Example sentences of "any [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Profit figures may be used in banner headlines ; but for anyone with any expertise and any money to lose , it is the beginning of an analysis of performance , not an end . |
| 2 | Further , the Prime Minister brought forward the deadline for nominations to the leadership contest to 15 November in order to force the hand of any challenger and to reduce the time available to mount an effective campaign . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't make any noise that might attract it . ’ |
| 4 | He had taken the precaution of oiling its mechanism along with the door hinges earlier that day , so as to avoid any noise that would alert the occupant of the room . |
| 5 | Complete silence was expected nightly while he took stock of the world : ‘ after supper , the paper was unfolded and the old man began reading the four pages ; woe betide if any noise or talking was indulged in by the family until the task was completed . ’ |
| 6 | It is often a good idea to make the positive and negative power supply conductors as thick as possible to avoid any noise or ripple being induced on the power supply lines when thin conductors could create an unwanted electrical resistance . |
| 7 | A boat is like a floating drum and any noise and vibration are magnified through the water . |
| 8 | The kind of marks you 'd make if you wrapped a pillow round a gun so it did n't make any noise when it went off . |
| 9 | In the recession of the early 1980s this service suffered immensely through poor sales and ultra high terminations — in those days it was said that washroom would be the hardest hit in any recession because it was not seen as an essential service ; much confidence was , then lost in the service . |
| 10 | They discovered that the difference in attendance between any recession and the year before it started has never exceeded 2 p.c . |
| 11 | They all denied any responsibility and claimed that litigation costs forced an early settlement . |
| 12 | Indeed , overall this is a useful companion for any scientist or technologist with an interest in colour at a price that , for its content , is not too prohibitive . |
| 13 | Have always been interested in intelligence , escaped the germy epoch of Freud and am so bored with all lacks of intelletto that I have n't used any discrimination when I have referred to ‘ em … . |
| 14 | And there was not , it seems , any finding that Duval 's pressure on his wife to sign constituted undue influence . |
| 15 | ‘ The justices however failed to make any determination , or failed to make any finding or state any reasons for finding as to whether ( i ) there was any genuine alternative to the making of a secure accommodation order ; ( ii ) all other alternatives had been comprehensively considered and rejected . |
| 16 | It is also acknowledged and agreed that I will perform my functions hereunder solely for the said parties and neither correspondence relating to the dispute nor any finding or award made by me as expert shall give rise to any right in favour of any person not a party hereto and any such correspondence and finding [ or award ] will be confidential to the said parties and will not be disclosed without my prior written consent , which I will not unreasonably withhold but which may be given subject to conditions . |
| 17 | At low river flows the effects of pollution are greater than they are at high flows , and , if there is any contamination that is likely to affect textile processing , this will show up more in samples taken at such times . |
| 18 | As far as he 's concerned , there 's still far too much kicking and he argues strongly that the new laws have not helped , with forwards standing off and forward driving teams not able to maintain any offensive because they lose the ball in the opposition 22 . |
| 19 | But we used to have these , these bins at the end of each road and we used to have to put any scrap or unwanted food in . |
| 20 | In fact he forbids the use of cosmetics , even soap ; and as for her hair and down , her crackling armpits , her upper locks and lower wreath — Herta , I suspect , could be woollier than any yak and still keep Odilo happy . |
| 21 | ‘ I can walk in there at any hour or the day or night , and best of all , I love him again . |
| 22 | As the days went by , Franca cherished and nourished and developed her suffering , unable to envisage any change or any plan — any machine into which so much relentless force might be fed . |
| 23 | Remembering that the elderly often become quite anxious and upset at the prospect of any change or disturbance of their normal routine , however pleasing the end-result promises to be , you will need to take anything they may regard as an ‘ upheaval ’ very slowly . |
| 24 | The aim of mathematics teaching should be to show mathematics as process , as a creative activity in which pupils can be fully involved , and not as an imposed body of knowledge immune from any change or development . |
| 25 | Hopes for alternative provision must not be allowed to stifle any change or improvement within existing hospitals . |
| 26 | A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Itzhak Shamir said that he did not see " any change or sign of moderation " in the PNC resolutions and that the PLO " was not party to the political process and we will not negotiate with it " . |
| 27 | There 's not likely to be any change until they operate and that probably wo n't be until late this evening . |
| 28 | I do n't think she had any experience but she became friendly with Eleanor Fawcett who had , and Vera borrowed our cheese press . |
| 29 | And how inevitably people argue falsely from any experience that an author has shared with a character : nearly always it meant something different . |
| 30 | All psychiatric assessment procedures contain an instruction to set aside as diagnostically insignificant any experience that occurs as part of a shared religious or subcultural belief system . |