Example sentences of "[to-vb] any [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The Director of Public Prosecutions says there 's insufficient evidence to prosecute any officer of the West Midlands Serious Crime Squad despite ninety-one complaints about the unit . |
2 | to preclude any person from presenting a complaint to an industrial tribunal pursuant to this Act . |
3 | The first issue before us , as it was before Thorpe J. , was whether Parliament had , by section 8 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 , conferred on a minor over the age of 16 years an absolute right to refuse medical treatment , in which case the limitation of the court 's inherent jurisdiction exemplified by A. v. Liverpool City Council [ 1982 ] A.C. 363 would have operated so as to preclude any intervention by the court . |
4 | The group relief position between the various members of the vendor group , including Target , needs to be considered by both Newco and the vendor , because it will have a bearing on : ( a ) what the parties to the buy-out agree should be paid by Target for group relief to be surrendered to it by other members of the vendor group or , conversely , what payment Target should receive for losses and other group relief items which are available for surrender from Target to other members of the vendor group ; ( b ) whether adjustments need to be made to inter-company loan accounts ; for example if it has been assumed that in the accounting period of Target in which the buy-out occurs it will achieve a certain level of profitability which will enable it to claim group relief from other group companies and that those other companies will accordingly be able to write off £x of inter-company debt due to Target , the fact that Target leaves the vendor group , say , half-way through that accounting period , will prima facie reduce the amount of group relief it can claim to half of £x ; furthermore Newco may not be willing to pay as much as half of £x out of Target unless this represents a discount on the amount of corporation tax Target would otherwise have to pay on such profits ; additionally , the notional disposals which Target makes under s179 TCGA when it leaves the group may either increase its profits ( if a gain arises ) or decrease them ( if a loss arises ) ; ( c ) what the parties agree in terms of indemnity cover for Newco for tax charges crystallising in Target ; for example , the vendor goup may agree to surrender sufficient group relief to Target free of charge to preclude any charge to corporation tax arising from the operation of s179 when Target leaves the group . |
5 | In the same way it is possible to recruit staff to work any combination of shifts during the daytime . |
6 | I mention these matters not in order to indicate any disagreement with Knox J. 's conclusions on discretion but because the indemnity provisions in section 83 seem to me to underline that the legislature did not contemplate the power of rectification being exercisable under section 82 except in cases either where an error or omission had occurred in the register , i.e. paragraphs ( d ) to ( h ) , or where a substantive cause of action against the registered proprietor required the register to be rectified , i.e. paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) . |
7 | We hope that the Prime Minister , if he feels the need to indicate any preference at all , will encourage such a move . |
8 | The figures we have used are made up and are not intended to indicate any trend in Oxford . |
9 | This could well have caused ‘ monkey ’ to indicate any lot of five and , by extension , multiples of five such as 500 . |
10 | He said he was real glad to meet any friend of the little lady 's , and were n't it a turn-up for the book the gent . |
11 | The Midland built up a cash reserve of £2bn to meet any run on the bank once the loss was revealed , but the reserve was not needed . |
12 | As it turned out , he was interviewed only perfunctorily six months later , because events had moved fast in Germany and her neighbouring countries and to meet any threat to Britain , her allies , her interests and her Empire , the Services , particularly the Army , had more than doubled their manpower . |
13 | Bank Rate was the rate at which discount houses could borrow from the Bank in order to meet any shortage of liquidity . |
14 | The current defence budget of less than $15 billion left the armed forces with virtually no reserves to meet any intensification of the Cold War . |
15 | It is largely up to the banks themselves to decide on the ratio that they consider to be ‘ prudent ’ : i.e. the ratio that provides them with enough liquid assets to enable them to meet any demands for cash . |
16 | This means that the banks must hold enough cash and assets that can be readily turned into cash to be able to meet any demands from their customers . |
17 | There was every reason to believe that the new modern , but smaller RAF would be well able to meet any demands upon it . |
18 | In fact , firms must demand additional capital to meet any increases in demand for their product . |
19 | Well-bribed assassins — my uncle s creatures I doubt not — were marking my every move , ready to meet any show of force with greater force . |
20 | in all the years I have been keeping fish I have yet to suffer any form of disease or problems associated with feeding worms . |
21 | In my , albeit limited , experience of working with clients , I had never before been unable to establish any kind of empathic relationship . |
22 | Mr. Beazley submitted that the court 's decision in paragraphs 17 and 18 of the judgment , which is also reflected in the answer given to the question in the court 's ruling , is conclusive in his favour and determinative of the construction of article 5(3) ; and that in consequence articles 5(1) and 5(3) are to be construed as mutually exclusive , but as all-embracing so far as actions to establish any kind of liability of the defendants are concerned . |
23 | An attempt to establish a ‘ liberal communist ’ regime under Imre Nagy which appeared likely to take Hungary out of the Warsaw Treaty Organisation was brutally crushed by Soviet tanks in October 1956 , and a new leadership under János Kádár was installed which took a long time to establish any measure of domestic support . |
24 | If you take an instant dislike to a particular hypnotherapist , or if you feel that you are unlikely to be able to establish any rapport with him , then he is not the one for you and any treatment would be unlikely to succeed . |
25 | Orr 's article provides a good summary of the problems faced in trying to establish any form of benefit . |
26 | Some vineyards may not be mentioned because they have only recently been cultivated and , therefore , have not been in production long enough to establish any sort of reputation . |
27 | Er Selby have as I und as I can see it today , failed to establish any need for the bid for two hundred two hundred and fifty hectares which they 've put forward . |
28 | The government had been thinking about ways for the administration to maintain some degree of control over the colonies since the mid-1650s ; in 1675 Charles set up the first organization to establish any record of continuity , a sign that his possessions overseas were settling down into some sort of discernible order . |
29 | The mind — if unable to express creativity or creative impulses — exhibits frustration and evokes self-disdain for negative self-images and loss of self-worth ; the emotions — if subject to suppression or repression of essential human responses relating to love , understanding and compassion — are suffocated ; the harbouring and nurturing of accumulated aggressions , rejections or guilts , destroys the human ability to be receptive to positive influences , and depression , grief , hopelessness and helplessness all evoke a desire for self-annihilation if sustained ; the spirit — if unable to establish any connection between its personal nature and those higher elements which nourish it — eventually starves . |
30 | They were also quizzing friends to establish any reason for the ordeal . |