Example sentences of "[adv] any [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were scarcely any towns of significance near Poltava . |
| 2 | If the hon. Gentleman had showed even a tiny amount of the indignation that he expresses about empty houses in Swindon in relation to all those in areas under Labour control , there would be scarcely any problems of homelessness in Britain . |
| 3 | He said that there were " hardly any points of convergence between the ANC and the government " and in this context face-to-face talks were unacceptable . |
| 4 | I reject absolutely any charges of racism on the part of anyone in the Tory party in the Langbaurgh campaign . |
| 5 | Climate and diet have a considerable effect upon maturation , as for example the work of Weiner & Thambipillai ( 1952 ) on West Africa children suggests , and therefore any estimates of life-expectancy in earlier populations must be accepted with reserve . |
| 6 | I have always made it clear that I take seriously any allegations of misbehaviour in any children 's home in Wales . |