Example sentences of "any kind [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do abhor dust and dirt , and stains on the bathtub , and any kind of filth . |
| 2 | By the end of the nineteenth century it was fairly obvious that the dialogue was not materializing , as the social and political events of the 1880s had made clear , and the employers ' counter-attack on trade unions in the 1890s gave little hope for any kind of reconciliation . |
| 3 | With so many others in the dole queue , all desperate to find work , having any kind of handicap makes it almost impossible to move up the line . |
| 4 | She certainly does n't any kind of handicap or a stigma . |
| 5 | Once it was recognised that any kind of cancer had an identifiable cause , it was natural to try and determine the exact chemical identity of the substances responsible ( the ‘ carcinogens ’ ) . |
| 6 | What about those that were injured , did they get any kind of compensation ? |
| 7 | One of them is the law of return ; another is diversification — as against any kind of monoculture ; another is decentralisation , so that some use can be found for even quite inferior resources which it would never be rational to transport over long distances . |
| 8 | ‘ Setting aside the issue of murder , ’ said Herluin , ‘ for which as yet we lack any kind of proof , surely his story is to be believed . |
| 9 | The difference was that there was no hint whatsoever of any kind of collective or ideological opposition . |
| 10 | ‘ There 's never been any kind of attraction between me and To — ’ She stopped , seeing the darkness in his eyes and understanding it . |
| 11 | Any kind of road . |
| 12 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |
| 13 | Only about 10 per cent of the Chile 's estimated 400,000 temporeros belong to any kind of union . |
| 14 | Ironically , the only Hibs player who appeared to have any kind of conviction going forward was Pat McGinlay , who has taken up the attention of Celtic 's manager , Liam Brady , and will be the object of a move from that quarter when his contract expires in the summer . |
| 15 | And a lot of the shopkeepers did n't have any kind of insurance at all . |
| 16 | ( It certainly does not mean any kind of degree of physical excitement . ) |
| 17 | Getting out the vote was a perennial problem in any kind of election , for many lairds could find plenty of excuses to avoid a tedious journey to the shire town . |
| 18 | I did n't even know I had any kind of title until I went to prep school when I started to get these letters saying : ‘ The Honourable Charles ’ . |
| 19 | Notice this latter illustration concentrating on the externals of a still picture and then having selectively to use a ‘ public voice ’ , carried less risk of inadequate work than if the group had gone straight into dramatic playing , a mode which is often used indiscriminately and without any kind of rigour . |
| 20 | People who go through any kind of shit come out with a certain sense of humour : it comes from the pain you go through and how you handle it . |
| 21 | But that would still mean the year with the terrible Mother Clare to qualify herself for any kind of work . |
| 22 | Although he had managed to complete " East Coker " there , his duties as an air-raid warden were becoming too arduous for him — he had to sit up two nights each week , and his general loss of sleep made any kind of work more difficult . |
| 23 | I offered to do any kind of work , teaching , sewing , cleaning , so that I could become independent again . |
| 24 | Like piracy of the copyright in any kind of work , theft deprives the originators of the rewards to which they are entitled . |
| 25 | Students of Russia who hail from much smaller and less heterogeneous countries might pause to ask themselves whether democratic rule under any kind of government is possible in a country as awesome in its administrative complexity as this one . |
| 26 | The office of collector was a valuable one , and it was regarded as an attractive prize by gentlemen in need of an improved cash flow , for temporary custody of tax revenues and the ability to make some use of such funds for short-term personal advantage was one of the great attractions of any kind of government service which brought an individual into contact with money . |
| 27 | Alex wished she had not immediately thought of Matthew Prescott , who was not only emphatically not her new man , but unlikely to be any kind of man at all , as far as she was concerned . |
| 28 | He did n't like any kind of sloppiness on stage . |
| 29 | the most beautiful and fragrant flowers of any kind of shrub yet known . |
| 30 | Never once had he shown him any kind of affection . |