Example sentences of "one [vb mod] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.

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1 From this , one must subtract any bank interest and cost of housing .
2 Above all , one must avoid any tendency to equate the degree of harm with the degree of physical injury in a particular case , since the psychological harm may be far more severe .
3 No one must own any horse other than a work horse ; arms were forbidden ; informers were planted in every community to report on breaches of regulations or even suspicions about a man 's trade or lack of it ; and in all cases of doubt , summary hanging was in order .
4 Sizes are imprecise , as one might suppose any material would be if drawn through a hole with a cutting edge !
5 Old women nodded their heads and chomped their false teeth , young men smiled sympathetically but no one could shed any light on the mysterious car accident that had killed his father .
6 No one could have any idea to where that was going to lead .
7 I was assured that one could discuss any aspect of the Queen 's Speech .
8 I use the term " child " here in contradistinction to " parent " — not all incest involves juveniles — but one would expect any effect to be more marked the younger the child concerned .
9 I hope that the inquiry will underline the fact that , by and large , children do not lie about such matters and that the people who have now come forward as adults have probably been permanently damaged because no one would pay any attention to what they said .
10 Does Labour pledge that , if it is elected to government , no one will wait any length of time for an operation ?
11 Without autonomous change in tastes , or in technological possibilities , or in the availability of resources , no one can have any interest in altering his plans for the succeeding period .
12 Eyepieces are interchangeable ( theoretically , at least ) , and so one can use any eyepiece with any telescope .
13 Zhelyu Zhelev , president of the UDF , described the results as " positive for us , considering that the BSP is forced to establish a definitely weak government , while we shall be a very strong opposition , without which no one can adopt any decisions " .
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