Example sentences of "any [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] of " in BNC.

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1 But you must have , you know , do n't ramble on about the same thing , right , cos , for , for , for any more than a couple of sentences , cos then , you know , you c start entering into sort of diminishing marginal returns very , very quickly on these short answer questions , what you want to , do is sort of say a sentence about as much as you can rather than go into in depth discussion about erm , any particular aspect .
2 A distrust of social revolutions was not absent from their considerations , any more than a distrust of traditional religion whose sacred texts committed it to discontinuous change ( ‘ creation ’ ) and interference with the regularity of nature ( ‘ miracles ’ ) .
3 There was never a time when any more than a handful of eccentrics advocated the establishment of a separate nowhere else to go .
4 There was never a time when any more than a handful of eccentrics advocated the establishment of a separate black nation-state .
5 This adds further interest in the picture , but you should be careful not to have any more than a corner of sky in the final print .
6 Wisely , perhaps , she avoids any more than a hint of her own view of female membership of MCC .
7 The incomprehensible incantations would cast no spell over him , any more than the tattoo of the spider had glued him forever to his gang .
8 The presence of a few colonies of candida does not constitute infection , however , any more than the presence of many other organisms in small numbers in the vagina means that they are there in a pathogenic capacity .
9 You can say as much as you like in a letter and it will not cost you any more than the price of a stamp .
10 I shall nevertheless vote against the motion and I shall vote for the amendment although as much as I wished it had happened or , or erm a different proposal to Mr because I do n't think it helps your argument when you call your opponents instead of arguing face and er unlike Mr I actually do believe its in subsidiarity and I think we should accept Leicester and Leicester only and what the Leicester hunt will do should be decided here in Leicester , not in Westminster , er any more than the composition of our offices should be , should be decided in Brussels and I believe in subsidiarity .
11 So why should she be protected , any more than the rest of them ?
12 I do n't suppose policemen like being taught their jobs any more than the rest of us do .
13 We agree that success of medical genetics can not be measured by the number of terminated pregnancies , any more than the success of surgery can be measured by the number of lower limbs amputated in patients with vascular stenosis .
14 Furthermore , it does not show that these are class interests , any more than the enumeration of cases shows that the government systematically protects the interests of what Poulantzas calls the hegemonic function of capital .
15 Is social development any more than the provision of village halls and recreation facilities ?
16 It would n't have any point that could be called a beginning or end , any more than the surface of the earth has a beginning or end .
17 The sowing of the seed of the gospel does not happen just with a look , any more than the sowing of barley occurs by the farmer going out and smiling at his field .
18 I wo n't say any more because a lot of it in the back of the telephone manual , on facilities , so it 's all explained there .
19 Before we had ( Hugo ) Porta who was ideal — but he is n't there any more and the whole of Argentine rugby is suffering a crisis .
20 Genesis is exhilarating and exuberant orthodox big-band music of a kind rarely played with such punch any more and the sharpness of the CD enhances the brash , headlong momentum of it — Tracey 's orchestras always sound as if they are going to work with the elan of Saturday night at the Savoy ballroom .
21 Such models attempt to clarify the relationships between the variables that influence the buying situation , and may assist the marketer to predict the outcome of change in any one or a number of purchase variables .
22 These are related to any one or a combination of eustatic changes in sea level , local changes in sediment input , and changes in basin subsidence .
23 Stock , Aitken and Waterman had taken her under their protective wing and such master opportunities did n't need any convincing that the success of the soap could be translated into success in the record business .
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