Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fourth condition they were asked to judge whether a sentence made any sense . |
| 2 | An important part of that letter which impinges directly on new clause 5 , and makes it essential that the new clause is accepted , was that the right Hon. Gentleman said that before British Rail made any investment plans for rural areas is should consider bus substitution . |
| 3 | Leonard himself was enthused to make his own music , an inspiration which developed from being induced to learn the piano as a young boy with Miss McDougall , in which he said that neither he nor his sister made any headway . |
| 4 | In its prime the solid curtain-walled castle could not have been taken by storm up the sheer cliffs rising from the sea on three sides ; and a deep ditch hewn from the rock on the landward side made any surprise attack on the gatehouse or drum towers improbable . |
| 5 | Indeed , it was not until 1956 that a Brazilian made any impact when Nano da Silva Ramos finished 5th in his Gordini in the Monaco Grand Prix . |
| 6 | For the second day , heavy fighting prevented any aid flights reaching Sarajevo from Zagreb , the Croatian capital . |
| 7 | But all their training that October was put to limited use , for after they had flown to Gibraltar , the Admiralty forbade any landings , the Flag Officer Gibraltar considering these would compromise security and warn the French of the invasion . |
| 8 | Only electricity and water , transport and communications , telecommunications and public administration recorded any growth . |
| 9 | That deal included any company selling livestock through EASE from what was designated Lawrie and Symington 's ‘ area ’ had to pay 0.2 per cent commission to L&S , on top of the franchise fee paid to EASE . |
| 10 | But they were encouraged to take other risks because their basic business ( lending for house purchase ) was getting unprofitable , because supervision by federal examiners was weak and because federal deposit insurance in effect underwrote any risks they cared to take . |
| 11 | That was the last time Labour won any kind of majority . |
| 12 | Neither side gave any details , apart from the fact that it had been decided to disregard the existing agreement and formulate a new one . |
| 13 | Thousands died but neither side gave any ground . |
| 14 | Two shots hit a cross beam in the driver 's door and one skewered the roof and hit a headrest , although a steel plate in the seat saved any injury . |
| 15 | The housemaid did any repairs , the needlework that wanted doing : that was the housemaid 's job . |
| 16 | Boardwalk was no flying machine , a big clumsy four-year-old who had yet to win a race , but none of the opposition had any form . |
| 17 | However , a spokesman for the Iraqi National Congress ( INC ) said in London on Aug. 25 that no section of the opposition had any interest in the disintegration of Iraq . |
| 18 | There seemed to be no jealousy , no discontent among them ; and the gaiety of the scene was such that I for a moment doubted whether unhappiness had any place in Rasay . ’ |
| 19 | Not even the rising wind had any power to damp her ardour as she flew along the causeway . |
| 20 | Since large serf-owners tended not to live on their estates or to know much about rural conditions , few of the people whom the tsar had charged with thinking about emancipation had any idea of the complexities of the task . |
| 21 | I doubt if our route caused any speculation in others at all , and so we finished lunch and turned west towards Sgor an Iubhair . |
| 22 | According to the report , during the course of the interview the Sheik rejected any possibility of a hostage exchange . |
| 23 | achieved on a batsman 's pitch from which no other bowler got any response at all . |
| 24 | The second half produced any amount of action , including five goals , three of them to Chorley , before their striker Bernie Taylor had to be stretchered off following a tackle from Kath Townley , who became the second United player to be dismissed . |
| 25 | The law limited any shareholder , including the state , to a 25 per cent share , and established capital requirements consistent with Bank for International Settlement norms . |
| 26 | The Harter Act voided any bill of lading clause that sought to relieve the carrier from the consequences of negligence in proper loading , stowage , custody , care , or proper delivery of the goods . |
| 27 | While in the 1970s Turkish law prevented any art or antiquities from leaving the country , for whatever reason , in the 1980s the Turkish government woke up to the prestige and international recognition that could accrue from sending travelling exhibitions abroad . |
| 28 | A defence of acting in her best medical interests fails : he could have tried to find a female gynaecologist , and , indeed , his female house officer had already examined the patient ; a pelvic mass could have been shown by ultrasonography ; if it was necessary to exclude pelvic disease a laparoscopy could have been performed before the appendicectomy ; it is doubtful whether the examination under anaesthesia served any purpose as tenderness could not be elicited ; and , finally , he could have asked the patient first whether an examination under anaesthesia was an acceptable compromise . |
| 29 | She could , of course , have obtained it from the Bursar 's secretary but was interested to see if the question brought any reaction . |
| 30 | The sound of Penry 's unmistakable resonance removed any scruples Leonora might have had about eavesdropping . |