Example sentences of "any [adj] [noun sg] [conj] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There must be inevitable mistakes made in any such journalism and a lacunae will appear in regard to evidence , and indeed trials will go wrong . |
| 2 | The question arises whether there is any such thing as a specifically human goal which is fully detachable from influences from other viewpoints . |
| 3 | And after last season there is no longer any such thing as a ‘ good second ’ for the Barcelona man . |
| 4 | Many disabled people feel that there can not be any such thing as a ‘ disability culture ’ . |
| 5 | She explained how they used to steal food , and how hard it was when she came to the Hogans , her first job , to realise she did n't have to take any stray biscuit or a fistful of sugar and put it into her apron . |
| 6 | The easiest way to rectify this is to carefully file away any excess metal until a closer fit is achieved . |
| 7 | It is not possible in a text of this nature to go into the details of security interests in any great depth but a number of questions arise with respect to the creation of such interests by a company . |
| 8 | The former , relatively common among children , occur during deep slow wave ( Stage 4 ) sleep , and are not accompanied by any visual imagery or a coherent dream . |
| 9 | Meetings need not be addressed by any one person although a specific topic can be aired for discussion if the group wishes . |
| 10 | Many thousands of earthquakes can be recorded along the ridges in any one year and a few of these are quite severe , but since they are generally a long way from anywhere , they do n't hit the headlines . |
| 11 | is limited to £50 for any one article and a total of £100 in the case of any one guest , except in the case of property which has been deposited or offered for deposit for safe custody ; |
| 12 | What effects disturbances on the spiritual plane may have on our mental , emotional or physical well-being are more difficult to assess but it is not impossible that our view of ourselves as machines , with a denial of any spiritual aspect and a consequent loss of meaning in our lives , may be one cause of much of the unhappiness and frustration seen today with results as different as vandalism and cancer — aspects of destruction at one level or another . |
| 13 | Many women feel fitter and healthier during the time in which a baby is carried than at any other time and a number of tendencies towards minor illness vanish during the period . |
| 14 | Computers , especially microcomputers and terminals with monitors , have been claimed to be harmful to the health of the operator because of radioactive emissions although at the present time there does not appear to be any conclusive proof that a real danger to health exists . |
| 15 | To sum up , the duty to act in the interests of the company ( i.e. the shareholders ) imposes only a weak control on managerial discretion , since any plausible assertion that a course of action is designed to increase the company 's financial well-being will be enough to protect it from attack . |
| 16 | This means the giving out or showing any written matter or a sign , e.g. sandwich board , or other visible representation which would threaten , abuse or insult another person . |