Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [to-vb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , as Heydon says , judges attach little significance to the point and it really only plays a part if , as in Dickson 's case , one side refuses to adduce any evidence of reasonableness at all . |
| 2 | A new association aims to prevent any further attrition of the country schools network , however , unless the closures are backed by local parents . |
| 3 | Used loosely and liberally , the term seems to cover any book either written for children or taken by children before about 1900 . |
| 4 | In the second place , the analogy fails to make any distinction between the way bodies behave and the way inanimate objects behave . |
| 5 | Clause 7 raises the question whether the asylum seeker wishes to submit any variation or amplification of the notice of appeal . |
| 6 | In the final stages of such inflation , paper money ceases to have any value and people resort to barter , and in the meanwhile the country 's financial system disintegrates . |
| 7 | The vendor agrees to remedy any defects at his own expense in the first two years , where the defect arises from a breach of NHBC standards . |
| 8 | C.6 The Vendor wishes to control any actions which give rise to a breach of warranty . |
| 9 | The draft directive seeks to remove any national barriers preventing pension scheme administrators in one member state from employing an authorised investment manager in another , or limiting the investment of a pension fund 's assets to the securities of the member state concerned . |
| 10 | But the rate of loss of forest threatens to outstrip any of this basic work , and practical plans are hampered by the fact that until recently the birds have simply not been very well studied : not much is known about them . |
| 11 | ‘ The point of law referred for consideration by the court is : in order for a person to commit an offence under section 1(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 does the computer which the person causes to perform any function with the required intent have to be a different computer to the one into which he intends to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held there ? |
| 12 | ‘ In order for a person to commit an offence under section 1(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 does the computer which the person causes to perform any function with the required intent have to be a different computer from the one into which he intends to secure unauthorised access to any program or data held therein ? |
| 13 | I do not say , either , that these rights and duties should be tied into one package , that if a young person wants to assume any of them , he must assume them all . |
| 14 | Example 4:1 Clause preventing landlord from charging VAT in the event that the landlord elects to waive any exemption from value added tax in relation to the demised property or the building of which it forms part , no value added tax shall be added to the rent reserved by this lease Example 4:2 Clause preventing landlord from waiving exemption from VAT ( 1 ) not to elect to waive any exemption from VAT in relation to the demised property or the building of which it forms part ( 2 ) on any assignment of the whole or part of the reversion expectant on this lease , or the grant of any concurrent lease of the whole or part of the property , to procure that the assignee or lessee gives a covenant in the terms of this clause |
| 15 | If the right hon. Gentleman wishes to make any suggestions privately , I shall be very grateful for them . |
| 16 | … his back lengthens to fit any number ; men 's hands stick to his skin and [ when ] he is killed nothing remains but a pool of water . |
| 17 | Example 4:10 Tenant 's power to make time of the essence ( 1 ) if the landlord fails to take any step in the procedure for rent review within a period of time prescribed by this lease ( whether or not that step could also have been taken by the tenant ) the tenant may give the landlord written notice : ( a ) referring to the step which the landlord has failed to take ( b ) requiring the landlord to take that step within such period of not less than 21 days as may be specified in the notice and ( c ) informing the landlord that if he fails to take that step within the period specified in the notice he will be precluded thereafter from taking it and that time is of the essence of the period so specified ( 2 ) if the landlord fails to take the step specified in a notice under paragraph ( 1 ) within the time specified in that notice ( time being of the essence ) he shall thereafter be precluded from taking it |
| 18 | So convinced are such people that to be impaired is to ‘ die ’ that no amount of protestation to the contrary seems to make any difference . |
| 19 | The net result of having so many favoured people around was that tickets for the Kirov and Bolshoi ballets were obviously rationed , and we had to be content with second league fixtures of circus and puppet shows to fill any gaps in the programme . |
| 20 | Traditional media theory fails to provide any intellectual coherence , because it does not consider the changed circumstances within which the media function and it does not review the impact of a competitive , international , media system . |
| 21 | Holding the ripstop at the rear as well as the front of the presser foot helps to keep any location keys together . |
| 22 | If the space extends to soil at the back of the wall , so much the better , as the plant can then root through into it , and the choice widens to include any small perennial herb . |
| 23 | As Mann says , this may be acceptable if the only evidence consists of a ‘ one-sided dialogue ’ where the suspect refuses to answer any questions at all , but where some , a significant number perhaps , are answered , it may be highly impracticable to sever a conversation in this way and still expect a jury to make sense of it . |
| 24 | He divided the errors collected into three categories : substitution errors ( where an incorrect lexical item is produced instead of the target ) ; loss errors ( where a speaker fails to produce any lexical item ) ; and addition errors ( where a speaker produces more lexical items than intended ) . |
| 25 | Quick satisfaction may be achieved but the resulting clarity fails to raise any interest in the process itself so that there is no desire to repeat the experience , analyse it or find out what others have been saying . |
| 26 | The patent extends to cover any ‘ non-human eukaryotic animal ’ ( anything that is n't a bacteria ) . |
| 27 | However , the report fails to convey any sense of the complexity and lacunae of research findings and of the difficulties that await those who avail themselves uncritically of them . |
| 28 | 5.3 The Proprietor agrees that the Publisher may amend and alter the Proprietor 's Work supplied to the Publisher in such manner as the Publisher may reasonably consider necessary and the Publisher agrees to discuss any substantial changes with the Proprietor and to obtain the Proprietor 's consent to such substantial changes , which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld by the Proprietor . |
| 29 | She 's convinced that her father knows a great deal about her uncle and his businesses , but Dad refuses to discuss any aspect of the matter . ’ |
| 30 | However , once property or capital has been brought into the partnership , the partner as an individual ceases to have any right over the property . |