Example sentences of "any [noun] [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A local authority obliged to investigate under s47 must make whatever inquiries it considers to be necessary to enable it to decide whether it should take any action to safeguard or promote the child 's welfare ( s47(1) ) . |
| 2 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 3 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 4 | Any attempt to stifle or fetter such criticism amounts to political censorship of the most insidious and objectionable kind . |
| 5 | From this view any attempt to quantify or verify the meanings is misleading . |
| 6 | If the structures of knowledge that exist do reflect the structures of the real world , then any attempt to modify or erode them is likely to be unproductive . |
| 7 | This was implied in Gaddafi 's declaration that Libya ‘ resists any attempt to reduce or cancel out its international role by imposing a situation which might oblige it to relinquish neutrality in compelling circumstances ’ . |
| 8 | Section 2(1) will operate to defeat any attempt to exclude or restrict liability for death or personal injuries caused by negligence . |
| 9 | It must surely be apparent that , with death visiting almost every family with such regularity , any attempt to mask or evade the reality of death could not have succeeded , and would probably have made the situation worse . |
| 10 | They are designated by local authorities which must then pay special attention to any applications to demolish or build anew within the area 's boundaries . |
| 11 | Any failure to open or read any file will result in a message reporting the error and the associated file name , and providing some explanatory text . |
| 12 | It was agreed that the retiring Prime Minister did not have any right to nominate or give binding advice as to his successor , though he might be consulted along with others . |
| 13 | Most important of all there was no individual or institution in France with any right to override or control the actions of the king . |
| 14 | ‘ ( a ) For the avoidance of doubt , neither registration in the register of foreign lawyers , nor anything in these rules or in any other rules made under Part II of the Solicitors Act 1974 or section 9 of the Administration of Justice Act 1985 , shall entitle any registered foreign lawyer to be granted any right of audience or any right to conduct litigation within the meaning of Part II and section 119 of the Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 , or any right to supervise or assume any responsibility for the exercise of such rights . |
| 15 | It is a criminal offence for any person to sell or supply intoxicating liquor , on licensed premises except during permitted hours . |
| 16 | Actions are proceedings where the object is to obtain relief against any person or to compel any person to do or abstain from doing any act ( Ord 3 , r 1 ) . |
| 17 | Once again the legislature reversed the courts and by the Trade Disputes Act 1906 made picketing lawful if in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute and if the purpose was peacefully obtaining or communicating information or ‘ peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working ’ . |
| 18 | However , under section 15 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 it is lawful for a person in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute to attend at or near his own place of work ‘ for the purpose only of peacefully obtaining or communicating information , or of peacefully persuading any person to work or abstain from working . ’ |
| 19 | She knew how to listen with active goodwill , while at the same time her sceptical and meditative temperament saved her from any impulse to change or manipulate clients . |
| 20 | 4.29 Employees must inform and discuss with their supervisor any arrangement to meet or visit a client about whom there exists a known history of violence . |
| 21 | It is little known that poll tax collectors not only have the authority to arrest those they suspect of defaulting on poll tax and strip them naked for the purposes of search ( without any obligation to mend or replace clothing which is destroyed in the process ) , but they can also apply torture in cases where they have reason to believe poll tax is being withheld — at any rate until such time as the defaulters reveal where their money is hidden . |
| 22 | In the new global situation , there is a general loss of confidence in the ability of any agency to predict or control the future course of world events . |
| 23 | For that reason alone , I remain totally unpersuaded that the enterprise Michael Heseltine has embarked upon symbolises any effort to displace or dislodge Mrs Thatcher . |
| 24 | The Queen had convenanted not to give licence to any others to search or dig etc. in the eight counties reserved , or in Wales , and that none would search without consent of the patentees , and that she would " deface and distroy all tools , instruments &c. save only of the Patentees . " |
| 25 | He argued at a Westminster press conference that in only 35 out of 403 local authority areas would any claimants gain or break even , despite Mrs Thatcher 's pledge in July 1987 that they would not be adversely affected . |
| 26 | Professionals and voluntary workers need to be aware of these needs , although equally they should be aware of the vulnerability of people with mental disorders and should resist any temptation to proselytize or advocate a particular religion or sect , no matter how strong their own spiritual beliefs . |
| 27 | Where any power to revoke or determine can not be exercised within six years from the time when any particular property first becomes comprised in the settlement , the subsection does not apply to income arising under the settlement from that property , or from property representing that property , so long as the power can not be exercised . |
| 28 | It is of course open to the Government and Parliament of New Zealand at any time to abolish or restrict the classification of decisions which are appealable as of right . |