Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] [verb] [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one cat is always given a completely monotonous ( but nutritionally complete ) diet , day in and day out , always the same brand of canned cat food , it may eventually refuse to touch any other , new kind of food , no matter how tasty . |
| 2 | Entrants must be aged 16 to 25 , and must not have done any professional modelling or have an existing portfolio . |
| 3 | However , I should not care to put any money on even a single defeat . |
| 4 | ‘ a judge has not and should not appear to have any responsibility for the institution of prosecutions ; nor has he any power to refuse to allow a prosecution to proceed merely because he considers that , as a matter of policy , it ought not to have been brought . |
| 5 | However , in a semi-strong efficient market as the International Stock Exchange in London we should not expect to find any evidence for P/E ratio being a reliable predictor of returns or volatility of returns . |
| 6 | Although subjects gave the risk rating immediately on hearing the tone it was stressed that their safety should be the main consideration , thus they should not attempt to perform any judgment task until they felt comfortable with the driving situation . |
| 7 | To the rejoinder that he wear the gown showing his ‘ highest proficiency ’ he replied , ‘ Ah , well , 1 should not need to put any other gown in my bag than 1 usually carry ’ , by which he meant his night-gown , as ‘ that represents my greatest proficiency ’ . |
| 8 | As long as you buy good quality seed potatoes you should not need to use any pesticides — planting ordinary potatoes is not recommended as they can succumb to viruses . |
| 9 | ‘ Now the deed contained an express clause that the release to Goddard should not operate to discharge any one jointly or otherwise liable to the plaintiff for the same debts . |
| 10 | The district controller of the Portland Coastguard , Donald McDonald , said he had not been told of the trip by the canoeing group but that the sea conditions were ‘ quite favourable ’ and should not have caused any problems . |
| 11 | ‘ We must also avoid offering any challenge to legitimate Soviet security interests , ’ he said . |
| 12 | Such an inspection should also help to identify any dampness or rot which has affected the boarding . |
| 13 | I should n't have said any of it . |
| 14 | well , I have one , and I think that 's expensive enough , but regarding the licence extra money , I think that we should n't have to pay any television licence at all with some of the programmes that we 're getting on , they 're all repeated |
| 15 | She should n't have had any problems . ’ |
| 16 | We went the shop and she Anthony a pound , she give Sam a pound I mean , she was a good girl and she 'd afterwards cos she 'd opened her mouth but she said , I should n't have had any should I ? |
| 17 | I knew I should n't have put any in the salad . |
| 18 | Certainly I should never have countenanced any such career for a daughter of mine . ’ |
| 19 | Treitel ( 8th ed. ) , p. 87 says of Ward v. Byham : ‘ One basis of the decision is that the mother had provided consideration by showing that she had made the child happy , etc. : in this way she can be said to have conferred a factual benefit on the father , even though she may not have suffered any detriment . ’ |
| 20 | She may not have had any opportunity to understand their capacity to nourish her emotional life . |
| 21 | NEIL Booth may not have won any silverware in Swansea . |
| 22 | At the time of presenting themselves for employment , many nurses/mothers may not have experienced any difficulties with their children 's health or may not have foreseen the possible difficulties . |
| 23 | PAUSE to think that if Ireland had n't beaten England 17-3 in last week 's rugby international they might not have had any players at all in the Lions squad of 30 to tour New Zealand . |
| 24 | Having said that he 's been out that long you know Alan and Cooper he 'll not want to miss any more football surely ? |
| 25 | For example , a player whose regular opponent fields High Elves might wisely decide to abandon any attempt to out-shoot his enemies in favour of a fast , hard-hitting attack force combined with long range artillery . |
| 26 | Even though individual Christians might never have suffered any harassment , their corporate existence and their way of thinking were determined by this condition . |
| 27 | An aggro leader is not to be confused with a ‘ good fighter ’ for , because of the peculiar nature of aggro , * he might never have to do any fighting at all . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'll never try to keep any man who does n't want to stay , do n't think yourself so sorely missed . |
| 29 | Where the seller instructs the auctioneer to place a reserve price which is not publicised , the auctioneer may still refuse to accept any bid below the reserve price since bids constitute only offers . |
| 30 | Most of them were used to paying regular visits to the friendly neighbourhood pawnbroker , but on the objects they brought to him they could not expect to raise any great sums . |