Example sentences of "[was/were] in any [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The other irony here being that these incomers , for whom the housing policy was in part designed , in order to prevent their housing needs from draining the Council 's coffers and ‘ despoiling ’ the Orkney landscape , were in any case content and intent on living in urban enclaves , particularly in Kirkwall . |
2 | During the discussions , many participants said they could not accept that round teabags were in any way superior . |
3 | If one accepts the statement that Hizir Bey was mufti in Istanbul , then it is natural to suppose that Molla Husrev succeeded him ; but as with Hizir Bey , so with Molla Husrev , there is no positive evidence , nor even any suggestive indication , that Molla Husrev was in any sense Mufti before his return from Bursa : there is nothing , in short , to suggest that he became Mufti in any way other than that reported by the . |
4 | Some of it was in any case independent of the Neville influence , notably the element deriving from the duchy of York . |
5 | Some of it was in any case independent of the Neville influence , notably the element deriving from the duchy of York . |
6 | Exactly what took place , as far as Blake was concerned , during his period of captivity is unclear , but certainly none of his colleagues ever voiced any suspicion that Blake was in any way pro-Communist at the time or afterwards . |
7 | He said no one working for the Post Office at Middleton at the present time was in any way part of the investigation . |
8 | Although Winter said nothing there was no evidence he was in any way party to events . |