Example sentences of "[adv] [v-ing] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The King asked whether it would be approved , and Baldwin skilfully replied that it would not be acceptable to the country , thereby keeping any question of the Government 's own veto in the background .
2 By contrast , the rational expectations hypothesis , when applied to the theory of inflation , appeared to indicate that money would be neutral in the short run also , thereby denying any role to policy activism .
3 They have produced a number of published manifestos condemning US congressional interference in El Salvador and adamantly opposing any dialogue with the FDR :
4 The speed at which the loop is formed is such that the bobbin is suspended , so eliminating any need for lubrication despite the continuous rotation of the bobbin carrier .
5 She also explained the importance of observing the colour and size of the stoma , especially noting any oedema or discolouration .
6 When he walked in I thought , You can take me dirty dancing any day of the week .
7 Perhaps unwisely , as judged by subsequent events , the bank permitted overdrafts on both these accounts without apparently taking any form of guarantee or security from Dempsey .
8 and , you 're losing money , , if you 're not , if you 're not seeing any return you 're
9 It is a bit like a rich person living in a wealthy neighborhood not seeing any poverty .
10 ‘ We understand the president-elect is not seeing any heads of government , ’ he said .
11 Some became pregnant through contraceptive failure , such as missing taking the Pill for a day , or a faulty condom , but most do it through not using any kind of contraception at all .
12 ‘ We managed to keep a live feel to the record firstly by not using any click tracks ; we recorded drums and acoustic rhythm guitar together to start each song off .
13 The builders are not using any nails in the construction , in an effort to build an authentic cultural centre .
14 So I encourage people to play entire solos , only using chord tones , not using any approach notes or scale notes at all , but only using the three or four basic notes of whatever the chord is .
15 Nevertheless , four out of five of them were not using any form of birth control .
16 ‘ Riddle had it coming to him , I 'm not wasting any tears over that bastard . ’
17 I 'm not saying , I 'm not drawing any conclusions until I know but I 'm saying I think it 's an area that is perhaps worth investigation .
18 This woman violates the taboo of not touching any man when in a state of impurity by secretly touching his garment , hoping thereby to heal herself .
19 Not allowing any form of inappropriate behaviour .
20 The speaking-tube eventually evolved into a narrow horn , serving the same function — not allowing any sound to escape ( 8 ) .
21 It 's ridiculous not eating any breakfast .
22 I think , I 'd like to just take up the point about secrecy because I am involved in talking to couples where the , there is a basic problem of male infertility where th the husband of the couple , or the partner of the couple is unable to father a child because he 's not producing any sperm , or not producing enough sperm and that couple come to us for help and advice
23 Government policy we do n't build any housing , and therefore we 've got five thousand on the waiting list , and that 's why health is a major problem for a lot of people in this city , because we 're not building any houses , she knows that , and she and her party do nothing about it .
24 5.3 There are two further reasons for not accepting any sort of identification between adverbal adjectives and predicate qualifiers , apart from the indications given by ambiguity , and by the fact that they correspond to different types of question , and by the intuitively close relationship which is found in many cases between a verb + adverbal adjective pair and a single lexical verb .
25 We are not suggesting any solutions , we want information with that information then er , a judgement can then be made by this Committee and something can be done to accept those jobs and to create employment for an unemployment .
26 For in the circumstances of ordinary politics the checkerboard strategy will prevent instances of injustice that would otherwise occur , and we can not say that justice requires not eliminating any injustice unless we can eliminate all .
27 If the air needed clearing , then our first conversation did exactly that , for it saw each man strongly protesting his innocence and strenuously denying any involvement in the murder .
28 The Pumas path to the final saw them account for the second Hallamshire squad represented at the weekend , thus ending any aspirations of Yorkshire success .
29 It has been suggested that the processing of gastrin in duodenal ulcer patients may be altered and that aberrent forms of gastrin that are immunoreactive but not bioactive may circulate , thus obscuring any correlation between gastrin and gastric acid secretion .
30 If the intensification of use could be regarded as a material change of use , then planning permission would be required thus enabling any odour emission to be controlled by planning legislation .
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