Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] for any " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yearly tenancies held at rack rents ( i.e. rents that were not fixed by custom but which were negotiated by the landlord and tenant ) were common for the smaller farms and cottages and in the Midlands in particular they were usual for any property other than a freehold . |
| 2 | The southern Vietminh , no less than those in the north , were to resist both principle and practice of the French return to power ; the French were unprepared for any alternative and Gracey 's forces were effectively caught in the middle . |
| 3 | Jim Fletcher had signalled that these were essential for any traveller in Romania . |
| 4 | Cleo was alert for any patrolling servant , but Lorimer seemed oblivious to such hazards . |
| 5 | The Court of Appeal rejected the view that had previously held sway , namely that it was possible for any employee to work both ordinarily in Great Britain and outside it . |
| 6 | More than one appeal concerned solely with the scale rather than the principle of whether there should be any development , has been dismissed on the grounds that the site was unsuitable for any development at all . |
| 7 | No doubt he was grateful for any custom available . |
| 8 | When her son Arnold went off to war , Emily felt completely at a loss , and was grateful for any help that was offered her . |
| 9 | In particular it was almost universally agreed , at least until near the end of this period , that it was wrong for any group of politicians to unite to offer systematic and continuous opposition to the government . |
| 10 | It was impossible for any society to absorb without hardship a shock like that of the massive loss of trade to Gdynia . |
| 11 | She had a feeling of being carried such distances by the water that it was impossible for any more harm to come to her . |
| 12 | Now , if it was impossible for any reason for the next of kin , the oldest brother to do it , then it would go down to the second or on down the line , whoever was the nearest to become the kinsman redeemer . |
| 13 | Before she was fit for any audition she needed lessons . |
| 14 | It was unprecedented for any woman to have that effect on Davidson , whose success in this field was legendary . |
| 15 | Then he fell ill and for several months was unfit for any work : the cost of medicines , the increase in debts , his feebleness when , too early , he returned to work , combined to make him look , a man in the stable-yard had said , ‘ like a living skeletal ’ . |
| 16 | The law had seemed ‘ so clearly settled to the contrary ’ , wrote Lord Asquith , that ‘ public opinion was unprepared for any such decision ’ . |
| 17 | The cash limits were intended to reduce the social cost of distortionary taxes elsewhere , to impose ‘ financial discipline ’ in the hope of attaining a performance that was closer to that which was cost-minimizing for any output , and to increase the bargaining power of management in wage negotiations . |
| 18 | Drinking alcohol was unwise for any pregnant woman , but in Faye 's case , the effect of the substance on her blood-sugar levels was a more crucial factor . |
| 19 | On a similar tack , Guttersnipe would be intrigued to discover whether Mr Wahlberg was responsible for any more than 20 per cent of the many sexual peccadilloes attributed to him in this column . |
| 20 | Trade and industry minister Edward Leigh recently wrote to The Northern Echo firmly denying that the Government was responsible for any delay . |
| 21 | For example , the setting and monitoring of enterprise targets was important for any size of farm . |
| 22 | Vincent , eager to consult Mauve , was hungry for any advice he could get , willing to kneel at the man 's feet if necessary . |
| 23 | This information was available for any chosen data set . |
| 24 | Up until the 1950s , it was difficult for any human beings who suffered from an allergic response to cats to become cat owners , no matter how much they longed to share their lives with a feline companion . |
| 25 | Some of the defenders of the domestic load , such as Dennis Bellamy ( chairman of the Yorkshire Board ) , occasionally quoted cost and load data to justify their views , but these were based on such a biased sample of observations that it was difficult for any serious enquirer to accept them at face value . |
| 26 | There were people in Italy who felt that the country was ill-prepared for any sort of war : my father was one of them . |
| 27 | It was common for any one tenement to have Jews , Scots and Irish families living together . |
| 28 | Nourse LJ thought it worth mentioning Lord Blackburn 's comment , based on Blackstone , that ‘ the sheriff also was bound to raise the hue and cry , and call out the posse comitatus of the county whenever it was necessary for any police purposes ; in so doing he was acting for the Crown ’ . |
| 29 | In the most recent of a series of constitutional amendments [ see also p. 38289 ] , the ruling Bangladesh National Party ( BNP ) proposed on July 16 a bill proposing the holding of a referendum on whether presidential assent was necessary for any law seeking to amend the Constitution . |
| 30 | Firstly , it viewed the company as distinct from its shareholders and therefore , unlike the contractual model , it could be seen to support the theory that it was the company which was liable for any debts . |