Example sentences of "they [be] any " in BNC.
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1 | Changed issues do not necessarily throw organizations into an anxious state of transition ; if they are any good , they are always in transition . |
2 | Special elastic strips can be bought nowadays for this method , but I can not see that they are any improvement on our elastic bands ! |
3 | Most advertisements , if they are any good , are the outcome of a process of careful , detailed and imaginative analysis , which leads to the formulation of an advertising strategy for the brand concerned . |
4 | Just because , therefore , there are fewer women in physics than in English , does n't mean to say that they are any worse off : the opposite may be true . |
5 | Scully and Sons have had the job for as long as I can remember , not because they are any good but because they are ruddy cheap . |
6 | If they are any good , they know their business 's prospects better than anybody else . |
7 | I do n't think they are any good for the purpose myself , but maybe you 've got an old version of the . |
8 | PS Nutty 's got a good pair of legs if they 're any use to you , why do n't you slice your way over here to see them ? do n't think he 'd miss them as he 's legless most of the time anyway . |
9 | I mean , people get slagged off just for being on The Word , whether they 're any good or not . |
10 | Do you f you you feel that erm present government , erm do you feel that erm the other political parties what they 're erm suggesting with their policies for the inner cites , do you think they 're any better ? |
11 | Erm where whether they 're any different from the ones that have gone before . |
12 | Do n't suppose they 're any good . |
13 | Well we we 'll stop and you can have a look and if they 're any good |
14 | I do n't think they 're any better workers than ours |
15 | Shall we see if they 're any good ? |
16 | It was O.K. for The Smiths to spout away with venom but when success beckoned would they be any different from anybody else ? |
17 | And if she or Allen had an opportunity to look inside would they be any wiser ? |
18 | now if someone therefore becomes interested in one of the developments , would they be any doubt buying the houses without having a solicitors assistance ? |
19 | ‘ Ta , love , ’ said the messenger , taking them from her as if they were any old signal , carrying them to the coders who would make the groups of figures into words . |
20 | But er er exact er victories if you in that respect , it 's hard to it 's hard to say whether they were any . |
21 | Robert tried to remember whether the Egyptians had a cricket team and , if so , whether they were any good . |