Example sentences of "[noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [verb] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't pull or touch a hair on the horse 's leg to have any effect . |
| 2 | He was then released on bail and , as is the custom , the police required conditions of his bail that he should not go back to his girlfriend 's address to prevent any possibility of any further offending . |
| 3 | Moreover , the covenant went on to restrict the defendant 's ability to accept any professional appointment . |
| 4 | The acknowledgement of service enables the defendant 's solicitor to correct any misnomer in the writ unless , of course , it is so fundamental that he might not accept service at all . |
| 5 | ( 2 ) Directing that the money remain in court , that , where solicitors sought payment out to them of money belonging to a foreign state , if the court was not satisfied that the solicitors had authority to act on behalf of that state , it should , of its own motion if necessary , require them to obtain that authority and ensure that the money remained under the court 's control meanwhile ; that the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a regime existed as the government of a state were whether it was the constitutional government of the state , the degree , nature and stability of administrative control that it exercised over the territory of the state , whether Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings with it and the nature of any such dealings and , in marginal cases , the extent of its international recognition as the government of the state ; that on the evidence , M. 's interim government did not become the constitutional successor of the former government and was unable to show that if it was exercising any administrative control over the territory of the Republic of Somalia ; and , accordingly , the instructions and authority the solicitors had received from the interim government were not from the Government of the Republic of Somalia , and no part of the proceeds in court should be paid out to the solicitors without further order of the court ( post , pp. 750G–H , 757E–G ) . |
| 6 | The initial application was for : ( i ) Madame Bihi to be joined as a party to the proceedings as a representative of the Democratic Republic of Somalia ; ( ii ) paragraph 3 of the order of Saville J. not to be brought into effect , ( iii ) the court to direct letters to be written to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office asking what state in Somalia was recognised by Her Majesty 's Government as a foreign sovereign state and with what entity , if any , therein Her Majesty 's Government had any dealings of a governmental nature ; and ( iv ) the court to request the Attorney-General to appoint an amicus curiae . |
| 7 | Accordingly , the factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a government exists as the government of a state are : ( a ) whether it is the constitutional government of the state ; ( b ) the degree , nature and stability of administrative control , if any , that it of itself exercises over the territory of the state ; ( c ) whether Her Majesty 's Government has any dealings with it and if so what is the nature of those dealings ; and ( d ) in marginal cases , the extent of international recognition that it has as the government of the state . |
| 8 | The first two parts of the proposal were acceptable as offered , but the motion failed in total because of the President 's unwillingness to make any accommodation of any kind on the third clause despite the amendments . |
| 9 | But such a situation should not be allowed to occur because any casualness in the ballerina 's behaviour destroys any attempt to convey style in the classical manner . |
| 10 | Tandy Corp , Forth Worth , Texas , has caused many eyebrows to be raised with its plan to spin off its manufacturing operations to shareholders as a new company , TE Electronics Inc , and the move has not done the parent 's credit rating any good either . |
| 11 | Secondly , the torts considered in this chapter may also come into question in cases of alleged unlawful competition between traders , but in practice they are of little significance because of the common law 's refusal to adopt any principle of ‘ fair competition ’ other than the prohibition of obviously unlawful acts like torts and crimes and breaches of contract . |
| 12 | Most marked has been Sun 's reluctance to concede any ground to OSF 's Motif interface , even though many Sun users clearly prefer that graphical environment over Sun 's Open Look GUI . |
| 13 | Only when a firm is put into play or bid for is the management 's performance given any scrutiny . |
| 14 | Quite rightly , the injustice , pain and horror of that boy 's death outweighs any ‘ objective ’ argument . |
| 15 | views with dismay the failure of the Lord Chancellor 's Department to make any improvements in the payment on account of civil legal aid fees ; |
| 16 | If by any chance the cassette has already been used for recording on another machine ( for example , on a VHS mains VCR ) , remember to check that the cassette 's safety-tab is still in place , otherwise , you may be baffled by your camcorder 's refusal to do any recording ! |
| 17 | The Soviet maritime declaration of health is an equally laudable document which asks the yacht 's skipper to state any cases which have occurred on board of plague , cholera , yellow fever , small-pox , typhus or relapsing fever . |
| 18 | This reasoning was immediately undermined by the local community 's decision to resist any dump . |
| 19 | The offer document must also contain a statement as to the offeror 's ability to pay any proposed cash consideration and must indicate the contemplated level of future indebtedness of itself and the target company , the offeror 's objective in making the bid and its intention towards the target company if the bid succeeds . |
| 20 | The standard applied here is objective , based upon the reasonable man in the seller 's position ignoring any peculiar idiosyncrasies of the buyer . |
| 21 | As we might have guessed , the importance of Laurence 's wife 's money overrode any other consideration . |
| 22 | While some were happy to espouse them without question , others were more critical , the more so because of the Authority 's failure to consult any but a small number of heads about their content . |
| 23 | That is , if a creature 's phenomenology has any dimension comparable to visual experience as we know it , we can intelligibly ask whether ( and when ) distinctions such as these are perceived by it . |
| 24 | Although he failed to endorse ZOPFAN , from the Soviet perspective this tour' confirmed once again the Soviet Union 's readiness to treat any proposal prompted by the concern for peace and security in Asia with all attention , and to strive to ensure them by joint efforts ’ . |
| 25 | What finally persuaded him that , without allies or resources , he would never escape its clutches was the government 's refusal to produce any of the material he needed for his defence , even his DEA file . |
| 26 | They follow the firm 's failure to win any of the last Type 23 frigates from the Ministry of Defence , or any substitute work despite a worldwide search . |
| 27 | But he is unmoved by the criticism , despite County 's failure to win any of their last seven matches . |
| 28 | He added that a tight market in the company 's stock exaggerates any movement . |