Example sentences of "any [prep] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 This means that the practitioner recognizes that the patient is not just a physical entity but also has emotional , mental and spiritual aspects — all or any of which may need treatment .
2 These conditions are likely to embody the provisions of the law of the country of the company concerned or be the subject of international convention or ‘ special contract ’ with government(s) ; any of which may limit or exclude the liability of the carrier .
3 Besides , there is no reason why the distribution of later preferences , any of which might become operative , would be the same on the 1,476 papers selected for transfer to Craig as it would be on all of the 3,813 papers including those not so selected .
4 There may be a booklet on the subject , a special expert in the technical department who has sat on the relevant government fact-finding commission or a market research survey giving the latest market trends , any of which would help the journalists far more than the standard handouts .
5 Otherwise there would n't have been a chance for someone with such a large family , almost any of whom could have taken her in .
6 I know two or three people , any of whom will do it . ’
7 Any of them would make you a better wife than I could .
8 I said that if any of them would like to come and see me at home , I would explain exactly what was happening .
9 ‘ Well , if you do , do you think any of them would have signed this form if it had not been all in order and above board ? ’
10 His business contacts were being checked , but it seemed unlikely to Azadi that any of them would have been in a position to spirit the shipowner away at a moment 's notice .
11 We , however , are required to crouch in the heather , and so the attention is drawn through necessity to the things sharing that heather with you , in case any of them might take a fancy to your bottom and jump into your pants .
12 Any of them might have died prematurely , he might not have been able to earn these sums , and other misfortunes might have occurred so allowance must be made for this .
13 A further great grievance that exists in this force in the Division where I am is that the Section Sergeant dare not enter any Station while he is on duty unless he signs the main station book ; yet the plain clothes P.C.s and Detective Constables , and even uniform P.C.s can go into the Station as often as they think and there is no order that any of them must sign in and out .
14 I do n't think any of them will make the list of the ten best-dressed men . ’
15 By the way , you need n't worry that any of them will bother you unduly … ’
16 Several treatment routes can be taken , but there is no guarantee , that any of them will prove effective .
17 I honestly do not believe ; hat the children I saw will take French in year four , nor that any of them will remember much , if anything , when they are twenty or more .
18 ‘ Electricity , ’ said Gilbert again , and all except Rohmer turned to listen to him again , because there was nothing else any of them could do .
19 As of the end of June 1991 at least six of these statutes were undergoing the process of appeal which would almost certainly bring them eventually to the Supreme Court , where any of them could serve as the occasion for the reversal of the 1973 landmark abortion rights ruling , Roe v. Wade .
20 He ran across the wet road and over to the hospital entrance before any of them could answer him .
21 But contrary to Vi McKeown 's shining optimism , that night was the most uncomfortable any of them could remember .
22 Any of them could have hidden a secret staircase .
23 She found herself wondering in amazement how any of them could have listened to those songs : —
24 Any of them could add up to ten !
25 A defect in any of them can disturb the balance of the whole system , and the use of the right drug to restore balance had evident possibilities , if the right drugs could be discovered or invented .
26 I 've got five or six people here who have been water-skiing all their lives , and there 's no way any of them can do it . ’
27 There may be many reasons why a patient under hypnosis is able to experience past-life regression ( or , as the doubters might call it , ‘ flights of fancy ’ ) , but any of them can play a significant part in the overcoming of that patient 's particular problem .
28 ‘ If any of them can play by Saturday ( when Rangers face Celtic ) , that will be time enough for me , ’ said Roxburgh .
29 But any of them can cause problems when misused .
30 And , talking to these teachers , I ca n't for the life of me see what motive any of them can have .
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