Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Extending the requirement for leave to appeal It was to be hoped that in the context of forthcoming legislation , consideration would be given to extending the requirement for leave to appeal across the board , both because there was no justification for allowing any appeal to proceed if it had no prospect of success and because the present dividing lines between those in which leave was required and those in which it was not , was quite illogical .
2 But there was something more adventurous than beauty in her , a tendency to surge forward into situations somewhat risky in their ambiguity , a taste for accepting any challenge that offered , and a manner and a gait to match the proclivity .
3 As she closed the car door gently , she whispered thanks to the wind for smothering any noise .
4 The planning and arrangements for handling any emergency depend upon an accurate and rapid evaluation of any accident and its progression , and hence on sufficient accurate radiation monitoring on and off site , the speedy collection and analysis of data , and good communications , together with arrangements for the assembly and accurate briefing of representatives of the media .
5 The spare rope is an important reserve for pitching any sections , abseiling or effecting a crevasse rescue .
6 He must also take such steps as are necessary for protecting any property of the estate but is not under an obligation to do anything which would involve him in expense ( s 287(3) ) .
7 While it 's not a good idea to overload a drama with symbolism , it 's well worth keeping any eye open for possibilities , both in the planning stage and while the drama 's underway .
8 The accomplished playing of Wolfgang Schulz , Hansjörg Schellenberger , Milan Turković , Philip Moll and Klaus Stoll is such as to diminish any reservations about appropriate instrumentation .
9 If you sign the document in your own home , as you would do with a doorstep salesman , er then the law does give you a chance to change your mind , although I hope for goodness sake you would all be very wary about signing any kind of legal document thrust under your nose from a doorstep salesman .
10 There is very little support for eliminating any treatment from the NHS .
11 These users would be responsible for checking any SSRs generated for their project and only submitting them once they were satisfied that they correctly and adequately reported the status of an area of software .
12 Each user should be made responsible for checking any SSRs generated for their project and should only submit an SSR once they are satisfied that it correctly and adequately reports the status of an area of software .
13 Incidentally , Re Sigsworth is enough to disprove the oft-repeated assertion that ‘ where the words of an Act of Parliament are clear , there is no room for applying any principles of interpretation . ’
14 This has resulted in a proposal that one phoneme symbol ( e.g. ) be used for representing any occurrence of or , so that ‘ cup ’ would be transcribed and ‘ upper ’ as .
15 And I do n't know anybody that addicts , I deal with a lot of addicts , and a lot of families and it all started on cannabis so , you should nah talk about legalizing any drug !
16 When you remove the old guttering , even if you find that the top part of the fascia board has not been painted at all , paint it now — after repairing any damage , including any caused by removing the guttering .
17 Mr Patten is considering his future after rejecting any question of a by-election being created to return him to Westminster forthwith ; he has also so far declined a move to the House of Lords .
18 No promotion directed towards employees should be such as to cause any conflict with their loyalty to their employer .
19 A standard method for searching any kind of database ( and a lexicon with various pieces of additional information can certainly be thought of as a database ) on a key other than the primary one ( the primary key for a lexicon is the word itself ) is by using inverted list structures ( Claybrook , 1983 ; Date , 1986 ) .
20 There is a facility on certain pages for revising any data previously entered .
21 Not only did he share his predecessor 's misgivings about aiding any rebels , Calvinist or otherwise , he also had a strong temperamental dislike of all conflict .
22 Mr Goddard said the ESC had apologised to the Civic for causing any inconvenience .
23 In consequence , it is clearly important that the average constituent/consumer has ample opportunity for expressing any dissatisfaction with decisions which have been taken in relation to them .
24 More than capable of handling any situation , she thought , while unobtrusively studying his athletic form and strong line of jaw .
25 One breed that seemed capable of handling any distraction was the Connemara and it was from that section that both Champion and Reserve came .
26 Encore Computer Corp , Fort Lauderdale , Florida has persuaded the Gould Inc subsidiary of Nikko Kyodo Co Inc — which wanted to be shot of Encore altogether when it bought Gould , but has had to keep the company in the fold and bankroll it to have a chance of realising any value from it — to increase its revolving credit facility by $20m ; the pact also extends the maturity dates of Encore 's $50m term loan agreement to April 2 1995 , and the $35m increased revolving credit pact to July 3 1994 .
27 I see that someone terrified of using any woodworking tool involving the slightest of danger may be attracted by the SuperCut , and it might have potential for novices , but then what tool offers complete security ?
28 The second category , overall impression , involves listening to all the adjectives describing the person and thereby forming an overall impression ; ‘ [ I ] assessed the overall impression left once all the words had been read out ’ or ‘ I was not conscious of using any strategy in particular at the time , but I guess I merely listened to all the traits and tried to gain an overall impression . ’
29 We are talking about costs and , as my hon. Friend will know , the cost of maintaining any aircraft , whether in the Royal Air Force or the reserves , is great , and I do not know how cost effective it would be .
30 If you do not get active and stay active , you 've got a snowball 's chance in hell of maintaining any weight loss .
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