Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also worthy of closer inspection is the church at Stanley , its twin towers ornately fashioned in stone although it is not possible to see any detail from the canal . |
| 2 | It is not possible to explore any world faith in depth on one period a week . |
| 3 | The rates of both fatal and other accidents have fluctuated over the years and it is not possible to reach any conclusions concerning long-term trends in socio-economic differences . |
| 4 | This gives rise to difficulties in serving an abatement or prohibition notice , as it is not possible to specify any works to abate the odour , and yet a notice which merely requires the recipient to take steps to abate the odour , is unlikely to achieve the desired effect . |
| 5 | It is not possible to obtain any currency until you arrive in the country . |
| 6 | But if it is not possible to identify any factor such as this , then the economist 's verdict is probably correct : the enterprise is socially inefficient . |
| 7 | It is not possible to register any breed of horse or pony unless you are sure or have proof of the parents . |
| 8 | I am not willing to sign any paper that would release that land to anybody . ’ |
| 9 | The unions were not Prepared to Support any form of " direct action " , despite the resolutions carried at earlier Congresses in favour of the use of strikes for Political ends . |
| 10 | WordPerfect Corp , Orem , Utah says that things are now in place for an initial public offering sometime in the future , but it is not prepared to give any indication of when the long-awaited event might happen . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not prepared to do any tests . |
| 12 | Reporting that Judge Vaughn Walker has entered an order establishing a hearing date on summary judgement motions for May 5 in the look-and-feel suit brought against it and Hewlett-Packard Co by Apple Computer Inc , Microsoft Corp makes it quite clear that it is not prepared to tolerate any nonsense from anyone : the lawyer retained as its vice-president of law and corporate affairs is called William Neukom . |
| 13 | We enjoy its company but we are not prepared to tolerate any inconvenience . |
| 14 | The Report concluded with the comment that the Committee felt it was not prepared to express any opinions about the reconstruction of the War Department . |
| 15 | ‘ So you 're saying that to prevent the risk of your sister possibly being hurt at seeing us together you 're not prepared to have any sort of relationship with me ? ’ |
| 16 | It was not prepared to make any concession at all . |
| 17 | The Chinese were not prepared to make any concessions . |
| 18 | An angry spokeswoman for Edwardian Hotels said the group was not prepared to make any comment on BCCI . |
| 19 | On the subject of the ghost train , the shepherd was not prepared to make any comment . |
| 20 | Nigel Lawson was not prepared to contemplate any examination of the tax system . |
| 21 | Yet it is not easy to define any limit to the amount of activity which is possible in this area . |
| 22 | You are not likely to encounter any problems on the streets in Madeira , apart from the occasional drunk trying to find his way home . |
| 23 | Equipment under maintenance is not likely to present any problems , provided that these are correctly diagnosed . |
| 24 | However , this difference is not likely to have any effect on the way in which the individuals will be treated . |
| 25 | It is not customary to find any detail relating to these indexical features of the speaker in transcriptions by discourse analysts . |
| 26 | I 'm not supposed to do any number ! |
| 27 | goes in with that one cos I , I was gon na ask you about your income and I thought oh you 're not supposed to have any income |
| 28 | There are those among the ministers and members who have little knowledge of Welsh affairs , and are not well-disposed to proffer any concessions . |
| 29 | His trouble was , he realized , that he was simply not able to grasp any religion , let alone a faith where his only spiritual mentor was a book from Wimbledon Public Library . |
| 30 | Sometimes social researchers are not able to achieve any control at all over the research setting , and are forced to observe the world as it occurs naturally . |