Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] any [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had been brought up as a chapel-goer , and two generations back her family had been staunch Wesleyans , but she herself had long since dropped any pretence to faith of any kind , and now considered all religious observation as ridiculous frivolity . |
| 2 | By contrast , the rational expectations hypothesis , when applied to the theory of inflation , appeared to indicate that money would be neutral in the short run also , thereby denying any role to policy activism . |
| 3 | He was an honest merchant whose skills , and those of others , including thank God the British Nan , had made him rich enough to slake any whim to satiety . |
| 4 | The Liverpool manager diplomatically avoided any attempt to bill this encounter as Souness versus Dalglish . |
| 5 | I was very conscious that in my presence there it could n't be avoided , though , of course , the Methodist Church does not make any claims to priesthood for its ministry . |
| 6 | Although she understood J. C. Ibbetson well , Rotha Mary Clay did not make any reference to Green in her book on Ibbetson . |
| 7 | Similarly , it is generally agreed that the discourse-deictic words like moreover , besides , anyway , well , etc. , in utterance-initial position , do not make any difference to truth conditions ( Grice , 1961 , 1975 ; Wilson , 1975 ) . |
| 8 | 4(5) This Act applies in respect of births after ( but not before ) its passing , and in respect of any such birth it replaces any law in force before its passing , whereby a person could be liable to a child in respect of disabilities with which it might be born ; but in section 1(3) of this Act the expression ‘ liable in tort ’ does not include any reference to liability by virtue of this Act , or to liability by virtue of any such law . |
| 9 | Thus , in general , most " matrimonial conveyances " should not incur any liability to stamp duty whatever the value of the property conveyed or transferred . |
| 10 | It is clear therefore that a sale of the former matrimonial home within 36 months of the husband leaving it , or a transfer of his interest in it to the wife within that period , will not incur any charge to capital gains tax . |
| 11 | Yes I think that probably this had been er very wise in this er in so I 'm not saying that they 've helped us or anything but they 've kept the middle of the line and erm In the beginning when things were beginning to whatsit er the inspector sent two policemen down here and asked me would I ask the lads not to do any damage to property and all this , and that and said , Right there 's a lodge tonight and I shall ask them I shall tell them to do that . |
| 12 | Modern single-stack drainage systems allow them to mix above ground , though there are stringent design requirements to ensure that the drains do not pose any risk to health . |
| 13 | The study stresses that the levels of caesium observed do not pose any risk to health . |
| 14 | In the first place this tax was not , in my view , paid pursuant to a contract that if the money was held not to have been payable it would then fall due to be repaid , thus excluding any right to interest before Nolan J. 's decision . |
| 15 | The psychiatrist 's theory was that I simply had to come to realise that becoming a ‘ complete man ’ ( which presumably included being heterosexual ) would not involve any risk to life or , more importantly , limb , that I was a ‘ complete man ’ . |
| 16 | She had quickly outgrown any tendency to baby fat , and her legs were like beansticks . |
| 17 | Please send any information to NCVO for circulation to the coalition members for wider dissemination . |
| 18 | Since Graham has n't shown any allergies to food , his diet is unrestricted . |
| 19 | ‘ In that case , ’ Lacuna said , ‘ you ca n't have any objection to Pool looking inside it . ’ |
| 20 | Central TV have not yet made any approach to Villa owner Doug Ellis — but if Ellis wo n't play ball , then Newbon may try his luck with other Midlands giants like Coventry or Nottingham Forest . |