Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] that any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I remember that my invitation extended to 14 days , but it was so arranged that any visitor who might have to leave for the day could do so and could return again .
2 [ Around 1800 ] persons … were enabled by their skill and industry to maintain themselves and families in a state of comfort and respectability ; and to keep their own houses and pay taxes , scot and lot , and contribute towards the maintenance of other persons in their profession , who were either sick or in distress , so that it was scarcely known that any person in this trade ever applied for parochial relief .
3 It was further understood that any arrangement with Britain would not preclude separate American talks with the French or the Canadians .
4 The only parts of the Home Support Project which were not clearly understood at first were ( a ) its method of obtaining clients ( it was sometimes thought that any dementia sufferer in the borough could be referred directly to the development officer ) , and ( b ) the fact that the development officers could not step in immediately the psychogeriatrician referred a client to the project , but had to wait until the research assessment had been carried out ( which would confirm the client 's eligibility for the project service ) .
5 It was unanimously decided that any drawings or illustrations would be done by Willie .
6 It was again urged that any course that was at all demanding would be simply too difficult .
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