Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | has that made any difference to trade ? |
| 2 | Dennis 's desire to retain McLaren 's lucrative Shell contract in the face of Renault 's close links with Elf still looks likely to scupper any deal . |
| 3 | You do so many things , it seems pointless to mention any one of them . |
| 4 | A great deal of diversification has been of a conglomerate , ‘ unrelated ’ nature , but it seems hard to find any justification for unrelated diversification . |
| 5 | AT a time when sectarian murder gangs are running rampant , it seems churlish to decline any offer of political assistance from abroad . |
| 6 | She seems unwilling to take any lead in furthering the social unity of Britain : while willing to be photographed next to African dictators at Commonwealth summits , she is less happy about having black or brown people in her Royal Household . |
| 7 | The National Audit Office is investigating the inspectorate 's efficiency , while the National Society for Clean Air said recent restructuring had ‘ resulted in confusion and disaffection and seems unlikely to achieve any improvement in pollution control ’ . |
| 8 | Their needs are largely ignored and the introduction of community care reforms seems unlikely to make any difference , according to Counsel and Care . |
| 9 | Maybe it was not direct aid and did not have a serious effect , but it seems difficult to imagine any sportsman , black or white , entering sport entirely unassisted . |
| 10 | I mean does that hold any water , do you accept that ? |
| 11 | Does that make any sense to you ? ’ |
| 12 | Let's talk about horse racing , but before we do so , one last question about football pools and that is that some people have systems — they come up with a whole range of numbers and combinations of things — does that make any sense at all ? |
| 13 | Does that ring any bells ? |
| 14 | Does that ring any bells ? ’ |
| 15 | The fact the fact that erm this branch is erm situated in a fairly disadvantaged erm area , erm does that have any implications at all ? |
| 16 | Erm as far as the drop tanks are concerned , does that have any impact on the range or are you just talking about the numbers that you will have spare ? |
| 17 | If the government determines the interests of the state , does this harbour any threat to individual liberty ? |
| 18 | Does this make any sense ? |
| 19 | But I can keep up with the intermediate class and I said to Maxine , Does this get any harder ? |
| 20 | The questions to ask yourself are : Does this ring any bells ? |
| 21 | There is , then , a long-established subcultural reading of Brief Encounter that cuts across its ostensible/mainstream meaning , but does this have any substantive base in the text itself or is it only a collective fantasy , a shared ‘ special thrill ’ ? |
| 22 | If the ‘ government ’ is synonymous with the ‘ state ’ , does this have any consequences for ideas such as constitutionalism and limited government ? |
| 23 | With , with regards to Camco 's Eastern European sales drive , does this have any er , implications in terms of er , working capital movements , in terms of helping them fund those acquisitions and what sort of er , provisions perhaps , are you taking on those sales ? |
| 24 | Does this have any relation to real ploughing , down on the farm … |
| 25 | The former will make a strong statement , enhancing the rest of the display , whereas the latter could result in a fussy mess in which it becomes impossible to enjoy any of the plants as individuals . |
| 26 | In succumbing to ‘ the temptation of subjectivism ’ ( ibid. 23 ) , she recognizes that it becomes impossible to put any distance between oneself and the ‘ native ’ , or more importantly between oneself and oneself in such a situation . |
| 27 | However , occasionally , if it proves impossible to measure any one of the factors in the age equation accurately , no TL date for a site may be obtained at all . |
| 28 | The minority still have a right to object to the court but that opposition is usually known and dealt with before the bidder becomes committed to acquire any shares in the target . |
| 29 | However , once one begins to argue the toss about the liberal value of various academic subjects , it becomes difficult to exclude any of them : Do not medicine and engineering raise profound questions about life ? |
| 30 | The legislation renders liable to forfeiture any benefit derived from the publication of material concerning the circumstances of the offence , from the publication of material concerning the defendant 's opinions , exploits or life history ( provided that the benefit was attributable in whole or in part to notoriety achieved through commission of the offence ) or any benefit obtained by commercial exploitation in any other way of notoriety achieved through commission of the offence . ) |