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

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1 For example , at the screening stage , discussed above , it might be desirable to establish whether the defence has any complaints against the original investigation .
2 If the chaining method is used , the lack of a home record will lead to the inability to retrieve any record further along the chain .
3 What accountability rests on is that those particular representatives of the local authority have the opportunity to ask any question and have it answered at any time during the three hundred and sixty five days of the year in which we operate , and they are in a specially privileged position to challenge , or question , or talk about , or have answered — any particular point with regard to the work we 're involved with .
4 Their views trickled down through the student nurses ' years and were apt to be accepted as gospel , since that saved the students the bother of forming opinions for themselves , and also it was not often a student in her first couple of years , if not longer , had the opportunity to form any opinion on our men .
5 Mary had lost both parents , her husband and two children within the space of ten years , and had not had the opportunity to acknowledge any of the effect this had on her .
6 Obviously I enjoyed having the opportunity to watch any nesting birds so close at hand — I could reach out of my bedroom window , when Mum was n't around , and feel right inside the nest — but many of the neighbours looked on the house martins as pests who infested their property and made a mess .
7 On the other hand , if the conditions are to be fulfilled at the expiry of the term , the tenant will have the opportunity to remedy any breach of covenant between the service of the notice and its expiry ( Simons v Associated Furnishers Ltd [ 1931 ] 1 Ch 379 ) .
8 When your technique is good , it gives you the opportunity to create any type of situation on the court .
9 Does the Chancellor of the Exchequer recognise that 2 , 700,000 people out there would welcome the opportunity to pay any income tax ?
10 It takes up where MacPuke left off , offering a whole range of activities the computer is likely to perform , and the opportunity to attach any sound to them .
11 This will certainly give the driver the opportunity to raise any objection he may have to giving blood , either on medical grounds or indeed for any other reason which might afford a ‘ reasonable excuse ’ under section 7(6) .
12 The aquarium must be placed on polystyrene base mats , covering the whole area of the base to spread any pressure points that will lead to disaster .
13 If the aquarium is over 36″ long , place a piece of wood under the centre of the base to avoid any sagging .
14 One wonders if the Captain-General had any idea of the utter impossibility of navigating at 75°S , for on this longitudinal track his ships would be stuck fast in the thick ice-of the Weddell Sea , hemmed in by the unimagined continent and unendurable cold of the Antarctic .
15 Does the writer make any judgements about : a ) the character of MacDonald ,
16 At other times I may be delighted to see them , for if the writing is not going well the writer welcomes any excuse to lay down his pen or turn away from the typewriter .
17 Section 69 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 entitles any party to a defamation action to require a trial by jury , " unless the court is of the opinion that the trial requires any prolonged examination of documents or accounts or any scientific or local investigation which can not conveniently be made by a jury " .
18 By channelling water away from the structure to drainage channels the board renders any granular fill layer unnecessary .
19 The Articles also permitted the Board to delegate any of the powers vested in it to a committee and defined ‘ the Board ’ so as to include any committee authorised by the Board to act on its behalf .
20 Where the Board issues any general conditions of service governing employment of its staff then such conditions shall , unless otherwise provided for in this appointment , apply to regulate your appointment .
21 If the creditor holds any security , he must specify the nature and value of the security and the demand must be for the unsecured portion of the creditor 's claim only .
22 According to the report , during the course of the interview the Sheik rejected any possibility of a hostage exchange .
23 If , therefore , the lexical meaning of the verb has any negative or hypothetical value then by that very fact the speaker wholly or conditionally withdraws any assurance that the adjectival property will hold factually .
24 Quantity This system allows the drafter to use any number of sub-divisions within a clause : a sub-clause can be further sub-divided into paragraphs as follows : 8 .
25 Does the text contain any similes , or similar constructions ( eg " as if constructions ) ?
26 The error message merely means the printer has received too much data and does n't want the computer to send any more across .
27 In most prosobranchs , the saliva lacks any digestive function , being predominantly mucous and functioning as a lubricant for the food collecting and swallowing activities of the animal .
28 ‘ Ca n't say the description rings any bells . ’
29 As an example , consider the situation of a three-piece band who are about to receive £100,000 as a record company advance ( and they have taken the decision to delay any possible publishing advances until after the release of two singles from the forthcoming album ) .
30 And although it is true that Wagner could , if required , have figured under various of their headings , it seems that the decision to lay any emphasis on the relevance of Wagner 's work to his own ideas represented a further and final development .
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