Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Order effects strategy involved the effect of the position of each adjective in the list to the impression formed ; ‘ found that the last few adjectives had more influence especially if they reflected negative points of the personality ’ , ‘ when the list ended with several good qualities this tended to affect any answer since they remained more prominent in my mind ’ , and ‘ tended to remember first 3 adjectives better than last 3 ’ . |
| 2 | One person in 10 failed to spell any word correctly according to the Gallup survey of 1,000 adults . |
| 3 | Half of the reported difficulties had been at least five years earlier , and only one in three had involved any question of difficulty over getting credit . |
| 4 | The return of a Fianna Fáil government under Jack Lynch meant something of a decline in Anglo-Irish cordiality or willingness to collaborate in security matters , while the end of the constitutional assembly in early 1977 had removed any prospect of finding any viable Ulster administration to modify the picture of direct rule from Westminster . |
| 5 | The Versailles peace conference acceded to Japan 's takeover of the former German concessions , but the Chinese refused to sign any treaty which did not return them to China , and Japan remained in occupation . |
| 6 | Excavations nearby in 1961 failed to locate any structures . |
| 7 | Ottaviani first tried to prevent any discussion in the Commission and , when that failed , to delay referring the text to the Council . |
| 8 | Few under 75 had spent any time in such homes but more than half those dying when they were aged 85 or more had spent at least some of the last year of their lives in one . |
| 9 | Whereas only 146 households out of 775 had lacked any horses , the number had risen to 175 by 1922 . |