Example sentences of "[adj] think [prep] any " in BNC.
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1 | The next it was unbearably sad to think about any of them . |
2 | Even in this era of psycho-history , it is impossible to think of any other historical character of note whose public persona has been so submerged , and private morality so relentlessly pursued with such ruthless subjectivity on the part of those who have written about her . |
3 | I find it hard to think of any more splendid compensation than conferment of the power to transfer a very large sum of money from a newspaper which I dislike and despise to an organisation or institution which I love and admire . |
4 | It is hard to think of any British rock , for instance , that 's sufficiently ignorant to consist of nothing but screamworthiness alone . |
5 | As a result it is hard to think of any technical innovations , whether in the military or civilian field , that Russia does not know about . |
6 | It is hard to think of any aspect of Gertrude Stein 's Three Lives that has not been covered , except the exploratory and explanatory uses to which she puts the black woman who holds centre stage in that work . |
7 | As it is now hard to think of any disorder , physical or mental , that does not have some element of the psychological in its origin , we can , I hope , reject the pejorative meaning . |
8 | It is hard to think of any comparable figure in medieval English history who lived so long , travelled so widely , or had a career so diverse and adventurous . |
9 | Thus there are two different intensional relations behind the two different versions of the second sentence in ( 21 ) , even though it is hard to think of any circumstances whatever ( other than metalinguistic ones ) in which they could have different truth values : ( 22 ) ( 23 ) ( We use as the symbol for assignment of equation . ) |
10 | It is hard to think of any useful commodity that was not on offer in this thriving market town . |
11 | But I think this is it 's very close to science fiction — it 's very hard to think of any biological argument which makes the probability of intelligent life evolving high . |
12 | I usually find that when the puzzle is too complicated to think about any more , the best thing to do is act . |
13 | Stifling her yawns and fighting to keep her eyes open during the Litany of the Saints , she wrestled with the problem , terrified that Tristram might be caught trespassing but unable to think of any way to warn him . |
14 | ‘ What date is it ? ’ she asked directly , not able to think of any other means of approach . |
15 | It is not possible to think of any literary antecedent , nor of any later development of the character , apart perhaps from the curious Captain Hook , himsclf overshadowed by the sinister and disturbing Peter Pan . |
16 | It is also indubitable , and a fact of which philosophers and psychologists of different inclinations have made different things , that to think of any episode of experience is to think of two elements , two elements within the experience . |
17 | If you are unsure of which flowers will be suitable , or are hard-pressed to think of any small flowers at all , there are many alpine plants that may be ideal . |
18 | It is difficult to think of any comparable tribute from a cardinal to a journalist , still less to a woman . |
19 | By the end of that Test they were two down with two to play , and it is difficult to think of any England tour where such a low point had been reached . |
20 | It is difficult to think of any twentieth-century president who was a more complete outsider . |
21 | It was difficult to think of any animal less suited to her personality . |
22 | After 1850 it is difficult to think of any kings who were great patrons of the arts , except mad ones like Ludwig II of Bavaria ( 1864–86 ) , any noble magnates who were great collectors of art , except eccentrics . |