Example sentences of "is [adj] [verb] any [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although Newco will seek from the vendor warranties which may provide redress if a problem arises after completion , it is preferable to identify any serious problem before the purchase and negotiate a reduction in price , rather than to litigate a warranty claim afterwards . |
| 2 | It is possible to express any square matrix as the sum of a symmetric and a skew-symmetric matrix ; this is shown by the identity |
| 3 | To pay for his Olympics , Simon is prepared to do any odd jobs . |
| 4 | Clause 1.2 is not acceptable as it is inadvisable to agree any unreasonable fetters on the tenant 's right to assign the benefit of the agreement . |
| 5 | ( I had better say now that readers who identify the I of the Sonnets with Shakespeare 's own personality not only encourage that futility of speculation about the identity of a real-life ‘ Friend ’ and ‘ Dark Lady ’ which has pestered discussions of these poems for so long , and is now in the last stages of senility ; but in so doing they also destroy one of the essential principles of literary criticism in modern times , the independence of the I in lyric poetry , its existence as a persona or mask behind which the poet is free to impersonate any human situation without being identified with each or all of the mutations — often contradictory — taken on by his persona . ) |
| 6 | Simon was to the point : ‘ It is impossible to credit any single hairdresser , so I would like to put forward three greats — Trevor Sorbie and Anthony Mascolo ’ . |
| 7 | Although the cases lay down the rule that a distinction between general skill and knowledge and business secrets must be maintained , it is impossible to formulate any general test . |
| 8 | Without some historic realignment on the left , it is impossible to see any serious moves in this direction being made in the next five years . |
| 9 | 1.60 It is impossible to give any clear indication of what level or percentage of the damages the interim payment will be . |
| 10 | It is impossible to select any important part of it without soon realising that its root is firmly grounded in atheism . |
| 11 | It is impossible to make any such comparison without knowing what the institutional arrangements of the system would be . |
| 12 | Without reading some history it is impossible to have any true conception of the life at court . |
| 13 | It is a consequence of the definition that it is impossible to increase any objective function at an efficient solution without decreasing another . |
| 14 | It is impossible to obtain any foreign newspaper or magazine whatsoever in Belgrade . |
| 15 | It is impossible to perceive any global coincidence at all between ecological or economic factors and family types . |
| 16 | In practice it is impossible to maintain any rigorous separation between executive power and legislative power — between the power to set down the broad direction of the state and to carry out the laws , and the power to make laws and general rules — and , in Britain , Bagehot saw the fusion as taking place in the Cabinet which he said was a committee of the legislative body chosen by the Commons to be the executive body and rule the nation . |
| 17 | As I see it , the considerations set out above and taken as a whole lead irresistibly to the conclusion that , when considering the expression ‘ any person ’ in the sections , it is impossible to identify any particular limitation which can be said , with any degree of confidence , to represent the presumed intention of Parliament . |
| 18 | What we do know is that it is impossible to write any human being off as permanently damaged . |
| 19 | The term is supposed to encompass any intentional change in the perceptual input . |
| 20 | Neither side is likely to take any unnecessary risks in a key game for both teams , so a draw is likely . |
| 21 | Please let me know if this is likely to cause any serious problems . |
| 22 | Switch is likely to resist any such application . |
| 23 | However , the directive is likely to remove any real distinction between personal data held on paper and on electronic systems . |
| 24 | The details also give a home number to contact at the evenings and weekends essential if the story is likely to have any national significance . |
| 25 | It is hard to see any other teams breaking into the top 6 , but West Ham and Newcastle can still be caught . |
| 26 | Although many years later Braque recalled how strong an impression tribal art made on him , it is hard to see any direct reflection of this in the paintings executed at the time when Picasso was reacting so positively to tribal sculpture ; even in a painting like the Nu any influence from tribal art seems to have come at second hand , through Picasso 's Demoiselles . |
| 27 | Today no such evidence is needed as the matter was settled in favour of the mechanical explanation , although it is hard to envisage any human attempt to produce the resonant sound from a branch with any contraption without a strong amplifier . |
| 28 | He once reproached Sir Philip Sidney for his famous refusal of a cup of water on a Dutch battlefield as an act that looks ‘ aggressively holy ’ , and it is hard to imagine any other critic of the age allowing himself such a remark , or even conceiving of it : The okay thing would be to drink some of the cup himself and pass it on , leaving most of it to the other man … ’ |
| 29 | Plausible or not , it is hard to imagine any other justification for the renewed confidence being shown by hardware and software manufacturers for the prospects of finding a new generation of laser disc customers in the 1990s . |
| 30 | This is not the easiest selection of flowers to use in a design as they all look the same , and apart from turning some of the rose petals into buds , it is hard to introduce any interesting variations into the shapes in the picture . |