Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] to any [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 One of the most notable developments in the Soviet Union , contrary to the confident expectations of Soviet and Western Marxists as well as modernisation theorists , is that rapid socio-economic development in the USSR has not led to any decrease in ethnic attachment among the minority nationalities .
2 I 'm so thankful he has n't come to any harm .
3 Her father respected her wishes , and declared that from that day on , they were all brothers , and no one would do any harm to any chimpanzee .
4 The 1954 Act now applies to any tenancy of licensed premises granted after 11 July 1989 .
5 These changes did not lead to any change in popular perceptions of the police , partially because there were still few Sinhalese officers .
6 The decline in profitability may have resulted in an unwillingness of British business to invest in industry in this country , but it did not lead to any scarcity of capital for investment .
7 A small number of comments were not coded , this was generally the case when a comment did not refer to any potential or actual driving event , for example ‘ Have to remain vigilant ’ or ‘ Maintaining a steady speed ’ .
8 Clearly , then , Bukharin did not adhere to any idea of ‘ market socialism ’ , since he directly counterposed plan and market .
9 This may also explain the finding that the AL and the AH cases in this study did not respond to any treatment and had a poor prognosis when they presented with severe intestinal obstruction .
10 This difference did not amount to any assimilation of Greek culture among the Jews .
11 Kufrans and Ajdabiyans did not conform to any stereotype of simple , backward tribesmen : it would be wrong to assume from their voting patterns that they were simple mechanical products of a tribal model of society .
12 Gaily picked them — they did not belong to any grave — to take to Ma .
13 He chose a small squad from among those men available who did not belong to any lineage closely involved in the affair .
14 The official resolution said in reply that the gracefulness of his welcome was only increased because he ‘ did not belong to any of the Free Churches … and did not belong to any section of those political parties to which they might be supposed to belong ’ .
15 Sometimes she dreamed fretfully of trees that came right up close , like gnarled old men walking , but they did not belong to any patch she recognized .
16 By Schedule 1 , paragraph 1(c) of the Act , the provisions contained in sections 2 to 4 do not extend to any contract : so far as it relates to the creation or transfer of any right or interest in any patent , trade mark , copyright , … or other intellectual property .
17 Do not agree to any deal unless you have assessed in detail all its implications .
18 These do not correspond to any pattern or structure inherent in the text , but consist of what the reader judges to be an identifiable unit , ( a phrase , a sentence , a couple of sentences ) .
19 Tonight it had been her turn to give way , but agreeing to spend an hour in the Clarence with Colin and Yvonne did n't extend to any pretence that she actually enjoyed their company .
20 We found that she would answer to either name , but did n't respond to any other .
21 If I want a T-shirt I do n't go to any pile I go to the hangers .
22 Please , Mr O'Malley , do n't go to any trouble on our account . ’
23 Actually , do n't go to any trouble .
24 " But do n't go to any trouble , " I said .
25 ‘ I never set out to be a role model for girls or women , ’ she said in a recent interview , ‘ and I do n't conform to any stereotype .
26 ‘ Every new development gets an individual approach — I do n't stick to any formula .
27 To make sure you do n't come to any harm . ’
28 Still the previous spills of asbestos in the factory had not led to any action by the workers .
29 Claire Robinson in her affidavit deposes that all parties were in agreement that the court on 16 February had not come to any opinion as to whether or not Mr. Bell had broken or was likely to break any condition of his bail .
30 It is important to remember that ‘ democratic deficit ’ does not refer to any notion that the Commission is too powerful , but rather to the idea that too many decisions are taken by the ‘ unelected ’ Council of Ministers , and that further powers should be transferred from this body and from national parliaments to the European Parliament at Strasbourg .
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