Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] [to-vb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the rate of loss of forest threatens to outstrip any of this basic work , and practical plans are hampered by the fact that until recently the birds have simply not been very well studied : not much is known about them . |
| 2 | A controlled trial comparing 12 to 24 weeks of treatment failed to show any beneficial effect of the prolonged therapy . |
| 3 | In 1989 the Court of Appeal declined to apply any of these adjectives to the Home Secretary 's decision to prohibit radio and television broadcasts which included statements by representatives ( even democratically elected representatives ) of Sinn Fein . |
| 4 | There is nothing like formation flying to reveal any handling nasties in an aeroplane . |
| 5 | Thus Nutbeam et al are disappointed that two well tried instruments for preventing children from smoking failed to have any effect , especially when the schemes worked elsewhere . |
| 6 | In that time , they fed exclusively on carrion ; specimens kept in captivity refused to sample any living thing . |
| 7 | Local community action had in fact failed to make any important impact on the larger social and economic political structures in Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | There were , however , other and less hopeful signs that the French were not in fact going to make any substantial concessions . |