Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It hangs over any thickness of wardrobe rail and fastens with Velcro . |
| 2 | I trust that the above clears up any confusion on this matter , however should you have any further enquiries please do not hesitate to contact me . |
| 3 | If the new firm is able to accept instructions , it must take all proper steps to erect the " Chinese Wall " to preserve the confidentiality of the client 's affairs : the stringency and complexity of this pretty well rules out any possibility that instructions could be accepted from more than one of the clients involved . |
| 4 | Tight security at the firmly sealed jail also rules out any video recording . |
| 5 | Both need to be studied , and studied historically , politically , and critically , and that rules out any reliance upon the constitutional approach . |
| 6 | Equally , the insistence by Mr Molyneaux that there can be no distinction between the treatment of Northern Ireland and any ( highly limited and purely administrative ) devolution conceded to Scotland , when Mr Major finally ‘ takes stock ’ , rules out any power-sharing or north-south ‘ Irish dimension ’ — minimum requirements for the SDLP . |
| 7 | The defeat virtually rules out any chance of the Sunday League title , with just one win from their first five matches . |
| 8 | ‘ And certainly rules out any motive for murder . ’ |
| 9 | And the depth of his ideological commitment to maintaining Israel 's hold over the West Bank rules out any acceptance of the principle that negotiations should eventually lead to an exchange of land for peace . |
| 10 | The use of eqn ( 10.18 ) shows that this monster would only radiate 10 -30 W of gravitational wave power : this rules out any laboratory equivalent of Hertz 's experiment for the production and detection of gravitational waves . |
| 11 | The production itself carefully suppresses those aspects of Shakespeare 's play which suggest that Henry 's endeavours are not somehow the shared desires of the nation — most notably it cuts out any mention of the English traitors in Act II . |
| 12 | The agency takes on any kind of job — you just name the subject and give us some indication of the kind of thing you want to know , and then we go out and get it for you . ’ |
| 13 | The inclusion of a joke , suitably disguised pupil howler or cartoon on a regular basis breaks down any heaviness in the letter . |
| 14 | However , it is a less expressive image , as it is a less expressive moment , for while he is so wrapped up in the action of taking the shot she can not reveal much more than that furtive concentration that takes over any face in the act of intensive looking . |
| 15 | There must be a facility whereby , when the user calls up any OED entry , the corresponding Supplement entry is automatically called up with it , and vice versa . |
| 16 | She said , ‘ ( a ) it hardly takes up any room once it 's folded . |
| 17 | A long-line jacket with tapered trousers skims over any figure flaws . |
| 18 | Come on away from the foxes , picks up any bits the foxes have left and then he get 's an upset stomach and that 's another thirty pounds at the vet . |
| 19 | He picks up any woman of the town . |
| 20 | When the press finally has to confront masculinist music head on , it gives up any attempt to reclaim it , and tries instead to deny its allure by poking fun at it . |
| 21 | It rounds up any years that are left over . |
| 22 | If you have a low income and no more than £8,000 savings , you may qualify for Income Support , which is paid weekly and tops up any Income you have to a level set by the Government . |
| 23 | No one puts up any signs to say what 's happening , and the heating just gets turned down . |
| 24 | It does n't take a doctorate in high finance to notice when a group of companies regularly gobbles up other companies , regardless of their line of business , efficiently dismantles them , and sells off any bits worth selling off , at a healthy profit ! ’ |
| 25 | ( c ) No partner should carry on any business which competes with the firm or from which he derives benefit at the expense of the firm Section 30 of the Partnership Act provides as follows : If a partner , without the consent of the other partners , carries on any business of the same nature as and competing with that of the firm , he must account for and pay over to the firm all profits made by him in that business . |
| 26 | 3.30pm Liz deals with phone calls from reps and sorts out any maintenance problems like the dishwasher over-soaping or replacing breakages . |
| 27 | In this analysis Berger deliberately leaves out any consideration of the truth of the theory of psychoanalysis , arguing that a sociological approach brackets off judgements of the practical or scientific usefulness of psychotherapy . |