ; those lacking any semblance of human capability . |
| 9 | What is known is that nearly 8000 young people leave care each year at 18 and many others at 16 and 17 , and are not provided with any semblance of the help and support which a good parent would give not only to these age groups but often to many young people of 19 , 20 or even older . |
| 10 | And this month it looked like losing any semblance of true commercial independence when its two biggest shareholders , Spain 's El Pais and Italy 's La Repubblica newspaper groups , said they may be forced to increase their joint stake to 50% by investing more money in it . |
| 11 | Insiders say any semblance of an organisation has been abandoned . |
| 12 | Like the GMC 's recommendations the deans ' suggestion may seem superficially attractive , but it too lacks any semblance of realism about how it might be implemented . |
| 13 | If it does the alternative of a statutory limit on hours of work similar to that proposed by the European Commission would destroy any semblance of manpower control just as surely as Field 's proposals . |
| 14 | Unlike the Wagner excerpts for Chandos reviewed in February , they show her , in poor and strained voice , battling to maintain a line or any semblance of firm tone . |
| 15 | Nobody has yet been discovered who maintains any semblance of normal health without sleeping . |
| 16 | He says ‘ the demand for the all-round grocery clerk , fruiterer and vegetable dealer , dairyman , butcher , and so forth , has long ago been replaced by a labor configuration in the supermarkets which calls for truck unloaders , shelf stockers , checkout clerks , meat wrappers , and meat cutters ; of these only the last retain any semblance of skill , and none require any general knowledge of retail trade ’ . |
| 17 | Once you 've left the Getting Started manual , screenshots seem to be a thing of the past and any semblance of logical order is forgotten . |
| 18 | From then on , any semblance of normal life became impossible . |
| 19 | Part of the problem was that Trinidad was so culturally and ethnically diverse and seemingly lacking any semblance of a common identity , the political arena therefore was simply a reflection of this diversity . |
| 20 | It conjured up too many graphic images for her to reply with any semblance of iciness . |
| 21 | The only way they could get any semblance of acting was for Alex to speak a whole sentence , Michael to wait for the end , and then repeat it . |
| 22 | ‘ The sex object , ’ quipped Maria , a sweet clenching sensation assailing her loins as she reflected on the helplessness of her response to his torrid lovemaking , resentment rising a second later because she still lacked any semblance of control over their relationship . |
| 23 | The leader of the small Social Democratic Party , Zardusht Ali Zade , had withdrawn as a presidential candidate on July 17 , as the opposition sought to deny the elections any semblance of legitimacy . |
| 24 | At the moment though there are many indications that the South African government and military and their Namibian supporters will try to sabotage any semblance of ’ free and fair ’ elections . |
| 25 | Although everyone was a bit wary of an undeserved Soton equaliser , Beeney mopped up any semblance of an attack , and after good work by Strachan in not letting Benali shepherd the ball out for a goal kick , he dispossessed him , took it past another defender and played it across the goal for Speed to slot it into the bottom left corner . |
| 26 | They proved to have no stomach for a fight with only Steve Regeling showing any semblance of spirit . |
| 27 | but erm , I , I thought it was both yours and Mr contention that through the doctoring of extensible authority and by , because of that doctoring your clients are not alleging that any contracts of insurance or re-insurance simply made on their behalf is unenforceable |
| 28 | The equivalent level of ignorance in another subject might be not to know the name of Shakespeare or anything at all about evolution or to have any skills of basic measuring or to know that Asia is a continent . |
| 29 | It is often difficult in retrospect , or even contemporaneously for that matter , to discern the part that psychic repression plays in any instance of homophobia . |
| 30 | It is not believable that a Protestant residential street would have been selected nor is there any instance of such an occurrence on any other occasion . |