Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't think it 's made any difference . ’ |
| 2 | Our accountant has been asked to attend and it is hoped any questions you may have can be answered by him or federation officers . |
| 3 | The government has paid for the restructuring of the Villahermosa Palace to house the collection ; it is guaranteeing any short-fall in the running costs after entrance fees are collected ; it is paying $6 million rent a year , index-linked , for the collection ; it has introduced an indemnity scheme to cover the works of art , and has given the Baron and Baroness the last word on how the collection is to be administered during the ten years of the loan , at the end of which the collection is handed back , with exemption from Spain 's otherwise very restrictive art export laws . |
| 4 | Each team is composed of a group of people from a particular ‘ faulty ’ area , whose task it is to resolve any problems once and for all . |
| 5 | The profession will have to take positive steps if it is to make any progress in bridging the expectation gap . |
| 6 | If we can not win that support , we may as well go out of business , and it is our duty now at all events to make the best of the situation which has arisen and to see that everything is done to make our Party what Disraeli called it — and what , if it is to have any existence , It must be — a really national party . |
| 7 | The more complex professional action becomes , the less likely it is to have any effect . |
| 8 | Propaganda , if it is to have any effect at all , must have some basis in truth . |
| 9 | The bodily expression of inner distress needs a framework of bonds between people if it is to have any meaning . |
| 10 | Therefore , will not there be a need for radical changes in the United Nations if it is to maintain any confidence and respect throughout the world ? |
| 11 | It concerns certain members of this class , four to be precise , but it will , if it is to stand any chance of success , require the support of every one of you , of every one in the school , in fact . |
| 12 | It is investigating any barriers to this and ways to overcome them . |
| 13 | Even if it is n't , I ca n't see that it was pushed any distance … |
| 14 | I paused , to see if it was having any effect . |
| 15 | They were often in danger of forgetting that the good news they heard each Sunday had to be applied to everyday life if it was to have any validity . |
| 16 | Such case as the defence were able to make depended , like the defence in some of the cases cited above , almost entirely on the defendant 's credibility if it was to have any prospect of success and therefore the misdirection was material . |
| 17 | ‘ I stopped it because I did n't think it was doing any good . |
| 18 | If the foreman saw a tree in a channel , or a shoal forming , he did not worry whether it was doing any harm or not ; he played safe and had it out . |
| 19 | ‘ I consider that in enacting the Damages ( Scotland ) Act , parliament did not consider that it was making any change to the right of parents to sue for damages for the death of a child who had sustained injuries prior to birth , had been born alive and had subsequently died in consequence of these pre-natal injuries . ’ |
| 20 | The senator had just told me how difficult it was to extract any sense from his son , yet apparently Rickie was not so far gone as the senator had suggested . |