Example sentences of "[subord] anyone in the " in BNC.

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1 With his great hands , Jimmy returned the fast serve better than anyone in the history of the game .
2 Alcock , the man with the astronomical memory , probably knows the sky better than anyone in the world , possibly in history .
3 The Labour Party showed more faith than anyone in the medicine of the pollsters and strategists , believing they has found in it the panacea for their 13-year malaise .
4 However , USL has recently claimed that it will configure Destiny to run applications of all persuasions — including Solaris — ( UX No 380 ) , Zander says ‘ if they can do that they 're better than anyone in the world . ’
5 She had known Connor O'Dell for nearly ten years now — she knew him better than anyone in the world — and tonight , she knew without any shadow of doubt that he was lying to her .
6 I mean , you know me better than anyone in the world , you probably love me better than anyone in the world , but you still never know another person one hundred per cent . ’
7 I mean , you know me better than anyone in the world , you probably love me better than anyone in the world , but you still never know another person one hundred per cent . ’
8 You could have heard a pin drop if anyone in the room had dropped one .
9 So Balder Head must have had some architectural significance or other , although I doubt if anyone in the dale realized it .
10 She wished she could confide in Ella , but it was far too risky and she knew she would feel worse if anyone in the house knew about the baby .
11 IF anyone in the Government has a conscience , I hope it was pricked by your terribly moving picture of Belinda Giles asking Santa to keep open London 's St Bartholomew 's Hospital , where she is being treated for cancer .
12 If anyone in the Ormesby area would like to join , meetings are held on Monday evenings at Southlands Leisure Centre , from 7.30 pm to 9.30 pm — do go along to find out more .
13 If anyone in the SSD can shed any light on the matter , or better still on the origins of the letter , she or he will immediately be nominated reader of the week , be the envy of all and sundry , and receive a special prize .
14 Nevertheless , this happened to many , but I would question if anyone in the Command had amassed the experience of Fraser Barron in such a relatively short time .
15 If anyone in the club had been left with any doubt that you and I are in love , that touching little display on the dance floor must have convinced them otherwise . ’
16 He wants to know if anyone in the Darlington area has any information of the whereabouts of Mr Whitbread .
17 I doubt if anyone in the four divisions is entertaining as much as we are at the moment .
18 Thus while anyone in the world , with normal physical resources , can watch dance or look at sculpture or listen to music , still some forty per cent of the world 's present inhabitants can make no contact whatever with a piece of writing , and in earlier periods this percentage was very much larger .
19 There is , as anyone in the racket knows , a kind of trap between the printer and the writer that will box things up if possible , in spite of the best efforts on both sides .
20 When the 27-hour non-stop TV spectacular was last staged in 1990 , the Hampshire people proved as dotty as anyone in the bizarre ways they raised cash for the needy in the local community .
21 It 's another indication that Francis means to continue the Hillsborough revolution started by Ron Atkinson — he changed the thinking in the boardroom , and now Wednesday are as ambitious as anyone in the Premier League .
22 ‘ I am top of the averages of the England bowlers selected and I think I am bowling as well as anyone in the side at the moment .
23 But they 've pulled off a surprise or two , Courtney Walsh has looked as good a bowler as anyone in the country and one or two new names , have emerged .
24 The only problem with the theory , from the point of view of a journalist , is that agents — as opinionated and informed as anyone in the trade — are rightly jealous of their relationships with editors and publishers , and so they refuse to be quoted on anything critical .
25 Harold was as well-mannered , she considered , as anyone in the University , including the stiff old Prebendary Porkadder , who lived in the next-door house with his housekeeper .
26 WITH three Australians , the greatest number since the 70s , and the club 's first American rider , Middlesbrough Bears are set to start a new season confident they can be as good as anyone in the Sunbrite League 's second division .
27 This quote from Portsmouth manager , Jim Smith , is about Mark Chamberlain ( remember him ? ) but sums ups the breed : ‘ On his day he can be as good as anyone in the country .
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