Example sentences of "a [noun sg] to any [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1985 Mr Honey launched the Etak Navigator , a $1,400 in-car navigation system , which could guide a driver to any address he punched into the system . |
| 2 | I think there is some truth in that , all the more so , I 'm afraid , at a time when Britain is borrowing more than £50 billion a year , and there 's a resistance to any reallocation of resources . |
| 3 | Racehorses of 1985 encapsulated her appeal : ‘ Pebbles acts as a tonic to any race in which she competes . ’ |
| 4 | Pebbles acts as a tonic to any race in which she competes . |
| 5 | ‘ If , in any case not expressly provided for by this Act , a liability to any duty , or any authority or power , not incident to the administration of justice in any court , whose jurisdiction is transferred by this Act to the High Court of Justice , shall have been imposed or conferred by any statute , law , or custom upon the judges or any judge of any of such courts , save as hereinafter mentioned , every judge of the said High Court shall be capable of performing and exercising , and shall be liable to perform and empowered to exercise every such duty , authority , and power , in the same manner as if this Act had not passed , and as if he had been duly appointed the successor of a judge liable to such duty , or possessing such authority or power , before the passing of this Act . … |
| 6 | Since it is a jurisdiction which is central to the administration of justice in the courts of this country , it was accordingly not ‘ a liability to any duty , or any authority or power , not incident to the administration of justice in any court , ’ which was preserved under the new arrangements in 1873 by section 12 of the Act of 1873 without forming part of the new jurisdiction of the High Court . |
| 7 | On this view , a change to any part of the system can , in principle , alter the meaning of every other part of it . |
| 8 | A defendant to any action may wish to dispute all or part of the liability asserted by the plaintiff , or may disagree with the amount claimed whilst admitting liability , or may wish to dispute the claim and make a counterclaim against the plaintiff . |
| 9 | Stubbornness was an early characteristic , as was the way he would call a halt to any admonishment laid down by Mud . |
| 10 | Luke said , ‘ What 's A Welshman to Any Tourist ’ doing ? ’ |
| 11 | Under section 6(1) of the Act a court will not be able to pass a community sentence unless it is of the opinion that the offence ( or the combination of any two of the offences concerned ) is sufficiently serious to justify such a sentence ( it is a question of argument whether this is a reference to any kind of community sentence , or to the particular kind of community sentence which the court has in mind ) . |
| 12 | ( 3 ) A reference to any provision of an Act of Parliament includes a reference to any statutory modification or re-enactment of that provision for the time being in force . |
| 13 | This is not a reference to any pet the Austrian physicist Erwin Schrödinger may have had but rather to a ‘ thought experiment ’ he proposed ( a thought experiment is one that can not actually be performed , but the examination of which can reveal scientific truths — or , at least , plausibilities ) . |
| 14 | But there can be no logic in depriving a litigant of a right of appeal where the final hearing is divided into parts by analogy with the decisions whereby a frivolous or vexatious litigant is deprived of a right to any hearing . |
| 15 | A creditor may give a proxy to any person of full age ( who himself need not be a creditor or contributory ) ( r 8.1(3) ) requiring the proxy holder to use his discretion on voting ( a general proxy ) or requiring him to vote for or against any specified resolution ( a special proxy ) . |
| 16 | The music of Maritza 's entrance was always a gift to any singer , good or bad : the rising crescendo from the orchestra that tells the audience a star is about to come on stage . |
| 17 | She would n't make a wife to any man , or if she did she 'd ruin him . ’ |
| 18 | Section 13(1) provides that : To the extent that this Part of this Act prevents the exclusion or restriction of any liability it also prevents — ( a ) making the liability or its enforcement subject to restrictive or onerous conditions ; ( b ) excluding or restricting any right or remedy in respect of the liability , or subjecting a person to any prejudice in consequence of his pursuing any such right or remedy . |
| 19 | However , the ambit of the Act is extended by s13 which provides that to the extent that the Act applies the exclusion or restriction of liability , it also applies to clauses which : ( a ) make " any liability or its enforcement subject to restrictive or onerous conditions " , such as time limit clauses requiring notification of claims , or commencement of proceedings , within a limited time ; ( b ) exclude or restrict " any right or remedy in respect of the liability " , such as clauses : ( i ) excluding the right of a buyer to reject goods , terminate a contract or exercise a right of set-off , or ( ii ) requiring a customer to accept repair or replacement from the supplier ; ( c ) subject " a person to any prejudice in consequence of his pursuing any right or remedy " ; ( d ) exclude or restrict any rules of evidence or procedure , such as clauses : ( i ) making certificates of quality conclusive evidence that goods correspond with the contract , ( ii ) making one party 's record of a transaction conclusive evidence of the facts recorded , ( iii ) requiring certain evidence in order to obtain particular remedies — eg " no refunds without receipt " . |
| 20 | for its test or trial for the benefit of a person interested in promoting publicity in regard to it , for proceeding at the instance of such a person to any place for the purpose of such test or trial , or for returning after such test or trial ; |
| 21 | His daughter wrote , in a biography even more adulatory than most Victorian daughters ' biographies of their fathers , ‘ He loved conversing with all manner of persons , but I do think he preferred a parson to any other . |
| 22 | It is at least worth a footnote to any textbook on handling disputes that few employers have to contend with their management arm solemnly sitting down and condemning the negotiating strategy and then publicly relating their views to the press . |
| 23 | These problems can be resolved in several ways , however , and certainly should n't present a barrier to any user determined to get letter quality output from his word processing package . |
| 24 | Accordingly Mystery Tour can be used as a supplement to any course at this level ( for example , Streamline Destinations , Headway Intermediate , or Fast Forward 2 ) or as the sole basis for a short course at this level . |
| 25 | Might it be that living with Phillis had turned him patsy , a dope to any skirt ? |
| 26 | It had been a shock to discover that for the first five years they went to homes in the country where women were paid to nurse them , and it seemed to put a stop to any hope of seeing Angel again . |
| 27 | The Section 11 review has clearly put a stop to any funding for mother tongue teaching shifting the emphasis towards support for English . |
| 28 | The campaign was successful , but it put a stop to any interest in investing in ‘ foreign' ’ territory . |
| 29 | ( 1 ) A licensing board may , in accordance with the provisions of this Part of this Act , grant a licence to any person for the sale by retail or supply of alcoholic liquor by that person . |
| 30 | ‘ ( 2 ) Where the company has at a relevant time … given a preference to any person , the [ administrator or liquidator ] may apply to the court for an order under this section . |