Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] any " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Some people do n't believe that it 's possible to tan in any other way , but provided you are sensible and use quality sunscreens , you can go brown more safely .
2 It is unnecessary to refer to any other provisions of the scheme because I have already quoted the corresponding provisions in the Act .
3 Denice is never late , so we 've been told , and she 's due to arrive at any moment .
4 Also between Hindscarth and Ronsingon , it is possible to descend from any point along this ridge to the Buttermere valley .
5 For example we can use it to show that it is possible to pivot from any primal feasible tableau ( T1 ) corresponding to a set of constraints to any other primal feasible tableau ( T2 ) for these constraints , maintaining primal feasibility .
6 In Section 6.3 , we showed that it is possible to pivot from any BFS to any other BFS through a sequence of BFSs .
7 The term issue is normally used when it is possible to show beyond any reasonable doubt that the variations occurred after some of the edition had already been published , so that first and second issues ( and even more ) are recognisable .
8 So , although it is possible to conceive of any event as an incarnation of the totality , insofar as it must itself make up a part of that totality in its determination , unlike the case of the boxing match , where we can define the overall entity ‘ boxing ’ , it still remains unproven that an overall entity , ‘ History ’ , can be said to exist at all .
9 Alternatively , it is possible to mitigate against any loss by arranging insurance cover .
10 Harwell says it 's satisfied it provides as much data as possible , but the plant is willing to listen to any council proposals .
11 Furthermore , he is willing to speak to any immediate members of the families involved so there will be no misunderstanding . ’
12 Even Mary Vetsera has only one wish , to be possessed by him , and is prepared to go to any lengths to achieve that end .
13 It is easier to cope with any difficulty when feeling well and alert , less easy when worried , tired , ‘ out of sorts ’ .
14 In this context an assignment may be considered " terminated " , because it can not affect or be affected by the other process , and is free to terminate at any time .
15 there is much to see from any window in England if only the viewer is prepared to try and understand it .
16 In particular , human performance within systems is impossible to predict with any precision and details of this performance as it occurs in practice or on simulators is the only basis for prediction on matters such as safety and system reliability either for the current system or for future systems .
17 This is impossible to predict with any degree of certainty .
18 The problem is that this line is impossible to draw with any certainty or accuracy , because the definition of kind or type is inevitably comprised of descriptions within the statute of the situation which the tribunal has to determine .
19 The kinematics approach recognizes that the mechanism is constrained in such a way that only a prescribed motion is possible ; a mechanism that is randomly assembled and disassembled with no known input conditions is hardly a mechanism and is impossible to analyse by any method .
20 At present , therefore , it is impossible to say with any confidence whether the influence of Milan was much more than a matter of banal repetition of a few characteristic physiognomic types .
21 It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty exactly when , where or by whom the first pile rugs were made .
22 It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty exactly where , when and how the majority of rug designs were first evolved .
23 Reference to the both Taskopruzade 's original and Mecdi 's translation , makes it difficult to understand how such confusion has arisen ; for although relatively few facts are given there about Abdulkerim , and although it is impossible to specify with any assurance the precise dates of his Muftilik , one thing at least is clearly stated : that Abdulkerim was Mufti not in the time of Bayezid II ( 886–918/1481–1512 ) but in the time of Mehmed II ( 855–86/1451–81 ) .
24 Even in this era of psycho-history , it is impossible to think of any other historical character of note whose public persona has been so submerged , and private morality so relentlessly pursued with such ruthless subjectivity on the part of those who have written about her .
25 Given the relative invisibility of these crimes , even to those victimized , the fact that they are infrequently reported to or detected by relevant authorities , the absence of any centralized data-collecting agency , and the inconsistent publication of those that are collected , it is impossible to quantify with any accuracy just how serious corporate crime is in economic terms .
26 Locke finds the theory quite unworkable ; for example , it can not be used to justify any actual political authority , since it is impossible to show of any particular monarch that he is a genuine heir to Adam 's original authority .
27 It is impossible to discuss in any depth the merits of treating animals in one way rather than another without making comparisons with human infants and imbeciles .
28 It is impossible to look at any of their actions during the past three years without seeing that they are carrying Home Rule at the dictation of the Nationalist party , but that in order that Home Rule may be carried they are turning up everything in the country .
29 Rildia Bee is easy to spot from any distance because she always wears floor-length dresses of silk brocade and a mink stole — which , air-conditioning or otherwise , is not necessarily the obvious choice of outfit in Fort Worth .
30 One sort of policing which , almost by definition , is likely to remain beyond any form of democratic control is that concerned with the survival of the state itself .
  Next page