Example sentences of "very [adj] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd probably think that the end product would be a disappointing arcade adventure with very little to keep any gamesplayer enthralled for a moment . |
| 2 | In designing the system , NuTek says that it has been very careful to avoid any contact with former Apple employees , and kept under constant review the status of Apple patents and copyrights throughout the world . |
| 3 | Thanks to those who responded to our request for information last month — we would still be very interested to receive any information about your own Coldwatch activities and your use of the Coldwatch pack and leaflet . |
| 4 | I was aware that I was attracted to boys and men from about the age of twelve or fourteen , but although I was brought up in London I still did n't find it very easy to have any sort of contact with other gay men . |
| 5 | Siemens Nixdorf 's biggest problem is that it is a combination of a company that was just about to go ex-growth with one that was already failing , so it very much needs any partner to be a firm seen to be strong and a winner : Hewlett-Packard and ICL presently best fit that profile . |
| 6 | It 's really very hard to detect any trend . |
| 7 | and it 's very hard to push any way |
| 8 | I do n't generally disbelieve the Guardian , but I listen to Radio 5 all evening and this morning until 8am.They are normally very quick to report any transfer activity and there has n't been a whisper of this one on any of their twice-hourly broadcasts . |
| 9 | You will have to be very rough to make any impression on the brown paper tape , and even then the chances are that you will rip the cartridge paper before you break the bond between the two papers . |
| 10 | Although a government which enjoys the confidence of a comfortable majority of Members of the House of Commons is very unlikely to encounter any difficulty in securing such sanction , the necessity for it remains the ultimate weapon in the hands of the House . |
| 11 | The reaction to the message we sent to the President via our embassy in Washington , which might take quite some time , for even the most cooperative of banks , and banks almost by definition are secretive and detest the very thought of cooperation , are going to be very reluctant to disclose any information about their important clients , because important clients do n't like that sort of thing . |
| 12 | If by ‘ priorities ’ is meant ambitions for changing the pattern and content of the service , I should be very reluctant to form any priorities . |
| 13 | The danger of harming an interest to help an individual friend demanded the greatest caution in placing ministers in rural parishes , and after a number of mistakes the Duke of Montrose became very reluctant to present any candidate without a careful sounding of opinion together with an evaluation of the merits of the candidate himself . |
| 14 | I will be very happy to answer any questions you may have , and the full Directive is available in my office for reference purposes . |
| 15 | The CEGB was very concerned to block any suggestion of a direct link between power station emissions and acid fallout in rain . |
| 16 | I would be very pleased to receive any views you may have on its content . |
| 17 | We would be very pleased to discuss any aspect of staff development and in the first instance contact should be made with the Administrative Officer with responsibility for this area of our work . |
| 18 | So I , I would be very reticent to suggest any programme that is specifically in one direction or the other . |
| 19 | It is often very difficult to withhold any attention from a problem behaviour . |
| 20 | Nevertheless it is very difficult to do any harm with ‘ first aid ’ Homoeopathy using low potency remedies . |
| 21 | With the possible exception of grant-maintained status , for which I personally find it very difficult to see any merit or justification , the other provisions with potential threat for children with special needs ( open enrolment and local financial management ) are for me rather like the curate 's egg . |
| 22 | It 's very difficult to find any support at all for rail privatization outside a handful of ministers . |
| 23 | And if black holes were as varied as the objects that collapsed to form them , it might be very difficult to make any predictions about black holes in general . |
| 24 | Detectives are finding it very difficult to extract any information from the travelling communities |
| 25 | So we were faced with this very competitive market situation and as I say prices and we are really being squeezed on the price front and it was very difficult to get any form of increase in the er in the fees that we were being charged , that we were charging . |
| 26 | Attlee was very anxious to prevent any extension of the war beyond Korea . |
| 27 | Barry Quirke , chairman of the Institute of Statisticians , said : ‘ We would be very keen to support any initiative to set up an independent committee , so long as it has teeth . |