Example sentences of "[adv] any [noun] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So any increase in output will have to come from better farming methods , particularly in countries like India , whose rice farmers lag well behind Japan 's in productivity . |
| 2 | I weep for Barrow 's prospects were there conceivably any change in Government , because the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) has said that the Opposition would replace a cancelled fourth boat with equivalent work only to be denounced by his own candidate in Barrow who used the words ’ ignorant and ill-informed ’ . |
| 3 | Hence any improvement in efficiency or availability of contraception will always drive down the birth-rate . |
| 4 | The most radical possible objection to the argument from pleasure is not scepticism but the counterclaim that pleasure is evil , which condemns as wrong any choice in favour of the enjoyable . |
| 5 | No form of argument or persuasion is allowed ( eg criticism of the target 's board ) and the buyer ( and its advisers ) may not make any statement or otherwise make public any information in connection with the tender offer which is not already contained in the tender offer advertisement itself . |
| 6 | I hasten to add that no curse caused it — no hex or bewitchment , so far as the Adepts can determine ; nor even any lapse in liturgy . |
| 7 | If what the hon. Gentleman has just said is true , surely it would mean that any Bill could be amended in almost any way in Committee , and one could subsequently play around with its title in order to accommodate the amendments . |
| 8 | Gist of this intelligence ( with , of course , the utmost care to protect its source ) must have been conveyed to all regional commands in the United Kingdom , and from there filtered downward , for this moment coincided with the time when Leslie declared his willingness to perform almost any task in order to help repel invaders . |
| 9 | You and your neighbours , colleagues and soulmates are free to meet and set up a voluntary organization with almost any aim in mind . |
| 10 | The example serves to show , however , that almost any period in history is open to you if the things that happened in the past set your imagination whirling . |
| 11 | Since risk does not pass till delivery , in most cases , then any damage in transit will automatically be for the account of the seller . |
| 12 | If for example someone has to choose between two £100 credit arrangements , both involving say about one year 's monthly instalments , then any difference in APR between the two competing alternatives is a convenient guide to comparative costs . |
| 13 | In addition , the notice of objection stated that in respect of any sum properly chargeable to the plaintiffs , i.e. any sum in respect of which objection number 4 could not be maintained , the plaintiffs required ‘ taxation as to the amount thereof and/or that such be referred to the inquiry directed by Chief Master Munrow in the said order . ’ |
| 14 | In the XJS coupe , the result is a 10pc increase in power to 308bhp at 5350rpm , a 0–60mph time of 6.6 seconds rather than 7.8 with the old 5.3 and a spectacular top speed of 160mph with barely any loss in economy . |
| 15 | Therefore any increase in volume guarantees increased profits for the publisher , at least in the short term . |
| 16 | There is never any merit in being second best . |